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tomhugill wrote:

43rdRecceReg wrote:The sea air up here can reduce even galvanised parts to heaps of red dust before you know it; but I'd never suspect that a kitchen in Manchester could be so cruel to a helpless beast. Perhaps Tom should have used brass bolts..

I wonder if there's something in the cast texture ian used as the kv5 had the same
Issue or rusting bolts. The kitchen is not so bad, however the bottom shelf near the door of my garage seems to create natural oxidisation!

Woz the turret looks fantastic so far!

Could be some sort of chemical reaction, I suppose. Salt is the usual enemy of iron and steel. Just out of curiosity, Tom, do you think the cast texture is in need of toning down, or will you be adding another levelling layer of some sort at the priming stage? That's after a coat of 'rust eater', of course

43rdRecceReg wrote:

tomhugill wrote:

43rdRecceReg wrote:The sea air up here can reduce even galvanised parts to heaps of red dust before you know it; but I'd never suspect that a kitchen in Manchester could be so cruel to a helpless beast. Perhaps Tom should have used brass bolts..

I wonder if there's something in the cast texture ian used as the kv5 had the same
Issue or rusting bolts. The kitchen is not so bad, however the bottom shelf near the door of my garage seems to create natural oxidisation!

Woz the turret looks fantastic so far!

Could be some sort of chemical reaction, I suppose. Salt is the usual enemy of iron and steel. Just out of curiosity, Tom, do you think the cast texture is in need of toning down, or will you be adding another levelling layer of some sort at the priming stage? That's after a coat of 'rust eater', of course

It's defintly too rough, it'll be sanded down and probably redone using Mr surfacer. Rust water for sure (or brass bolts)!

Mr Surfacer is an excellent product for reworking models cosmetically . Apart from having- I suspect- the only 1/16 scale (rusty) Tortoise in the Northern Hemisphere, Tom, you'll have the advantage of acres of internal real estate for electronics, motors and smokers. After working in the Cromwell turret, I know what a relief that will be

tomhugill wrote:

43rdRecceReg wrote:The sea air up here can reduce even galvanised parts to heaps of red dust before you know it; but I'd never suspect that a kitchen in Manchester could be so cruel to a helpless beast. Perhaps Tom should have used brass bolts..

I wonder if there's something in the cast texture ian used as the kv5 had the same
Issue or rusting bolts. The kitchen is not so bad, however the bottom shelf near the door of my garage seems to create natural oxidisation!

Woz the turret looks fantastic so far!

Getting carried away as I got some transparent resin to do the vision blocks, lights etc,

Woz wrote:

tomhugill wrote:

43rdRecceReg wrote:The sea air up here can reduce even galvanised parts to heaps of red dust before you know it; but I'd never suspect that a kitchen in Manchester could be so cruel to a helpless beast. Perhaps Tom should have used brass bolts..

I wonder if there's something in the cast texture ian used as the kv5 had the same
Issue or rusting bolts. The kitchen is not so bad, however the bottom shelf near the door of my garage seems to create natural oxidisation!

Woz the turret looks fantastic so far!

Getting carried away as I got some transparent resin to do the vision blocks, lights etc,

Fantastic!

Vision blocks- now there's a subject in it's own right. I'd thought of using bits of transparent sprue; but it should be possible to make small mould for transparent resin, I expect. Is there a way of putting a thin film of paint on one side to give the impression of depth?
Here's pic I took through the vision blocks of a Swiss Mowag Piranha AFV:

Woz wrote:Hot off the printer-

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By heck, that looks very nice
Cheers
Wayne


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Close, but I think that that's an earlier version.

Possibly a KV-1 version Big Wind?

Bill

Hi Tom,

i just registered myself here specially for your Tortoise Build Im looking very forward to see your finished tank.

I´m from germany and had build this tank two years ago. I hope it is allowed to show some pictures of mine. Keep up the good work.
At the moment I´m casting a scale boogies for the suspension and scale tank threads for a second better build of this tank. I totaly love this tank and its shape.

TheCrow wrote:Hi Tom,

i just registered myself here specially for your Tortoise Build Im looking very forward to see your finished tank.

I´m from germany and had build this tank two years ago. I hope it is allowed to show some pictures of mine. Keep up the good work.

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At the moment I´m casting a scale boogies for the suspension and scale tank threads for a second better build of this tank. I totaly love this tank and its shape.

Hey Crow! I'm very glad you did join, your tortoise is superb! Do you have any more details of the build/internals you could share? I'd love to see