Black Prince Scratch Build

[enginepeter]

And so, I have reached the end of the road, that has taken many hours over 18 months.

As a matter of interest I spent nearly £200 on dummy bolts and miniature screws although I do have a small number left and don't know how many I lost in the rug and under cupboards. Not the Hoover as I swept the floor and examined the dustpan under a magnifying glass to retrieve valuable items!

What next? This tank could do with a more powerful gearbox, I have the castings for a model petrol farm engine on the shelf (where they have been for 10 years) or a 17pdr anti-tank gun and tractor. The latter is favourite. The armortek one looks good but too big for me. At 1/10th scale or even 1/16th I still might be able to get most features working. Time for a bit of thought and reasearch!

Some pictures of the finished article.

[yan33]

fantastic model
i love it so much
good job

[HERMAN BIX]

A 'Tour De Force' of engineering and patience Sir.
Im sure that there are some in here that are just beside themselves to get their hands on it
Magnificent

[43rdRecceReg]

It'a truly unique, Peter, and a real inspiration (especially after all that worthy perspiration!!).
There are so many bits of genius in this model; but added together you have created a model that would grace any Museum's collection
- and my house too, of course (hint, hint.. ) It deserves so many superlatives.

[EAO]

Absolutely stunning, in so many ways!

Amazing job!

Cheers,
Eric.

[enginepeter]

Thank you all for your comments.

Yes Herman Bix a lot of patience, not without some trouble and strife from SWMBO.

I have already partially stripped it again! Looking to smooth the gun elevation with metal gears and I will play with the drive motor/gears.

I will keep you posted.

Roy - you have forgotten one thing - it is heavy and could result in your display cabinet collapsing!

Have now also been presented with a list of decorating and repair projects the have been neglected.

Peter

[medic18]

that is fantastic

[Jimster]

I have to agree with Eric. Everything is looking first rate. The tools and track weathering are excellent.

[roy.kendall123]

A really nice piece of craftsmanship, It's good to see another modeller working with Aluminium, I can. Appreciate all the problems you had with your construction. I have just
Finished my build of a 16th scale aluminium churchill bridgelayer with all the same problems Tracks wheel suspension very similar, I ended up using KV 1 tracks and a lot of machining, I was going to make my own links but after making steel links for a universal carrier I said never again!
Once again very nice piece of work. and nice to find a modeler on the same wavelength. ROY

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[enginepeter]

medic18 and Jimster, thank you for your comments.

Roy - yes you will know the problems and after starting I had my doubts in view of the problems with alloy and wondered about steel, but then I wouldn't have been able to lift it!

Peter