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Builds Chieftain tank range hulk, based on 1/35th Tamiya kit
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Transport, that’s where the gun cradle is. Dumped in place, don’t suppose they worried to much about putting the tube over the front.
Boxy
GCM
That and that was the most common position for the earlier models, with the ‘ears’ up
Lifeboat21
LE
I think it was something connected to a reduction treaty in the nineties.
Daz
LE
To show that they were to be scrapped/used as targets, they also removed the breechblocks at the same time
Lifeboat21
LE
The dropper offerer probably didn't know how to turn it, nor the range staff... if the turret would move at all after storage.
Lifeboat21
LE
Cheers, assume it was a treaty as @wasteofrations2 says. Never knew that. I just thought they'd either lost the wheels or had them cannibalised if I saw them missing. I can't recall it being massively wide spread, certainly on SENTA where I did much of my LFTT.
SPROCKET321
LE
the sponson plates sanded smooth.
With a really vivid imagination, so it looks like a T54/55?
SPROCKET321
LE
time to remove the unrealistic tabs that hold on the side skirts.
SPROCKET321
LE
Might reproduce this damage as closely as I can.
thickest part of the hull
thickest part of the hull
That looks like a challenge. How do you propose to do it?
Support the plastic on a sand bed and punch a hole out from the inside by striking a cork borer (maybe in a part-drilled hole)? With just the right combination of sand size, impact and temperature, you might get a reproducible spalling effect. Just thinking that a knocked-out tank only needs one hole but a range target will have many.
Daz
LE
Apparently, an open day excursion .......I'd love to see that advertised these days on social media
Imber open days - cancelled this year but definitely worth it. The vintage Routemasters are for those who don't have a 4x4:Apparently, an open day excursion .......I'd love to see that advertised these days on social media
Imber Open Days
All Imber Open days have been cancelled for 2020. The village of Imber was evacuated in 1943 and is still deserted to this day. It was evacuated in November to aid the training of American…
ches
LE
Imber open days - cancelled this year but definitely worth it. The vintage Routemasters are for those who don't have a 4x4:
Imber Open Days
All Imber Open days have been cancelled for 2020. The village of Imber was evacuated in 1943 and is still deserted to this day. It was evacuated in November to aid the training of American…www.visitwiltshire.co.uk
Similar down at Lulworth. I've driven the route from Lulworth cove up & over the ridge that then drops down past Tyneham many a time over the years. About 20 odd years ago, if the scimitars were up on the ridge on the firing points popping down into the valley, they'd stop firing whenever civvie traffic appeared. The road is not much used so the range wardens (?) would let the firing crack on until cars appeared down the road. No way that that occurs nowadays though I bet.
Daz
LE
That's bookmarked for next yearImber open days - cancelled this year but definitely worth it. The vintage Routemasters are for those who don't have a 4x4:
Imber Open Days
All Imber Open days have been cancelled for 2020. The village of Imber was evacuated in 1943 and is still deserted to this day. It was evacuated in November to aid the training of American…
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