My Crusader

[Stormbringer]

Yesterday this arrived

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Elsa my cat of course had to inspect it then preferred the box lol
This is whats in it

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I came across this website whilst researching it
https://tank-markings.blogspot.com/p/br ... rview.html
Hope the website helps folks out
Now i know what it all means i can now make a start on building

more to follow

[Stormbringer]

I also found this
https://uktankmarkings.wordpress.com/wp ... red-01.png

[Herr Dr. Professor]

On the long journey through and from the toy factory, cardboard picks up smells better than plastic. Elsa is sniffing bits of China, trucks, an ocean, and a courier service.

[michaelwhittmann]

I just put mine together.

Keep us posted.

There were things a like; things I didn't like.

[Stormbringer]

I just put mine together.

Keep us posted.

There were things a like; things I didn't like.

Yeh i read it mate you did good job on yours
did you threadlock the road wheels mate ?
It was 1st thing i did after checking all was ok with it
Now that a found the markings etc i hope to be making a real start on it in a wee bit

[Stormbringer]

On the long journey through and from the toy factory, cardboard picks up smells better than plastic. Elsa is sniffing bits of China, trucks, an ocean, and a courier service.

Yeh she probably is or trying to figure out how to use it for her plans on world domination

[michaelwhittmann]

I just put mine together.

Keep us posted.

There were things a like; things I didn't like.

Yeh i read it mate you did good job on yours
did you threadlock the road wheels mate ?
It was 1st thing i did after checking all was ok with it
Now that a found the markings etc i hope to be making a real start on it in a wee bit

I did not.

When I put it thru its trails, 1 wheel came loose.

I popped off the cap and screwed it back in.

So far so good.

But if you can show me where to place the thread lock, I would appreciate it.

[Stormbringer]

I just put mine together.

Keep us posted.

There were things a like; things I didn't like.

Yeh i read it mate you did good job on yours
did you threadlock the road wheels mate ?
It was 1st thing i did after checking all was ok with it
Now that a found the markings etc i hope to be making a real start on it in a wee bit

I did not.

When I put it thru its trails, 1 wheel came loose.

I popped off the cap and screwed it back in.

So far so good.

But if you can show me where to place the thread lock, I would appreciate it.

take the wheel off and drop/smear some into the screw hole in the metal swing arm replace wheel

[Stormbringer]

Added most of the decals tonight
They are quite strange they seem to have a clear vinyl cover over them
you cut the decals out , take the backing paper of , stick them on and then remove the top film

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I have gone with the 8th armoured brigade B company/squadron I think lol

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Still got some to add like the fire extinguisher and the white/red/white flashes (operation crusader the relief of Tobruk) or the slightly later red/white/red decals
so time to start fitting the little bits of the sprues etc

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Yes, those are "transfers" of the sort used by model railroaders for a long time. Many here on RCTW dislike them vociferously. I find that rub-on transfers, used correctly, cannot be distinguished from painted markings, except, perhaps, that they are even crisper in outline. The only truly better means is inaccessible to most of us without oodles of pounds sterling/dollars/yuan/etc.: "pad printing" (actually now using sophisticated paint printers). Those can be so clear as to make 1/16 warning labels legible with magnification.
The problem with HengLong and Torro/Taigen transfers is usually inaccuracy or anachronism. From what I can tell transfers are reasonably accurate. However, I do not pretend to any expertise on the accuracy of the markings, only what I can find in my book(s).