Centurion Mk III Scratch build

[midlife306]

I think you must be related to Speedy Gonzalez!!!
Cheers
Wayne

[AlwynTurner]

Ariba Ariba! Andale Andale!

Er no I'm not related, I just don't hang around when I'm doing a build





That's pretty much all the styrene work, the rest is design and print.

Alwyn

[tomhugill]

Excellent progress Alwyn, following each installment closet!

[AlwynTurner]

Thanks for the good words Tom, here's the next instalment

Front mudguard and glacis side



Alwyn

[midlife306]

Nice one Alwyn & the toolboxes are spot on
Cheers
Wayne


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[AlwynTurner]

Rear mudflaps and support brackets




Alwyn

[c.rainford73]

Alwyn I greatly admire your work. You have made this type of building look easy.The more challenges you have faced you seem to make them look easy.

The more you build and print, do you find it comes easier than when you first started printing these builds? or do you find the subject matter keeps getting harder and you continue to learn as you go?

Your work is top notch

Carl

[AlwynTurner]

Hi Carl, many thanks for the kind words. As I do these builds it does become easier as I find I can visualise the needed parts much more easily, as the more design and build I do, then the more challenges and problems I have to face and solve, and I think you quickly learn what works and what results in the need for redesign and reprint.

The other factor is that as time goes on I have built a library of designs so that on many occasions it is possible to take an existing part design and modify it rather than designing from scratch.

But you never stop learning, there is always a better way to do things and you just need to keep discovering it, it's part of the fun of the hobby.

Alwyn

[midlife306]

Hi Alwyn, the wife’s been away for a couple of days, I took the opportunity to print some turret parts, did the rear bottom first (18 hours), it lifted slightly leaving the base as rough as a bears arse, so after a rethink I’ve now split the turret into 3 pieces, front, middle & back which I’m printing vertically.
The front third has just completed (18 hrs) & it was a roaring success, the rear third I’ll print tomorrow, but I’ll have to wait for favourable conditions to print the middle as it’s another long print.
Is the turret top available yet?
Thanks for all the hard work
Cheers
Wayne


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[AlwynTurner]

Hi Wayne, great news about the turret. I haven't got that far yet, I will be working on the upper hull for a while.

Things will be moving more slowly for a week or so as SWMBO was in hospital yesterday to have her coronary plumbing fixed, which was very successful. However, she now has a doctor's note excusing her from domestic duties for a couple of weeks until her wrist heals up where they put all the catheters/wires etc to do the job. This means I have been promoted to chief cook, bottlewasher, cleaner, and general skivvie for a while, curtailing my activities in the man cave.

Alwyn