Many thanks, Doc., and to reciprocate, I thoroughly enjoyed the engineering innovations on you old KT rebuild.Dr Phibes wrote:I would just like to say, this has been a fascinating build to follow. Watching this fabulous, and quite uncommon, tank emerge from a few sheets of styrene has been truly riveting (no pun intended). Really excellent work 43rd and a credit to your sizable scale modelling skills. And I agree about the those sprockets, they are almost just too gorgeous to paint (but I think I would, eventually).
As a relative newcomer to RC tanks I did notice the shortfall in British armour in particular (in 1:16 RC at least) so I think it is really a good thing that people like Chris of Ludwig's put so much work into creating these kits and builders/modellers like yourself take the time to show us how to go about creating a stunning tank from them. To be honest I would love to see some WW1 tanks kits (and/or RC tanks) surface too as, at present, there just seems to be next to nothing of the kind in 1:16, RC or otherwise.
Anyway, keep up the great work 43rd, I'm looking forward to seeing how you take this project through to completion
Like you, when the hobby lured me in, I was also shocked by the non-existence of British armour at the commercial 1/16 model level. 
For two years or so, in WW2, Brit armour stood alone against the Germans, Italians (not much competition there, though.. 
), and , of course,the Japanese.Currently, I'm happily muddling through. Mistakes I've made have not yet been beyond remedy..and the requisite need to question the process is probably beneficial for the old brain matter. That said, more detailed instructions might have helped; but then, the need to improvise..or research, would have been diminished.
Again, like you, I'd like to have a WW1 tank kit to assemble. A Brit Mk IV would meet the need.
Seeing your 'Phibes' handle again makes me smile. I'm sorely tempted to get 'the Abominable Dr Phibes', and 'Dr Phibes Rises again' on DVD, as well as a boxset of Hammer horror flicks!!
and, to be clear, I'm full of admiration for Chris' exceptional kit designing skills, and undeniable enterprise..but maybe absorbing a few hints and tips here from end users might (in the form of feedback) might make the kits even better.. 
the exterior is pretty well complete apart form minor turret details (aerial etc.,) sanding, weathering, and a coat of proper paint: British Olive Drab, not the Yankee Olive Drab she's sporting at present.
Damned thing. Certainly not what I'm looking for 
But I have been through this issue. I can't give you the geometric reason but both rings need to be in the correct positions to align properly. What you need to do is unbolt one side and progressively move it along one bolt position until you find the one where it aligns properly. Mine aren't 100% spot on but within a hairs width and all works ok!