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				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:05 pm
				by JohnWhyte
				ColemanCollector wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:38 pm
Whoa! Nice! Is the 30 cal your design or available from Cults?
Thx
Mike.
 
They are of cult3d for the barrel and the whole MG
Barrel needs cutting down
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various ... 5-and-1-16
30cal
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various ... 5-and-1-16
If you want a different mount
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various ... -print-set 
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:22 am
				by jhamm
				
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:30 am
				by HERMAN BIX
				As an Allied tank detail numpty, what is the spaced armour and fixture thingo on the right side of the turret ?
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:42 am
				by Model Builder 4
				That is where the turret mounted .30cal can fold down into to protect it Herman  
 
Cheers,Lee.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:04 am
				by tankme
				My twins arrived today also safe and sound.  The box with both of them is about the same volume as a regular HL tank.  Can't decide if I'm going to do an early and a late or an early and a Brit version.... Decisions, decisions.
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:25 am
				by HERMAN BIX
				Model Builder 4 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:42 am
That is where the turret mounted .30cal can fold down into to protect it Herman  
 
Cheers,Lee.
 
Look out learnt something!!  
 
Cheers Mr MB4
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:56 am
				by ColemanCollector
				tankme wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:04 am
My twins arrived today also safe and sound.  The box with both of them is about the same volume as a regular HL tank.  Can't decide if I'm going to do an early and a late or an early and a Brit version.... Decisions, decisions.
 
I'm a bit of a Stuart-rube here, still figuring out the ins-and-outs of my kit. What will you need to do to it to make it early or late or British?
Mike.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 1:15 am
				by Herr Dr. Professor
				My Stuart arrived today: I opened the outer shipping box, carefully opened the decorative inner carton, took out the tank, and before even opening the box of parts (still sealed as I write), I tried to figure out how to get the upper hull off. I just want to see the insides. "Howzitwork?" 

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 1:35 am
				by ColemanCollector
				Remove the treads and there's 4 more screws to remove, plus the two at the back. Just like a HL Tiger. Yaaaay!
Mike.
			 
			
					
				Re: Coolbank M5A1 stuart!
				Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 1:46 am
				by Herr Dr. Professor
				Unh-hun. Hidden screws...I paintfully remember the fun with those years ago. I did some 

 for a while trying to figure out what fasteners were used and where they were hiding.