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Excellent Clip Phil, when the picture quality is good there's always the opportunity to get a good still for the files.

Michael C, when the Chieftain did the AC1, I felt the review was very commendable towards the AFV,
It certainly cleared up some of the stories of a twin 25 pounder armed cruiser tank from down under if it were true. It also showed what a nation with it's back to the wall could build to fend off a ruthless enemy in short period of time.

Certainly one in the eye for the British who'd fielded some pretty bad AFV's (Valentine and Matida 2 excluded) up to that point in the war.

Recently read the Haynes enthusiasts factual book on the Panzer V (Panther) (it was cheap Phil £3.50). It absolutely crucified it, other than having a good gun and decent frontal armor, it was difficult to maintain, liable to break down, with no spares, weak side armor and shortage of experienced crew made it effectively a piece of junk. This being lorded as the best tank of the war. Which doesn't any make sense after reading the book.

Criticism sometimes defies logic and context. One wouldn't say the Panzer 38 (T) was a great tank or even a good tank, but without it, Blitzkrieg 1939 one of the greatest tank offences ever could never have taken place at the time it did.

Like you say, just enjoy the clips, They'd never let me climb around inside the AC1 anyway. I'd usually damage myself somehow or worse. Getting out of a Chieftain managed to rip the pocket from my shorts
Serious firer power.

Hi John,

We'll just have to agree to disagree on The Chieftain's analysis of the AC1, and Mr Dawe's Centurion thread is probably not the place to discuss it further anyway. Suffice to say, the Chieftain displays so much ignorance of the history and sprouts so much BS about the workings of the AC1 tank, especially/primarily in Part 2 about the interior, it's astonishing. What he does get right is greatly outweighed by what he gets wrong.

Mike

Off we go then, teardown. It's all in excellent shape with very little use almost like new!

Moving on, photos to include the planning stage of the final drive details.

Developments, machining the kit locker lids and removal of the fenders.

Nice bit of Machinery on show Phil, makes things so much easier, regards simon.

So now you are "Windy Woollard" the Miller

Lol, more wind than you would expect !

That's Turkey stuffing talk Phil. Better out than in

Nice work on the lids

Turn tuttle. Please note we are not in anyway criticising this very nice out of the box build, we "the Phil brothers" are just fussy buggers!

Belly plates. You guys may have noticed I'm scaling back on the content as I feel I post to much lol? So fewer words from now on.

Phil without posting the Forum is not a Forum, Perhaps we both post too much, i always look at other builds and good project build photo's are a must, plenty of newbies or potential builders like to browse before taking the plunge, i wish more builders would post, regards simon.

Phil, In my opinion your photo /word balance is just right. Without the explanation its sometimes difficult to work out what the photo is showing

Hi Phil
Don't cut back yours are some of the best and most informative posts on here.
I used you Famo postings building mine and it was a big help.

Regards Derek

As the overwhelming response was to post, thank you the chosen few, here is what I have been up to this afternoon.