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Made some hatch handles out of paperclips and roughed out some periscopes out of styrene. Need to clean them up a bit.

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I hope that someday I, too, can be helpful as are others here. I am impressed!

Hi Paul.Sent you a PM for your complete address.I am sending muzzle brake from New Zealand . regards John.

Got some parts in courtesy of some great members recently. Have been really busy with real life things so progress has been slow. I took the factory tamiya tow blocks and trimmed them up gave them the styrene treatment and little putty and pow! Now I can hang them from the d-rings!

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These early tamiyas had no coverage between chassis and hull allowing debris from tracks to get inside and just generally not looking very scale. I fitted some styrene under the chassis lip and attached with superglue to address this issue.

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The later examples are not much better !

HERMAN BIX wrote:The later examples are not much better !

It is strange that in many simple aspects like that Tamiya has been surpassed by other brands. I have their leopard 2 and it is far nicer in user friendliness and features than their earlier designs. It wouldnt hurt to give some of these tanks a slight refresh and rerelease them.


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Whatever the kit's failings, those clutch-drive gearboxes are a work of art. Looking forward to seeing how your restoration goes, Paul!

Raminator wrote:Whatever the kit's failings, those clutch-drive gearboxes are a work of art. Looking forward to seeing how your restoration goes, Paul!

Couldn't agree more, Dan . You get a faceful of real engineering. I love looking at old traction engines, and steam driven beam engines, for the same reason

Thanks to John Glover! New muzzle brake and some grill covers for this beast.

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