Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 1:51 am
I'm trying really hard to imagine how you bent the brass, Ian.

Did you fall on your bu--unh--barrel?

Was the brass inside the plastic barrel at the time? It seems from the photos that the plastic is not broken at all. Lordy Mordy, you must have been having fun.
HDP. The original barrel was fixed, to the recoil unit with plastic tube. The copper pipe was found in a skip, on the side of the road. It was cut down to fit after trying it.
MrChef wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 5:06 pm
Looks like the Stg 44 curved barrel they used for hosing off tanks-
Very droll.
zooma wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 4:41 pm
Your Challenger 2 looks like it has been a nice simple straight forward and trouble free build experience Ian (!) - it must be nice when everything goes to plan - so they tell me.
....I think I must be developing the Challenger 2 sense of dark horror humour - now I really am looking forward to working on my older version Challenger 2 with some enthusiasm..........NOT !
They just require some love, care, and maintenance.