Challenger with enhanced armour.

[Guest]

John R,
Jack L
Steve Jones,
Many thanks for your comments.
Mike.

[Jim R]

Hi Mike
..... and in his spare time he knits fog and writes the Lords Prayer on a grain of rice :smiling2:
Jim

[BattleshipBob]

Gordan Bennett Mike superb!!!

[Guest]

Update,
Whilst knitting fog and writing the long version of War and Peace on a gnats w...y I thought I would add more brass, and yes, still working on the rear of the vehicle....
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The lights are mounted, as are the tow bar brackets and the first aid box on top of the phone box.
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The left hand stowage box is complete, the right hand one is still curing, I have some wiring conduit to add from the junction box just to the right of the left hand light cluster, and you can just make out the catch for the phone box which is shown below.
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Please enjoy,
Mike.

[tr1ckey66]

Jaw-dropping stuff Mike. This is gonna be something special.
Cheers
P

[scottie3158]

Mike,
Loving the bling and the extra detail.

[Jim R]

Hi Mike
Oh so impressive. Precision modelling at its best.
Jim

[Guest]

Update,
Getting started on more 'bling' working my way around from left side to right side...
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All c/a joined....
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.... mounting frame.....
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And test fit....
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More later.
Mike.

[stillp]

Love that slat armour!
Pete

[Graeme C.]

The slat armour must have taken a lot of patience, cracking work Mike.

[scottie3158]

Lovely work mate a credit to your skills.

[JR]

Bl***y Nora Mike that is some slat work, all soldered I presume.

[Guest]

Stillp,
Graeme,
Scottie
John Race,
Many thanks for your comments,
Graeme, the problem I had with the armour was in fact the lack of information in the instructions with regard to the placement of the rear brackets which I have just about sorted. But the assemby of the slat is fairly straight forward. Mind you turning out a Leopard 2A4M with slat gave me some experience.
John, sad to say I ignored the solder, I wanted to try and do this with c/a, but it was built the same way and on a very thick floor tile, and the c/a was applied with a number 10 scalpel blade, so instead of touching and leaving a blob I am able to slide the edge of the blade across or through the joint which is cleaner.
Mike.

[SimonT]

Cracking work Mike :thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

That rear end detailing is intense. I hope it all stays in place for you. Crackin craftsmanship