25 Pounder info needed.

[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

[Private_collector]

Thanks Phillip, I will speak with my local bearing shop early next week.
I tried a couple of CMP wheel nuts on the gun hub but they didn't fit. Felt like they would cross thread if I pushed them any further than the half turn I coul move them by hand. I'll try a few more nuts.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-6-Giant...oAAOSwc1FXYZtS

Mike, there is a 1:6 Sherman on ebay now. Made of fibreglass and with petrol/gas engine. Price is $1900AUD. Quite heavy, and too large to be easily manhandled into back of the car. At least I can pick up the 1:16 ones. Also seen an assembled Armortek 25pr gun on ebay recently. Starting price was initially £800, but after a couple of weeks without selling......the price went UP to £850!!!!!! A stroke of marketing genius. Dont know if it eventually sold, but now I see another one up for sale. Definately NOT same gun, because this one is a kit requiring assembly, whereas the first one was already built.

I would love an Armortek tank, but $$$ and shipping weight make than an impossible scenario.

[Private_collector]

Didn't get the axle parts back on Wednesday, as was originally hoped. A medical appointment went way over time beforehand, so I didn't get there before his closing time. Next opportunity is Monday. I know they are done, I saw them there the day before, but didn't have the trailer attached, so could not retrieve anything then.

With the advice from Phillip that the inner hub grease seals were available, I called in on my local bearing shop yesterday afternoon. I must admit, I was trying not to have too high expectations. I have been disappointed before. You know the type of scenario, 'yeah, we used to be able to get those, but they stopped making them', or some such tripe. I was to be very pleasantly surprised. Not only are they available, but they happened to have some in stock. Two of them, in fact. Just the quantity I wanted! Additionally pleasing was the price, $10 each.
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Original seal has 2625 on it, and SITS PRECISION OIL SEAL as well. There is a patent no. but I cannot make it out.
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New seal is Alliance Sealing, TC12220. The number C5203 is on a seperate sticker, as seen in the above photo/s. Hopefully the photos and above information will be of use to someone.

Added afterwards: I have found some numbers on side of the new seals. These I suspect would be the dimensions, in imperial measurement. "2.625 3.750 0.500" I believe these are ID, OD, and Thickness.