A39 Tortoise
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:16 am
Hey folks,
This build has been floating about for a very long time, Iain started it many years back.
Its been languishing in my garage for a couple of years before I managed to persuade Woz to take her away and create some printed pieces for her.
I now have some excellent detail pieces. Next stage is getting her sorted mechanically, at the moment its running plastic kt tracks, sprockets and idlers and uses doubled up hl sherman bogies.
I'm hoping to use a pdsgb but I'm not 100% that carson does long enough shafts and with covid new custom ones aren't avalible, so may need to put in some long shaft taigen v2s in in the short term. Ive got a henntec adjuster, metal tracks and sprockets ready as well.
Hull reinforcement will be needed, thinking of using angle alloy for the hull side with some cross braces, this worked well on the panzer iv hull, will just need to be scaled up.
Will be running a clark tk60 or 80 with a nie big speaker. Thats pretty much where she's upto, looking forward to making some progress.
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This build has been floating about for a very long time, Iain started it many years back.
Its been languishing in my garage for a couple of years before I managed to persuade Woz to take her away and create some printed pieces for her.
I now have some excellent detail pieces. Next stage is getting her sorted mechanically, at the moment its running plastic kt tracks, sprockets and idlers and uses doubled up hl sherman bogies.
I'm hoping to use a pdsgb but I'm not 100% that carson does long enough shafts and with covid new custom ones aren't avalible, so may need to put in some long shaft taigen v2s in in the short term. Ive got a henntec adjuster, metal tracks and sprockets ready as well.
Hull reinforcement will be needed, thinking of using angle alloy for the hull side with some cross braces, this worked well on the panzer iv hull, will just need to be scaled up.
Will be running a clark tk60 or 80 with a nie big speaker. Thats pretty much where she's upto, looking forward to making some progress.
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We've not seen this brute for quite a while, Tom. I may have asked this before, but is that real rust on those bolt heads in the glacis plate?... and is that green stuff actual organic mould courtesy of the exile in outhouse, or the beginnings of green camo? 
We've not seen this brute for quite a while, Tom. I may have asked this before, but is that real rust on those bolt heads in the glacis plate?... and is that green stuff actual organic mould courtesy of the exile in outhouse, or the beginnings of green camo? 
It'll be sanded back before I prime it. Hmmm Barry's work rates very high, but he does do a lot more work!!!
