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sean kerambrun wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:05 am

So Adrian he lost his whole shed too?

Yes

Adrian.

Thats the reason, don't use Lipos in a tank. The best in time is a LiFePo akku.

That's not the first one to have happened, a guy in the states lost all his buggies and cars as well as his workshop. I lost a helicopter apart from the aluminium boom because I didn't take the lipo out of the model and I had left the charger set for 3 cells instead of 2.

Dennis.

What does it look like when you place all the bits together? I quite like the effect! I really do. Take a photo please Adrian before you make a start on it, it would make for a great diorama .

If you don't want the messy job of sorting that lot out, I will take it as it is? Regards Phil.

Phil Woollard wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:34 am

If you don't want the messy job of sorting that lot out, I will take it as it is?

Not a chance

I always seem to collect the waifs and strays, and this one must be right up there with Andy's abandoned 222.

Adrian.

I shall follow your rebuild Adrian with much interest! I wonder if any of the plates are warped?

The hull top is definitely warped, but then it did have the turret attached via the ball race. The turret roof is warped slightly, but I think that might bash out with a leather mallet.

Not sure about the hull plates themselves, and I won't know until I get the hull apart at the weekend. The floor is the thinnest, so that's the most likely to be warped, especially if the fire came up from the floor and hit it first.

Adrian.

You have an interesting and challenging job there, it's right up my street . You will need to call on all your years of building experience to get that sorted, a brass wire cup brush in the angle grinder will help no end. Regards Phil

To prevent this from happening is there any sort of automatic fire extinguisher to set inside a shed or next to a battery storage?

I might get a few of these...




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Apparently there was an extinguisher in the shed but by the time he got there, the fire was too fierce to be able to reach it

Adrian.

With quite a large old house plus attached barn which has a workroom and also a car garage installed in it, I have about 12 fire extinguishers dotted about the place. I wanted to get them re-certified over the last year as we had had them a while. 3 could not be re-certified due to age so I was after replacements. Salesman asked me what sort of fires I was wanting to put out. My answer was I was not looking at putting any fires out. If I had to use them, it would be to secure a safe route out for me and my family and if I got us out and had 12 unused fire extinguishers when the fire brigade arrived, I would be more than happy. They are trained to go in and fight fires, I am not.

Those things are like land mines for kitchen fires. Looks like they work well when spilling the powder directly onto the fire. Next to the fire may not work so well however. Put one directly over the battery under charge.

That Tiger does look pretty interesting all charred. Definitely need a FAMO to recover it.

Good Luck on the restoration, I'm sure the heat treat of the Alum has changed (softened), but for a tank model it probably will not matter.
Best regards,
Bob

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