Armour Dreams

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening All,

I have done a bit more work to the brake drums, just to try and make them look more realistic really.

There is a plate, that is bolted to the hull just behind the brake drums, it carries items of equipment, I need to replicate this plate and bolt it into position before I finish the brake drum linkage just in case it causes clearance issues.

Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening All,

This is the plate that I was referring to in my last post, having made and fitted the plate it answers a question. One thing that has always bothered me was, what would happen to all those bolt heads should an impact occur on the side of the tank, in the real tank world. One would have thought, that some would have sheared off and ricocheted around the inside of the tank, causing injury or death. Now that I have made this plate, I think that I understand. The plate, along with several others, are not bolted directly to the hull side but stand off by about 20mm, in other words there is a gap between the hull and the plate, if there is an impact and the heads are sheared off the plate would stop them from flying around.

The plate should hold a first aid kit, that's the horizontal box, a tool kit, which I have yet to make, a spanner, feldflasche, and a magnetic lamp. I need help with the magnetic lamp, item "a" in the first picture, I cant find any pictures of one so, HELP!!!!

Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

Morning All,

Someone on another forum provided me with the information regarding the magnetic lamp and holder, I couldn't find a canister of the correct dimensions but I did have a piece or tube, so...……

The canister is much bigger than the light but I assume that there would have been some felt or equivalent in the top and bottom to stop any damage and apparently the lamp had 6 meters of cable attached so that would of had to have been wrapped around it.