Challenger with enhanced armour.

[Guest]

Quick update.
More work done on the slat, and this is the work so far on the centre section, this is all loose sections that move freely, but at the moment just a work in progress shot for you. I now have seven done as of this afternoon.
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Just got to give the eyes a rest after two sections....
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Cheers,
Mike.

[Steven000]

Nice progress Mike, lovely details :thumb2:
Steven

[Guest]

Nice progress Mike, lovely details :thumb2:
Steven

Cheers Steven, pleased you like it.
Mike.

[tanktrack]

Hi Steve,
Thickness is about 10 to 15thou thick and 1.5 mm width. On the photo below I have put a rule in for scale.
Mike.

thanks for the info ,great work

[stillp]

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You're looking well Mike.
Pete

[Guest]

You're looking well Mike.
Pete

Combination of doggy choc's, Bob Martins and something the vet did with his finger.....
Mike.

[Guest]

Update,
The rear centre slat is now finished and in surface primer, would I be cruel enough to show it primed....
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Naw!.
The items ringed were for my benefit as these parts required straightening, all the rest are just loose and all fall straight when the slat is verticle, and the best way to check was to photograph the back face and put the image through photoshop. This image is about 4 times the size of the original part.
Cheers,
Mike.

[Jim R]

Just got to give the eyes a rest after two sections....

I'm not at all surprised :tongue-out3:
Very skilled work indeed.
Jim

[Guest]

I'm not at all surprised :tongue-out3:
Very skilled work indeed.
Jim

Cheers Jim,
Mike.

[Steve Jones]

Terrific work Mike. Will you straighten them before or after painting?

[Guest]

Terrific work Mike. Will you straighten them before or after painting?

They were all done before the surface primer went on, tried using the Mk.1 eyeball but that did not work, so put the pic into photoshop to blow it up and see if there were any problems, and came out with these points.
Now working my way around the hull finishing off the brass etc and then onto the turret....
Mike.

[BigGreg]

l'll be damned.....WOW well done Mike... wonderful

[scottie3158]

Mike,
That is cracking work my friend.

[JR]

Ooooh fabbyoso !

[Guest]

Update,
The brass/detail work on the hull is now finished.
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And now for the holiday snaps....
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Bar armour on the left rear, and tail light assembly.
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More of the same.... You can just make out the right side frame for the centre bar armour frame (grey square).
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Sorry for the blurred image, but here you cna see the screen wash pipe on the right and the electric cable for the wipers.
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Headlight assembly with new brackets and light clamps, horn, the bolt shaft going into the reactive armour frame, conduit for the lights and the white object is the bottom of the indicater/turn signal to be added later after paining.
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The oblong hole on the centre of the pic is for the mirrors, this will be added after painting so i do not ruin the mirror finish. Ahead of that is the bracket for the cam pole and to the right is the chain for the pin for the tow cable. The front dust shroud will be cut down as it was in the desert due to damage ripping it away.
Tomorrow I will build up the comms cable reel and frame, and then start work on the turret details.
Thanks for looking and dropping by.
Mike.