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Re: Update 30 March turret started kind of ..T29E3 .

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:18 am
by mike1268
Thats looking great!

Re: Update 30 March turret started kind of ..T29E3 .

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:29 am
by Bogeyman
Wibbly,

I think Iain is a bit cleverer than we are, wood what ever next, can't wait.

John

Re: Update 30 March turret started kind of ..T29E3 .

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:33 pm
by mcevoyi
The way I figure it is a free resorce and it's easy to work with coffee stix from McDonald's in use this technique for most turrets .... see my E79 bud last year

more pics 31 March turret started kind of ..T29E3 .

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:48 pm
by mcevoyi
Here you go a quick update showing the coffee sticks and what I do .,the turret side will have a layer of
Milliput to give a cast surface over the coffee stix

you can't see it that we'll the the sides of the turret are sloped slightly
but I tried to get a pic or two that my help to see also the turret inside is now hollow for the fitment of the gun mount and elevator and I hope a recoil

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Re: pic update 31March turret started kind of ..T29E3 .

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:55 pm
by AlwynTurner
Oh WOW................. words are insufficient!! What a fantastic and ingenious piece of building Iain. This model is the tops. :clap: :clap: :clap: 8O Alwyn

Re: pic update 31March turret started kind of ..T29E3 .

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:10 pm
by mcevoyi
Hi all

Wahoo easter weekend on the way and "
the weather man say its going to be raining "
Fantastic ....tinkering time ...

Right now it's 9 PM on a Wednesday night ...later start at work toms so no need for early bed ...
I been a bit busy most of the day popping Milliput over My coffee stix ...only done one side
Run out of Milliput ...bugger ...also sorted out the beginning of the turret roof ...

Any way enjoy the pics the tell so much more than me rabbiting one

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Re: update 1 April run out of Milliput ..T29E3 .

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:31 pm
by wibblywobbly
It all makes sense now, thanks for the explanation, though larch lap turrets may have caught on if only the US military had thought of it first? :haha:

Re: update 1 April run out of Milliput ..T29E3 .

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:44 am
by AlwynTurner
I'd better buy some milliput quick before you corner the market! Looking fabulous! :clap: :clap: :thumbup: Alwyn

Re: update 1 April run out of Milliput ..T29E3 .

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:50 pm
by HERMAN BIX
Got to give you a big hand for inovation on that cast turret. Bloody marvelous :clap: :clap: :clap:

Just checked the major listed stocks & I see Miliput has jumped 100 points !! :haha: :haha: :haha:

Re: update 1 April run out of Milliput ..T29E3 .

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:16 am
by mcevoyi
Hi all

Ok at long last easter seems to be well and truly hone ..how ever the chocolate has not ?
Any was had a bit of time to play around with the T29E3
It is bigger than I realized and the shaping of the turret been a right sod ..and filler filler and more filler
Shaped and re shaped to get it looking right

The pics below are a bit atmospheric just for a bit of fun ,,u can see what imam up to and yes there's more filler needed ...
The gun mantle is in progress and sill fitted the stick HL 90 mm gun ..which now looks so small and out of scale.....but still it helps give an idea of size ...eek

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