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The production of the Elefant kit is in full swing and we will regularly post images of the thousands of parts being made in our factory during the summer. Enjoy :D
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Doing this for a few hours is like spending an afternoon at the dentist, listening to cavities being filled....

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Not a bad noise! :twisted:

I use a real dentist turbine for modelling. With its diamond tools it is wonderful for all kinds of free hand drilling and milling in near all kinds of material if necessary.......... and the noise is even better! :mrgreen:
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The Elefant gun mounts are almost ready.
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A whole lot of hub caps...
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Elefant trails started ... first outing in the "wild":

Video of start up and suspension in action :

Glamour pics ..
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Production of the Elefant hull plates started today. Serial Number 2017 01 almost complete !

Production expected to complete in the next 2 weeks with shipping expected to start before the end of the month.
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Getting ready for shipping ....
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a work of art, worth every penny, great to own one, regards simon manning.

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On Friday we shipped our first Elefant kit to a customer in the UK ... despite Chris saying we would never get our first shipment out in Sept !! :D

4 boxes weighing a total of 94kg per kit.
Aiming to ship 4 kits a day for the next few weeks ... not sure the UPS man (or van) can cope with much more than that.
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