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The printed turret gear meshes perfectly to the HL drive motor, what a win!


So now I can crack on with the upper hull and turret design.

Alwyn

Early Mk III turret design

and the upper hull turret mount


Coming along
Alwyn

It's slowly coming together



Now to crack on with the turret and mantlet
Alwyn

Impressive progress so far, Alwyn- and no obvious headaches to deal with so far, and I don't mean from your favoured EMA Plastic Weld

And we have a tank with mounted sponsons, turret, and mantlet





Coming along
Alwyn

Just 'Fugly' !!
Will it be done before the 'someones go to do it' Spain trip !!??

I will be making best efforts but there is a lot of design work still to do. I have concentrated on the structural bits and there is a lot of fine work still to do, especially around the sponsons.

Alwyn

I think your 'fuggly' comment is well deserved, you could never call a Churchill a 'pretty' tank. I put the Matilda next to it and you can see why the Matilda was classified as an infantry tank where the Churchill would properly be classed as a Main Battle Tank.





Alwyn

Good progress on the upper hull and turret




Next comes the front of the upper hull

Alwyn

Don't let the wags discourage you, Alwyn. "Fuggly," yes, but one of my three childhood images of the tank: The cast hull and turret small hatch Sherman, the Churchill, and the Pzkw. IV with shell holes in the Schürtzen.