Chieftain Prototype Build

[Chang]

For size comparison:

The Chieftain (FV4201):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chieftain_(tank)
Mass 55 long tons (62 short tons; 56 t)
Length- 10.77 m (35 ft 4 in) – gun forward, 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) – hull
Width-- 3.66 m (12 ft)
Height- 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)


The Elefant (Ferdinand) Panzerjäger Tiger (P):
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/n ... lefant.php
Mass 65 tonnes (143,000 lb)
Length- 8.14 m (26 ft 8 in) with gun, 6.97 m (22 ft 11 in) - hull
Width-- 3.38 m (11 ft 1 in)
Height- 2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)


Regards,
Lerh Chang

[Armortek]

Turn up sound. Click play.

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[Stephen White]

Turned up sound, clicked play, was impressed. Congratulations, Kian and the team, it’s a Cold War triumph.

With sound and smoke, it’ll have even more presence. Still two back bins to fit on the hull (the ones on the turret were an unofficial mod) but good to see you’ve had a go at thermal sleeves. A bit of judder is inevitable with that 120 gun barrel but it’s not very noticeable. Makes a great incentive to develop a working stab system.

Paint, external stowage of kit, a few oil leaks and job done.

[Chris Hall]

Paint, external stowage of kit, a few oil leaks and job done.

So this one's going to take you a lot less than 4 years, then ......

[John Clarke]

Got to be another WOW

No need for squeaks and clicks from the sound module, it's all real.

[Tim Carr]

Very Nice.

Later Tim

[Kevin Hunter]

Ok Kian and team- it looks like you’ve earned your summer holiday
Enjoy!
Kevin

[Mark Heaps]

Turned up sound, clicked play, was impressed. Congratulations, Kian and the team, it’s a Cold War triumph.

With sound and smoke, it’ll have even more presence. Still two back bins to fit on the hull (the ones on the turret were an unofficial mod) but good to see you’ve had a go at thermal sleeves. A bit of judder is inevitable with that 120 gun barrel but it’s not very noticeable. Makes a great incentive to develop a working stab system.

Paint, external stowage of kit, a few oil leaks and job done.

Totally agree with most parts.
Four back bins are definitely needed, two in their correct positions and the two "extras" up on the turret rear.
The gun judder was noticeable but realistic for if the gunner had failed to select Stab. Normally resulted in the gunner getting a quick kick to the head from the commander and him having to buy a crate of beer for the fitter section.
No splash plate between the headlights, this was a standard fit. Helped deflecting the bow wave when fording and reduced the chance of the driver getting drenched by water pouring into his cab. Fixing a damaged splash plate came just under fixing the BV in the list of priority jobs.

[Mark Heaps]

Looking very nice but the back decks really need the T-Piece, and if it is to be realistic then the serial number ( VRN ) needs to be on the T-Piece as well as on the hull.
Mark

Mark,

Would the VRN be the Registration No or a Chassis No? Also, would it be raised or stamped in?

Sorry for the late reply.
I saw it on all the Chiefies that I supported. My brother who crewed them 17/21L confirmed his vehicles had it as well. Registration number not stamped in but raised. No set position but more done as a weld line.
Possibly introduced by the REME as an unofficial modification when we discovered that the hulls got slightly distorted in use and it was neccessary to keep each T-piece together with the hull it came out of.

[Manny Leung]

It's been a few weeks since the last video of the chieftain,any updates and pictures of the prototype would be gratefully appreciated

[Armortek]

Yesterday we were at the Tank Museum to record the sound of the Chieftain startup for our sound module.

Enjoy the video! Already had over 30,000 views on facebook, so there must be some fans out there !!
Just needs a larini x-pipe

Thanks to Stephen for organising and to Jonathan from the tank museum for taking time out of his schedule to put a smile on our faces.

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[Armortek]

It's been a few weeks since the last video of the chieftain,any updates and pictures of the prototype would be gratefully appreciated

Hi Manny, there are not really any new photos to post. The prototype has been finished and all we are waiting for now are the cast parts to finish off production and start shipping the kits out.

We will try to get the sound unit inside the Chieftain by the open day at the factory, so we should have some video of it running with sound.

We still expect the castings to be with us in the second week of September, so shipping should start end of September.

[Phil Woollard]

Excellent sounds stationary, did you get any with the engine under load, with a gear change? Love it!

[Manny Leung]

Great video ,It sounded like a herd of elephants !

[Vince Cutajar]

Stephen or anybody in the know. Does the donkey engine need to keep running after the main engine has started?

Vince