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Vince Cutajar wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:40 am

Very nice collection of after-market parts.

Would love to know the provenance of the MG.

Is the rifled tube from across the pond?

Vince

Vince,

The MG34 is Dragon and we got it new on eBay Bought it for about £50 if I remember correctly. They do a cheaper plastic one but its not as durable. The vendor was here in the UK

Hope that helps!

Phil

the barrel insert did indeed travel across water!

The MG34 is Dragon and we got it new on eBay

Thanks Phil and Phil for the info.

Will be interesting to see (when you get to it) if the rifled insert is a good fit with the inside of the barrel.

Vince

Hi Phil I will be following your build with interest. I'm late to the game (your thread) because you work so fast. Are you planning on lowering the rear deck plate and rear deck?

Best regards, Bob

Hi Bob, ref the rest deck, I suppose I will have to!

It's amazing just how much work is involved with the Tiger 1 rear plate and fittings.

Phil Woollard wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:24 am

I do have an old fashioned work ethic I suppose, if someone works for me I want value for money and vice versa but keeping up the quality!

Thought you guys might like to see some of the gucci parts, I'm sure you all know where they come from.

Hi Phil,

sorry don't know the factruy of these nice parts. Ould you tell me please

Hi Florian, I will let the other Phil (the boss) explain all, the suppliers need some recognition so they can carry on making these wonderful upgrades!
The engine bay detailing will be one to watch also.

ok thank you.
Glad to see more

Up date, the nice cloth and metal gurtsack and superb ammo belt is on order. The oh so intricate rear fenders, the fixings are about as small as I want to work with. There are no extra of the tiny rivets so you have to be careful that one doesn't "ping off" and just a couple spare of the .80 countersunk screws, I must say that the screws are of very good quality, this helping the location of the nut on the thread for the first time.

The starter plate all finished this morning so convoy light next then the starter handle stowage when that arrives and the rear is all fitted out.

florian rudolf wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:22 am

Phil Woollard wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:24 am

I do have an old fashioned work ethic I suppose, if someone works for me I want value for money and vice versa but keeping up the quality!

Thought you guys might like to see some of the gucci parts, I'm sure you all know where they come from.

Hi Phil,

sorry don't know the factory of these nice parts. Would you tell me please

Florian,

The detailing parts were sourced from the following manufacturers:-

The Late Mike Stannard (via Martin Diessel)
Armorpax (Dave Dibbs)
Steve Winstone
Mark Lawson
Tim Catton
Field of Armor (USA)
East Coast Armor (USA)

Rather than list every single part and where they came from, if there is a particular item you wish to know about, just let us know.

Back to the big bits for a while. Now I have to think of a way to allow access to the inner hull whilst installing a complete engine bay, radiators, radiator fans , engine, fire wall, fuel tank shield/ducts, smoke system, the associated wiring loom and all the engine bay plates, oh and the speakers.
All this needs to be removable as a unit, at least while I'm working on it..... should be interesting.

A bit more done, I have put off the milliput for as long as I can but must now knuckle down for a marathon of sausage rolling.

I wish I had gone for Grey Phil,it may not be correct but it's a lot easier on the eyes through the grills and hatches. Not that mine is correct in any way but it is ok to me.I do really love your build and attention to detail.


Glen.

She looks good Glen, maybe paint that engine bay that won't take long!