25 Pounder info needed.

[Ken Smith]

Good day Tony,
That is amazing how good all that looks. I would guess that after the axle was demobbed it would have been used on a farm trailer for many years, but by your description of the bearings and linings didn't travel very far.
I always thought the stub axles were part of the main axle, you learn something new everyday.
The remainder of the project is looking pretty good, I like your attention to detail.
Ken

[Private_collector]

G'day Ken! Yes, I agree. Not much work done by this axle in past decades, at least not as far as neglect goes, anyway. I expected the stubs were a part of the total tube length too.

Still a number of areas which had original green paint also.

I dips me lid to the gentleman I bought this off!

[Private_collector]

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.
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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?
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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.
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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.

[David Dunlop]

Heng Long, Tony?

David

[Private_collector]

Yeah David. They're not bad, if you get the option of track and gearbox upgrade to metal.
Don't get the 27mhz radios either. The more modern ones have superior 2.4ghz transmitters, with better sound.

I didn't bother with upgrades for my jagdpanther. nazis don't deserve the good stuff!

[David Dunlop]

I got hooked on them a few years back, Tony. Have a Tiger I in the basement, along with a five drawer dresser full of upgrade parts for it, mostly Tamiya. Great fun, but a very long project in waiting I fear. While working on it I discovered there was also a huge interest in the 1/6 and 1/4 scale stuff, which looks quite impressive when on the move. Typically all metal fabrication.

Still not as much fun as the original 1:1 stuff, however.

Enjoy!


David

[Phillip]

Tony,

The grease seals are an off the shelf item - any good bearing supplier should have a modern equivalent.

The wheel nuts are the same as blitz, just watch the thread pitch as there seems to be some slight variation.

[Mike Cecil]

The 1/6th scale Armortek stuff is very impressive. I've been advising a guy in the UK with his Centurion Mk5/1 build - the basic kit then 'super detailed' to produce a scale model of a particular Australian tank as it was configured in South Vietnam in 1969.

If you are into models it is worth a look .....

http://www.armortek.co.uk/Forum3b/vi...4b79e8c#p51767

Armortek also produce a 1/6th 25-pdr under their Kompact Kit label. It's the closest to a 1:1 25-pdr that I'll ever have!

Mike