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There being a shortage of British tanks I decided to have go. This is my first attemp at a scratch built tank, it has a full rx-18 kit inside, so unfortunately sounds like a Tiger. I mounted the on/off switch under the rear hatch alongside a recharging socket, and put the volume control and smoke switch under the large hatch. The sprockets and idlers are too large, from a PzIII, and the running wheels are modified Tiger wheels. The metal tracks are from a PzIV plus a section from a PzIII to lengthen them. Other than that I tried to keep it as close as I could.

jrc,I think you have done a great job.Creating a tank from other parts and doing a fine job of it is what tanking about.I very much like your tank and would like to hear more of how you built it,Sax

Really excellent work Sax. I would certainly like to see a build thread for that beauty...

Cheers
Chris 

Great work. Looks like a Cromwell to me. 99% of people would not even know that the wheels are just a little off.

The detail and look of your tank is first class, again very well done

Good work and nice detail

nice work

thanks all for the kind words and for those that want build detail -
-the tank itself is made from plasticard of varying thicknesses
-the sizes I got from measuring lots of photos
-turret motor and ring are from an HL PzIII, as is the elevation motor
-suspension is Tiger
-the muzzle brake I had to make
-metal track from Forgebear
and some of the build photos I took, they're not the best as I never meant to show them.

Very good work Ross  you will be in masterclass in no time

Superb tank.
Very innovative use of other parts from different tanks,I would never have known without you telling us.

Hi This always the problem with scratch builds tracks an sprockets if these were available it would make it allot easy-er to make British tanks,excellent build can hardly tell they arent the correct tracks and sprockets good choice,and nice detail to the tank.

  regards pete