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Always love a straight answer Phil

Yesterdays work with a few fixes.

Going back to the gpmg 7.62 link that I have just ordered take a look at the quality. Now as the gun cycles the round, the bolt de links the round spitting the spent shell and the link out the way. If the kit is as good as it looks I can have a selection of link and de headed empty rnds scattered around the weapon. Lets see just how good they are when they arrive!
Stephen how did you catch your spent rnds? I know that SPTA insists that all brass is picked up and returned for recycling , back in the day no one cared and millions of rnds were just left in the mud, as kids we would sort through the piles and remove the blanks that did not get fired, I must have clipped tens of thousands to extract the cordite to make pipe bombs! You cant do that now!

Phil Woollard wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:41 pm

I know that SPTA insists that all brass is picked up and returned for recycling , back in the day no one cared and millions of rnds were just left in the mud, as kids we would sort through the piles and remove the blanks that did not get fired, I must have clipped tens of thousands to extract the cordite to make pipe bombs! You cant do that now!

Yes you can. I live about 200 yards from SPTA (Salisbury Plain Training Area), and my wife and I walk our dog up there pretty well every day. We see loads of bullets and clips all the time, and we've handed in some live ones. Just because there are rules, doesn't mean they're religiously followed ......

I do miss SPTA Chris.
A little tease from today's work and what to do if you encounter the same little snags in tomorrows detailed post.

Yesterdays Photos today. I have a plan for the rear belly plate angle as it rises toward the rear plate, has anyone else considered cutting and shutting to let in the hull triangular rear section? I will try and find photos for another post on this modification.

That rear belly plate that is bugging me to fix it!

My chieftain arrives tomorrow I hope I don't have the same problem on the front plate as you have! I don't have the necessarily skill nor tools to correct it so I may have to ask for a replacement
Phil I am learning and picking up tips every time you make a post so keep them coming! Keep up the good work

It’s a consistent feature so a replacement won’t help. Same witness marks on mine. It’s a result of the work holding clamps. Can be dressed out.

Good to see you’re thinking of the rear plates Phil. As well as the new plate, I’ve got a couple of fixes to do on that area to sort out the geometry of the rear plate. As ever, it’s a judgment about whether it’s worth the effort. I think it is in this case.

Manny if you get stuck I will talk you through the fix, if you really get stuck then send it to me and will fix it at cost!

Thanks Phil really appreciate your offer,its great for newbies like us to have someone on hand for help and for reference.Really looking forward for my kit to be delivered tomorrow.cheers

No worries mate, you will love the kit it's awesome. I'm waiting on a 1/35 kit to arrive which should have been here a week ago, that kit is for for extra detail reference duties, like the belly plates and that awkward rear hull angle that I want to change, £50 well spent I think!

I have had a very productive day, more photos and some tips tomorrow.

As promised the rest of yesterdays photos. Looking at those m3 cap heads used to hold the road wheels on, well they need changing for hex head and the "front of house " m3 nuts need to be changed out for the 1970's lock nuts so I shall order a couple of hundred of each today.

Don't ask me where I found these little brass dodads but they sure do look the part.

It seems there are various names for them. Used mostly in leather work and garments. There are various sizes also .

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Vince