Land Rover with a difference.

[Guest]

I'm a little late to the party and once again you are pulling out all the stops on a very interesting subject. Loving the etch and great work so far Mike the Older type Sir Person!!!!

The US army experimented with "Shoot and Scoot" weaponry in 1940. This is what they developed for the use of the 57mm and 90mm recoilless "stove pipe" rifles,

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Preliminary test proved the the "shoot" part was spot on, but the "scoot" aspect didn't work due to the shot blowing the head off the "scoot" mechanism. After a few tests, the project was dropped…………...….

Prost
Allen the Younger Old Guy

Hello Younger type person of not so old an age as me,
I see the Ass was not too impressed either.. It would have better had they mixed in some Mollasses for the Ass's ass, and would have perhaps gained a better reaction. And now you know where the phrase came from "S**t we're under fire..."
Take care Youngster, you have some rough weather coming your way, if the old box starts rocking and rolling - pull over and stretch out for forty winks - you cannot drive on your side, does not help the paintwork or company logo...
Mike - The older more handsome one....

[Guest]

Hi Mike
That gun looks superb.
Jim

Jim
Thankyou, still some work to do on it.
Mike.

[Guest]

Ooh er that's cool looking older than me person :smiling2:.


Brilliant work as usual Mike.:thumb2:

No, it is the younger person trying to converse with the older person, which the younger person cannot do due to the older person not being in the vicinity of the screwdriver to take off the older persons lid, so has to wait for the older persons older partner of not so old an age to turn the screws that allow the older person out so that the older person can converse with the much younger person who has aged considerably while reading this - got it.:rolling:

Cheers, John.

[Guest]

That's looking good Mike.
Pete

Pete,
Many thanks.
Mike.

[minitnkr]

Huh? Nice metalwork prolly younger than me older person. PaulE

[Guest]

Huh? Nice metalwork prolly younger than me older person. PaulE

Cheers Paul,
71 soon to be 72.
Mike.

[scottie3158]

Mike nice work on the spotter.

[minitnkr]

Young whippersnapper :smiling3:. PaulE

[Guest]

Young whippersnapper :smiling3:. PaulE

I just knew there would be an old wrinkly on here - made my day he said strutting around Sainsburys...
Mike.

[Guest]

Update,
More detailing done, added the conduit for the electrics for the firing mechanism on the main armamment. Added the open sights which is the brass item. And am now working on a new trigger mechanism for the .5 spotting rifle.

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Getting towards the end of the detailing soon then onto final assembly.
Cheers,
Mike.

[Steve Jones]

Very impressed with the metal work. What will you coat it in before painting to stop the paint from chipping off?? Thanks in advance

[Guest]

Very impressed with the metal work. What will you coat it in before painting to stop the paint from chipping off?? Thanks in advance

Hi Steve,
Hycote car primer, decanted (do not do it in the house) into a jar and left for a couple of hours to let the gas settle, and then put it through an old badger 150 airbrush.
Cheers,
Mike.

[Guest]

Update,
The assembly work on the gun is now complete. This will be primed and top coated before the L/R so that I do not have the same shade of green. Just got to finish the L/R now.
Pics of final assembly...
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And finally the trigger mechanism.
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Will go over the model again to check before priming for any misses....
Cheers,
Mike.

[SimonT]

Hi Mike,

cleaning up mould lines on white metal is one of my personal hates - there always seems to be at least one in hiding until the paint goes on

Hope you don't mind a heads up on some that I've spotted



Looking forward to seeing the Landrover

[scottie3158]

Hi Mike looking very nice. I'm not sure it's a long time since I worked on them but should there be a hand loop under the muzzle?