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22-10-12, 20:56
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Jon,
I don't think they used a turret ring, but a series of rollers similar to the setup on the US M3 series Light Tanks and M8 armoured car. Go to the earlier thread Vickers Carden Loyd Commercial Light Tanks and lookup the link to a download of AFV Weapons Profile No 5 "Light Tanks Marks I - VI", that booklet has a lot of info. Like Lynn said, it will take a considerable reconstruction to turn a T16 into a light tank. They had the engine to the right, driver to the left, which is not easy to reconstruct. Ideally, you would need a differential offset to the right. An alternative is to move the engine to the rear and connect it to the gearbox/differential with a prop shaft (just like in a Stuart and Sherman tank). Lots to ponder about, am looking forward to hear how you plan to tackle it. H.
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23-10-12, 07:40
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Differential
It is too bad the diff is on the front. There are a few ways I have thought of doing this.
One, the easier way is to make a "dummy" drive sproket and leave the diff in the rear. I have seen this done on a panzer 2 conversion and it looked OK. The wheels were done over to make them look different as well. The second is to weld a fake front end on the rear and drive in reverse. Engine would be put in to drive diff in reverse. The third is to attempt to remove the front lower plate and weld/bolt the diff onto it then re-attach it. This allows the diff in the front with the least amount of cutting to the carrier. For an engine and transmission I was thinking of using a modern engine with an automatic. Engine and transmission in the rear and a longer shaft under a cover on the floor to the front. A similar arrangement to the more modern Lynx. I have driven armoured vehicles with automatic trans and they are very forgiving. Since the tank will be a frankenstien it will never pass inspection from the hard core guys. I have a few converted carrier pics you may have seen over the years to give me ideas.
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25-10-12, 07:39
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Not sure....
I'm not sure where the pics came from I have been hunting for pice on the internet for years. They come from reenactments or gatherings of people like us.
I have lokated an offset gearbox so the engine should be able to be set off center and give me room for the crew. The Thun museum in Switzerland has a good set of pics restoring their T15/ Dutchman/ Vickers 4 ton.
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26-10-12, 09:30
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27-10-12, 01:23
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I need to be more clear. The pics I can't credit are the ones of the modified carriers.
My father found the gear box many years ago, he says it came off of an "old army truck" and from his discription it was for the front drive shaft on a four wheel drive truck. He thinks it will do fine. Now he just needs to dig it out. No pics of it. I looked at the other post and it is from the same set I looked through. I noticed the bogies/ spring suspension are different on the old photo when compared to the new restored one. That is where I was unsure of the exact model. The restored one seems to have the more "modern" type similar to the universal/ T16 carriers. Last edited by Jon Bradshaw; 27-10-12 at 01:29.
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01-01-13, 01:57
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Can anyone ID the modified carrier?
As you can see in the thread above, I am going to try to modify a T16 to be a Dutchman and the carrier/ Panzer 1 above is a great example of what I need to do. Anyone know whose it is? Have more pics? I was told it was possibly John Dallimore's but can't confirm it.
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