Cruising around in my A9 CS

[scottie3158]

Evening Buddy,

Looking really nice and I knew you couldn't just build it without adding some nice tweaks to make it even better. You're so right about the weight of the jack and a handle would definitely help carrying that puppy around. Is there a bar to pump it up included in the kit?

The gun is nicely detailed too. Almost a shame you won't see it with the turret closed up.........Drive on Bro!!!

Prost
Allen (Ret.)

Cheers Allen,
Glad you like the tweaks, there are some pioneer tools but I haven't looked at them that closely yet.

[adt70hk]

Beautiful!!!

[scottie3158]

Beautiful!!!

Cheers Andrew

[JR]

Well just as I come to expect with your build Paul great detail .Very nice .:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Jim R]

Hi Scottie
Superb. As John says we have come to expect no less.
Jim

[scottie3158]

Well just as I come to expect with your build Paul great detail .Very nice .:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

Thank you John very kind of you.

Hi Scottie
Superb. As John says we have come to expect no less.
Jim

Thanks Jim, no pressure then lol.

[Steven000]

Lovely details as usual Scottie :thumb2: very nice
Steven

[scottie3158]

Lovely details as usual Scottie :thumb2: very nice
Steven

Thanks Steven, nice of you to say.

[scottie3158]

The turret basket builds up into a very nice little assembly. But virtually nothing will be seen when the turret goes on. I meant to take some pictures of the interior but got carried away and assembled the turret.





Made some straps to hold the external tools on from masking tape and etch buckles.



Added some replacements for some of the turret detail. The blade sight was made from pewter as the plastic kit one was very poor and the rear hatch bump stop was made out of etch sprue and a bit of evergreen. Finally the handles on the turret sides were made from copper wire and punched pewter rivets







cheers
Scottie.

[Guest]

A tank with parquet flooring in the turret?

[scottie3158]

A tank with parquet flooring in the turret? :smiling3:

I was quite surprised to see wooden flooring as well maybe it helped deaden the noise inside the turret

[rtfoe]

I was quite surprised to see wooden flooring as well maybe it helped deaden the noise inside the turret

Lovely details Paul/Scottie, nothing like a wooden deck to stand on eh matey.

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Lovely details Paul/Scottie, nothing like a wooden deck to stand on eh matey.

Cheers,
Richard

Cheers Richard it would have been better than a metal floor.

[slupanter]

Watching this tread, as I have one in the stash

[rtfoe]

Funny thing happened, by coincidence I picked up an old MM magazine and one of the articles was the A9 with quite a few pictures and unit markings that operated it. It's the February 2006 issue with a Challenger 2 on the cover.

Cheers,
Richard