Armortek

Posted: **Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:03 pm**

Can anyone tell me what it says on the 2 "T piece" filler covers please ( centre of shot) , I can't quite make it out, is it just coolant?

Posted: **Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:17 pm**

A picture of the coolant cover.FV no too Joy
Also wondered what your going to do with track horns. Pictures show Centurion horns very similar to Chieftain in height, but the Chieftain models horns are bigger/taller and will damage the return rollers as reported. Are you going to clip them?
Waiting with baited breath

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Posted: **Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:19 pm**

Happy New Year. Filler on right side (looking towards vehicle front) is Coolant, left side is Hydraulic. Inscriptions on the other sides of the filler caps are the part numbers.

Posted: **Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:46 pm**

Stephens not wrong, as usual.

Happy New Year sir.

The best pictures I can find and crop, but I don't know the FV number

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Posted: **Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:24 pm**

I happened to be at Bovington on Monday and measured the horns on the tracks of the Chieftain in the Tank Story hall. This is a later mark, but I don't know if the horns differed between marks.

It looks to be about 108mm tall, so should be 18mm on the kit.

Adrian.

Posted: **Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:51 pm**

Thanks gentlemen, ref the tracks let's see what the boss says first.

A bit more done and I have finally made a start on the engine deck vents. There's hundreds of individual louvers, well there are a lot.

Posted: **Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:05 pm**

Although I said this vent was nearly finished it has a long long way to go yet for it to look like the 1/1 more on that tomorrow.

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:33 pm**

These vents are tricky but worth the effort. The two rear centre vent frames need some drop in fixings of some kind , anyone have those details please?

Posted: **Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:57 pm**

Nice bit of detail there Phil........good idea with the jig to get the same size handles! Good tips for newbies! Keep em coming please.

Posted: **Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:26 pm**

The rear vents continued.

Posted: **Wed Jan 08, 2020 9:02 pm**

The lifting handles for the rear hatches.

Posted: **Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:30 pm**

My back hurts from leaning over the Chieftain all day.

Posted: **Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:36 pm**

Great detailing Phil. Were the boxes red oxide painted? I'm not doubting you, I've just not seen it.

Posted: **Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:14 pm**

Yes they were, except that in 4RTR the front left triangle bin was painted white and was our larder. I don’t remember the interior of the lids being painted but may be wrong about that.

Posted: **Fri Jan 10, 2020 2:31 am**

There's so much great detail going on here.

Looking forward to seeing the big T fitted.

Armortek

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