The gun axle, stubs, hubs, and one wheel, are now with the sandblaster. The second wheel isn't yet liberated from one tyre bead. I'll get that to my guy when I pick the other bits up next Wednesday. In addition to media blasting and industrial coating, he does 'hot zinc spraying'. This is a process I didn't know existed until he enlightened me yesterday. It involves drawing a wire of pure zinc out of a drum, (where it is stored coiled) and it gets liquefied in a type of spray gun, and virtually spat/sprayed onto a bare metal substrate. The surface then becomes literally zinc coated! Unbelievable. I hope to be on the spot when he uses this, some day soon. Sounds fascinating. When the axle is reassembled, welding will begin on the trails.
These two books arrived in the mail today. Now we're cooking! Lots of reading in my immediate future. N.B: They are reproductions, NOT original, unfortunately.
I am looking for the following parts for my gun: Wheel nuts x3, inner hub grease seals x2, and a 25 pdr brake lever. If you have any of these for sale, please get in touch with me. I will be happy to negotiate purchase.
What do you think of these?
When I was a kid, I had a remote control tank. Well, not actually 'remote' controlled, it had a hand control box that held batteries and a wire ran down to the tank itself. I loved that little tank. Then one day it broke, never to go again. I was gutted.
I only wish tanks like these were available back then. Have bought these 3 tanks over past months, and they are such fun to play with. They sound real, look great, have quite acceptable detailing. They even blow smoke out of the exhausts! They also shoot BBs, fast, and I wouldn't recommend standing in front of one when it fires, either. Those BBs really fly, and the tank recoils, accompanied by a passable firing sound. Good fun.