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Jake79
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Hey Brian

Good to hear Brian....and some photos soon...look forward to them.. :thumbup:
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Hi jake,
Yep all here turret went together really well :thumbup:. Me battery's are flat on my camera so get some tomorrow so should have some pics on then. Brian...
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Good to hear it's all come together. Looking forward to those pictures of this epic build.
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brizo58 wrote:Hi All,
Well all parts now here :thumbup: turret built and painted and fitted out tested all ok and working. So will start tomorrow on the last lap should have some photos on as well.Give it a few days for the paint to harden then start to weather her up :wtf:. Got there in the end :crazy:. Brian...
funny I plucked up courage today and have a go with mine ,mine has been just a cluster ph**k nothing has gone right at all what a freaking mess .......wot wot .....
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In what sense CH the turret more or less falls together! The only bit I need now is the flash for the barrel the 105 is a bit short :crazy: . Brian...
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well the turret has a bit of a twist to it, so had to sort that out, the gun port needed shaping a little, had to remove the rollers they just made the twist worse[ I am still waiting for the turret ring tom kindly sent for me from the house of the rising sun but not forwarded it yet he may have done a Ronnie biggs ]....... getting the gun elevation something like, a nightmare it runs ok ,not bothered with the recoil
not my cuppa just the turret bits and bobs finish spraying that's yer lot hopefully ......wot wot ........
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brizo58 wrote:In what sense CH the turret more or less falls together! The only bit I need now is the flash for the barrel the 105 is a bit short :crazy: . Brian...
It's a pain Brian! I had to get a new one for mine too!
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I found that if I have parts like that the best way is to tape the two turret parts together and put them to hot water not boiling it works 99.9% of the time.
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well briz are we done ? mines finished ........wot wot
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Hi CH
Yea mines done too hopefully get some pics on today. She's still got to be weatherd and dusted over. Not been to well over the last few days getting over the ful not been out of the house for 12days. So now feeling better can get on with my builds. Brian :(
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