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No chance to fit tanks in on this holiday. Will be there next open day for sure.

Hello,

A friend of mine ( Luc De Weirdt ) made a movie of my tiger 1 and his tiger,
in the movie i'am testing the blankfire.

Here is the link to the movie


greetings from the front
Yves

Blank firer working really well. Hope I can get mine to work. Don't even know how to load it.

Nice video, and great work on both tanks.

It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I love the blank firers. I've got one on order and can't wait to see it in action.

Steve

It's a pity the blank firer is no longer at least an option. Having a Tiger with one system and one of the new panzer IVs with another is not great. I would prefer to have both with the sane set up.
How is the blank firer performing with regard to residue? Any sign yet. I do not expect to fire it too often. What type of ammo are you using and do you have an online supplier?

Hi,

Thanks for the compliment Steven,
the blankfire is a lot of fun, but it takes a lot of work to set it to work fine ( for me )
i donth know for other custumors.
John I use blackpowder cartriges, i buy them from Armortek ( if i visit the openday or if i go to tankfest )

Blackpowder gives a lot of dirt, so you have to clean the drum every time you
shoot, very importent use vaseline on the top of all the 6 cartriges, because
blackpowder is very explosif, if you donth use vaseline all 6 cartriges can
ignite in one time. I' am gonna make a bag a round the blankfire to keep the dirt
in.
regards Yves

Some type of filter bag like you would have round a vacuum cleaner motor. But flame proof.

Hello Guys,

I made a together with Luc Deweirdt yesterday a video ( 18 min )
in the Belgium snow.


greetings from Belgium

Great video.

Great Vidio
Good to watch them both together
Cheers
Phil

Hello John and Phil,
thanks for your compliments on the movie,
the credit goes to Luc Deweirdt, he is de moviemaker.
regards Yves

Hello guys,

I made a little update on the tiger 1.
I put a prybar on the right side of the tank.



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best regards Yves

Hello guys,

I have a little update on the tiger.
I workt on the switch for the animatronics, i workt the switch in to the turret
roof and on top i use a gasmask cillender to put over the on and off switch.
Here are a few pictures and a movie how it works.



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best regards Yves

Well done Yves,I like it,
Thats a great way to disguise a switch
Regards
Phil

What a clever idea Yves - well done.
I'll pop that into my memory for future use