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Jerry -

Interesting stuff. Can you post up (or PM me) more information on your ‘rivet squeezer’ ? Like you I’m not a fan of glued rivets (with a Mark IV under my belt), and I’ve got both the M3 Lee and a Rolls-Royce Armoured Car to deal with .....

Thanks, in hope,

Chris

Jerry Carducci wrote:Ohhhhhhhhhhh Puma, let it be a Puma.....puuuuuhleeeeaaase let it be a Puma.....

Jerry

I agree ! It’ll give me longer to save up for something decent .....

I’ve got a feeling it was for flotation tanks ..... but were they ever used in action ?

Not sure the FT-17 would sell well. Certainly would not be on my shopping list. I personally think it looks rather ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. Personally I think the FT-17 has shape and style, whereas the Tiger 1 has all the attractiveness of a house brick. To each his ...

It's the time of year to go looking for the Holy Grail ...... oh wait, hang on, that's Easter :lol:. Does anyone have an unloved and unwanted Armortek Centurion that they wish to part with ? I'm minded to do a Korean War Mark 3. My preference would be for a completely new and unstarted one in the or...

Stephen - Thanks for the clarification as to location. I shall make a visit there sometime. It's obviously been moved, though, since my photo ........ my parents moved to Christchurch in the late 1980's, and I'd date my picture to sometime in the 1990's. It's a shame the bridge has been repainted, a...

Sorting through my mother's effects :cry: I came across these photos. I'm guessing that this memorial is somewhere in Christchurch, Dorset, UK, which is where my parents used to live. The chaps in the second photo are my Uncles, long since departed for the Elysian Fields. Bailey 1a.png Bailey 2a.png...

Dave - Helen has her own sources of paint-drying books :lol: . But this one is entirely for me - I’m in serious need of retail therapy right now. And the seller is known to me :wink: . My real interest is in the British section. I’m not going to get involved in the ongoing punch-up about German Sand...

Sold ! Please PM me with payment details.

Thanks,

Chris

Liam - Welcome to the gang ! You've scored off the first basic requirement - you've got a sympathetic wife :wink:. You're going in at the deep end, aren't you ? The biggest kit Armortek have ever made (the JT) AND an Easy 8 ? Good luck, enjoy yourself and, if you get stuck or confused, just ask - so...

Christoffer Ahlfors wrote:We are your friends, and we are here to help...

From a member of our happy band of pilgrims, friendly advice is always welcome. But, from the Great Unwashed who march up to you at shows to tell you your build is rubbish in World of Tanks ......

And here we are again - the eve of Cambrai, the first massed tank attack in history. Despite us all having suffered an horrendous year, we owe it to our forebears to remember their, much greater, sacrifices.

Fear Naught.

Jerry - Firstly, welcome to the M3 builders ! You've obviously been trawling though the build threads - I hope you've found it useful. The M3, be it Lee or Grant, is proving to be more fascinating the more I get into it ......... The issue (it's not a problem) with the M3 is the sheer diversity of f...

Serried ranks of Fury builds would be even more boring than wall-to-wall Tigers .......... :roll: Think outside the box, chaps ! If I had money and time (both in short supply right now, regrettably) I'd do an Easy Eight from the Korean War. Operations 'Killer' and 'Ripper' in 1951 introduced some in...

Another good day in the build shed. Working on Stage 10 - the front glacis plate. There's a lot going on here, with lots of brackets holding the various armour plates together at some very strange angles - the hallmark of the M3 ! I've made a decision that I will only use the glued 2.5mm rivets wher...