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Hello Pieter, From Page 101 of Universal Carriers Volume 1 there is a stowage diagram for the Carrier Universal Mark 1 (Scout Role). In the front compartment to the left of the Gunner there is an ammunition bin that contains 6 Utility pouches. Behind the driver in the rear compartment there is anoth...

Hello Adrian, I too have looked through my books but have drawn a blank. I know Bovington do have tank plans but don't know if they have any of a Grant\Lee with the M2 counter-weighted barrel. I have found this clip of the holy Grant which does show some details of the counter-weight and may suffice...

Hello,

A friend of mine wishes to purchase either a Panzer III or a T34 built or boxed with motion kit from the UK only. Please send me any details of models available.

Many thanks,

Will.

Hello Derek, By the time the comet was produced turret interiors were Gloss White. Here is a thread in which Mike Starmer has comments and he is the authority on this subject. http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208/thread/1055211501/1055372628/Interior+color+for+British+tanks... Kind regards, Will.

Hello Fabrice,

I have sent you a PM.

Kind regards,

Will.

Hello again,

Just got home and it is the French that had the scheme I like .The Brits are extremely plain in comparison. I suppose a Mark IV in French service is a bit too far fetched. Green, Brown or Grey it is then.

Regards,

Will.

Hello Stuart, Very few definitive books published on the Mark IV but Profile publications did this one and they have colour profiles in the centre pages. I have a copy at home but here is a link. http://www.abebooks.com/Armour-Profile-Tank-Mark-Foley-John/11229065271/bd Also the Bovington tank museu...

Hello I have a partial built Armortek Panther for sale. Gun Mantlet has been professionally de-chinned to represent early G variant. Pack 3 Suspension Pack has been assembled. Wheels have tyres fitted and some painted. Includes : Option Pack 1 (Electronics and Motors) Bob Morey Early Panther G Idler...

Hello Sean, Depending on how pedantic you are on the correct colour for your 222 there are a number of routes you can take from the Tamiya spray cans which have a general German yellow to a correct RAL colour match from some of these advertisers on Milweb. The trouble with this is the amounts and th...

Hello Graham, I see that nobody has replied to your thread yet and that maybe because this question is raised so many times and we all have our own preference on type of paint and colour. I assume from the fact that you model 1/16th tanks that you know the colour you need and that it is likely to be...

Hello Martin, I hope the new job is going well and welcome to the Forum. I could have saved you a lot of bother over this Dunkelgelb issue. The correct colour is RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb nach Munster and as others have already stated this no longer appears on the RAL chart which in any case has been modi...

Hello Allan and Rob, That is a very nice 50 Cal !! and I can see why you want to fit it but many British Shermans (especially the valuable Firefly) were fitted with an all round vision cupola and when that was fitted the .50 Cal was removed and fitted with a .30 cal in lieu. The British crews with t...

Hello Allan and Tim, According to David Fletcher in Military Ordnance Special Number 19 about the Firefly he says that the designers of the Firefly turret originally intended the armoured box to counterbalance the weight of the 17 pdr Gun and only later was it decide to mount the radio in it. The li...

Hello Dave,

I will be there again and as you say hopefully there will be something to do and somewhere to go ! in the evenings. The Sherman should have a new coat of paint by then.

Regards,

Will.

Hello fellow Shermanholics, Sometime ago somebody asked what was the Recoil distance of the 17pdr Gun and now thanks to Terry Gander in Ian Allans Tanks in Detail Medium Tanks M4 (76mm an 105mm) Page 89 I can tell you that the answer is :.................................Drumroll please.................