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"Pete's Toon Factory" The End

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No bench work for the next 2 days off to RAF Duxford Daks over Normandy tomorrow and on the 6th down to Portsmouth for the D-Day celebrations.
Hopefully we'll have a lot of pictures.
Pete
 
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Pete Low said:
Hi got a bit more done on the Toon Panther Ostwallturm.


I used a coat of Liquitex to represent concrete.


Added air shaft vent.


Primed base and turret.




Painted concrete a light grey and red oxide for the steel turret plate ring.






The inside of just one type of these Panther Ostwallturm.



Thank you for looking in.
Pete.
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Pete. Did the crew have to pump the air like in my" Dusty Bin " I did a few years back ?
Wolverine one coming on well .:thumb2:
 
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John Race said:
Pete. Did the crew have to pump the air like in my" Dusty Bin " I did a few years back ?
Wolverine one coming on well .:thumb2:
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Hi John this might answer your question.

The concrete sub-structure was a standard construction (Regelbau 687) built by the Organisation Todt (OT). It required some 175 m3 of concrete and approximately 10 tons of steel to reinforce the structure. When finished the bunker was slightly higher than the surrounding ground. This was to enable the construction of an angled apron of concrete, which was designed to prevent enemy fire from penetrating the bunker and to prevent blast damage to the loose soil around the turret when the gun fired.
The bunker itself had three rooms. The room directly below the turret housed a motor that operated the hydraulic rotation mechanism in the turret. Using this the turret could be traversed at six degrees per second. The motor also powered a compressor, which provided compressed air to flush out the barrel. Behind this room was an ammunition storage room which was capable of storing 450 rounds of 75 mm ammunition. The room below the turret that housed the motor was linked by several wooden steps to an ante-room. This was home to a generator and a battery which provided power for lighting, to operate the turret fan and for the electrical discharge. It also doubled as the crews living quarters and was fitted with a stove, but no beds. The smoke from the stove, together with the exhaust from the motor, was vented outside by means of a chimney. A door linked this room to a staggered entrance at the rear of the installation that led to a communication trench.
Pete.
 
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Hi added some ID marking to bunker base, added turret base colour.



Made trans bolt strip, cut slot and fitted for the "Wolverine".


Removed rear engine doors, added exhaust pipes, tow bracket and hex nuts/ washer to the ends of idler axles.


Not much today sorry about that.
Pete.
 
Pete - the Matilda looks much better without the golf tee

Wasn't sure if that 'bunker' was real or just someone messing about with Photoshop again, but it appears to be real, the Lebanon Peace Monument. There is also one full of cars.

Looks like a T55 on the bottom with an Israeli M50 above it and possibly a Saladin A/C above that

Just looked it up on wiki and apparently there are 78 tanks/armoured cars in there along with 5000tons of concrete - would certainly make a very different model
 
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Pete,
As always, they hit the mark, well done.
Cheers, Mike.
 
Pete,
You never disappoint great work on the panther turret and the ground work for the Sherman looks spot on.
 
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