1/35th Vintage R/C Centurion AVRE-165 kit bash

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Re: 1/35th Vintage R/C Centurion AVRE-165 kit bash

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awesome work.
I remember having one of these outside the HQ of 32 ARMD Engr Regt, in Hohne in early 90's
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Re: 1/35th Vintage R/C Centurion AVRE-165 kit bash

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SEAN66 wrote:awesome work.
I remember having one of these outside the HQ of 32 ARMD Engr Regt, in Hohne in early 90's
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Thanks Sean - I think they're a good looking bit of kit and obviously filled a role admirably for many years.
The build is currently waiting for some bits to arrive from Hong Kong on a *very* slow boat, hopefully a bit of progress soon-ish...
I've also swapped the modified suspension/hull back to a standard hull as the AFV Club plastic would not stand up being driven very far. A bit annoying after all the work that went into it, but I'd rather have something reliable!
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Re: 1/35th Vintage R/C Centurion AVRE-165 kit bash

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jimbo_wa wrote:Now with working suspension!

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The AFV Club plastic is like cheese and rather horrid to work with. Have used brass tubing and M2 screws for the axles with copious amounts of super glue...

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Oh now I am getting some ideas for my Tamiya 1971 vintage Centurion :D I like that suspension kit. I had a 1/25 Centurion with suspension and it was pretty sweet. somehow it got away from me and I like this scale better as with as many Tanks as I have I only look a little crazy to my wife. Anyway. nice work and I am checking out your interesting work on this iconic British Tank, The one I have is the star of my collection with those removable road wheel shirts.
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Tamiya 1971 vintage 1/35 Centurion.
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Re: 1/35th Vintage R/C Centurion AVRE-165 kit bash

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Jimbo_wa,

That's some very nice work and very creative! :thumbup:

Nice job! :clap:

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Eric.
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