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Ah, jarndice, you have exactly explained the problem with my addiction. It is always painful to pack away an AFV after I spend a great deal of time working on it in various ways. I tend to "rotate my stock" as they say in the grocery store business. The compensation --though inadequate--it that periodically I get to rediscover an "old friend."

Herr Dr. Professor wrote:Ah, jarndice, you have exactly explained the problem with my addiction. It is always painful to pack away an AFV after I spend a great deal of time working on it in various ways. I tend to "rotate my stock" as they say in the grocery store business. The compensation --though inadequate--it that periodically I get to rediscover an "old friend."

Hahahhahaa
I have to say we have got used to just losing more of the house to the models, but we are at critical mass!
We are going to build a garage so the workshop can move outside. Some models I have built and then we have sold and I have decided not to make another yet. I already have many models just sitting in pieces in boxes waiting to be made after prototype printing. It's crazy but we are overrun with plastic haha

God knows what we will do when we start printing more 1/6

Thirty-three years ago when I first met my now late wife, she saw my two-room apartment, the living room set up as my bedroom and the bedroom full of 1/16 farm toys on shelves and the floor. She left looking quite sickly. (It turns out that she was sick, but not from seeing my bad addiction. ) So now that I am a widower and have the basement full, an 800 square foot train layout, and shelves UPSTAIRS displaying farm toys and AFVs, I can really test the ladies' tolerance. Did I mention that I am alone now?

"Be fun watching someone hide the wiring, but all possible". Yes Will, l had considered that but then realised that you will be embedding all the required wiring in the printing process

Well, someone has to do it!!

Some pictures of it outside in garden
Small update the recoil system works, just got to sort the elevation setup next








There have been ALOT of changes of parts on this one. Now i have the fun part of blowing it to pieces(no just taking it apart and cleaning every single part ready for clean assembly and paint!

Looks great. Can't wait!

The tyres arrived yesterday and i just had to get them trial fitted.
I am also glad to report the steering works brilliantly and doesn't bind, so we are almost good to go.
I thought i would also do a quick shot with it in tow behind the 251, this 88 is a BIG beast!

So my shopping list to date is-----------
Famo
251
88
Big Lottery Win

So my shopping list to date is-----------
Famo
251
88
Big Lottery Win
Marriage Councilling

jarndice wrote:So my shopping list to date is-----------
Famo
251
88
Big Lottery Win
Marriage Councilling

haha
i am thinking your list needs to be
1) 88
2) 251
3) famo
4) never going to happen hahahahahaha
5) councilling sounds expensive................... cheaper options available

joking aside i need to get these things moving as i am waiting on parts to arrive for far too long!
some parts i haven't been able to find in the UK, i have ordered several times and for whatever reasons they don't arrive. i am now on my 3rd order of drive flanges which are needed for the sprockets. If this next lot don't arrive i am going to change design of parts and have some parts custom made with local machinist, which is probably going to cost a fortune. probably all stuck on that ever given ship that was holding stuff up in the suiz canal!