Chieftain build by Phil Woollard.

[Phil Woollard]

More cupola work with some detail tips

[Phil Woollard]

More turret progress

[Steve Ellis]

We were at the Tank Museum today so took these for you.

[Phil Woollard]

Thanks for those Steve I'm using them already.I've had the green light from the boss to detail the NBC pack, so I have already made a start. The tin work was part of a bailey bridge, I do like to repurpose things.

[simon_manning]

mega build phil, but good input deserves praise, keeps the Forum bubbling, regards simon.

[David Brady]

I second that Phil...great work!

[Phil Woollard]

Thanks guys, as builders yourself you know that we love to build these monsters and for most of us it's the closest we will ever get to owning the real thing! Think of the all the like minded people and potential customers that we entertain with our threads, they all keep the hobby so buoyant , and thanks to Armortek for supplying the metal beasts, keep it up guys Amen!

[Phil Woollard]

A !itt!e more done today.

[Mark Heaps]

The armoured plate on the back of the turret in the NBC box is where the old barrel came out and the new one went in doing a barrel change.
A lot went on in the NBC pack, Scavenge fan and pressure sensor on the inlet side, pressure sensor and pressuring fans on the other side pressuring the vehicle. We were told never to open the NBC pack if the fans were still running as that big armoured door would come flying open.

Mark

[Phil Woollard]

I did wonder what that dirty great big armoured door was for, thank you Mark! The hinged hatch in the turret roof at the rear left what was under that ?

[Mark Heaps]

I did wonder what that dirty great big armoured door was for, thank you Mark! The hinged hatch in the turret roof at the rear left what was under that ?

The two turret batteries plus the filler tube for the drinking water container were under that one. The metadynes were under the bolted cover rear right.
Mark

[Phil Woollard]

Thanks again Mark, don't suppose anyone has a photo of the layout under that left hatch ?
More work on the NBC unit.

[Dave Dibb (Armorpax)]

Hi Phil,

Noticed you have blocked the top of the wiper unit, I made the masters to sit on top of the two raised section on the original kit piece but should work the same on your mods. Drill a small hole to locate the fixed base piece and drill out the end slightly. Wipers should then sit about right to the periscope. The packs contain an extra wiper just in case.

Have to say its one impressive build. Its a while since I have put anything together so looking forward to the summer.

Best regards

Dave

[Phil Woollard]

Hi Dave, I was just about to pm you. Those kit blocks would have been the right height but I dressed them down to get them square so I'm short by about 1.5 mm. The plasticard addition brings the blade sockets back up. I am still short of another nine blades for the drives position, the gunners position and the commanders swivel vision block. I will post more on my fitting tomorrow. The detail is awesome mate!

[Dave Dibb (Armorpax)]

Hi Phil,

Problem is all the other blades are different. The MG set will include the single wiper but the drivers ones work the other way and need deeper blade holders. Not sure on the gunners scope as can't find in any of my pics

Cheers

Dave