1930's Vickers Medium APC

[zenrat]

Ahem.   

"officially Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys, and sometimes incorrectly spelled Boyes"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_anti-tank_rifle

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[buzzbomb]

Well the above solves the Lewis gun thinking.. that is a no. Vickers it is

Coming along nicely.  Got room for a Boys somewhere?

Sorry old bean.. no Boyes AT rifle. Perhaps the Mik II after the prototyping trials 

Kick back it will be a quite a few days before I am at the bench again. 

[zenrat]

The whole idea behind the Lewis Gun's barrel jacket was to act as a chimney: muzzle blast going forward causes low pressure at the muzzle, which sucks in air at the rear of the tube and draws it along the fins surrounding the barrel, cooling the latter. Of course, if you put one of these inside an enclosed vehicle it would suck air out of the vehicle with every shot, causing underpressure inside which then causes air to be pushed in from outside through any opening in the armour.

Found this pic.  It illustrates the fins inside the jacket.

[Rheged]

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Ahem.   

"officially Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55in, Boys, and sometimes incorrectly spelled Boyes"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_anti-tank_rifle

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Thank you for the correction  .I have noted this spelling, and adjusted things accordingly.  However spelled, it could  project a 0.5 bullet through over 12 inches of brickwork.

  Incidentally, your new image has occasioned comment at Chateau Rheged.

[Gondor]

Incidentally, your new image has occasioned comment at Chateau Rheged.

That does look rather like part of a well known vacuum cleaner

[jcf]

Medium Mk.II centreline and plan view layout drawings. From a very old book on armour,
The Fighting Tanks since 1916
Jones, Ralph E. Major, Infantry, US Army;
Rarey, George H., Capt., Infantry, US Army;
Icks, Robert J., 1st Lieut., Infantry Reserve, US Army
National Service Publishing Company, 1933.

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[jcf]

Here's a large colour centreline drawing:

[Jakko]

Well the above solves the Lewis gun thinking.. that is a no.

You could use a Lewis aircraft gun, but that would be an unlikely choice given those were used on aircraft and not by ground forces until sometime around the Home Guard receiving them in the 1940s. Because it turned out the barrel fins and shroud were totally unnecessary to have the Lewis work fine, leading to the thought that all those troops had been carrying a few kilos of unnecessary weight all along ...

[zenrat]

...Incidentally, your new image has occasioned comment at Chateau Rheged.

There comes a time when one's avatar should match one's name.  Although I did always identify more with Shaggy and Velma.

[Rick Lowe]

and Velma.

 

the thought that all those troops had been carrying a few kilos of unnecessary weight all along ...

Not an issue for officers, of course, so unlikely to weigh* with them at all...

*didn't see that one in time to avoid it; sorry/not sorry... 

[zenrat]

...Incidentally, your new image has occasioned comment at Chateau Rheged.

There comes a time when one's avatar should match one's name.  Although I did always identify more with Shaggy and Velma.

But it appears it's only a short time.  Back to Tank Girl for now.

[PR19_Kit]

But it appears it's only a short time.  Back to Tank Girl for now.

Phew, stability is restored to the Whiffworld. 

[Wardukw]

For some damn reason i could not see any pics in this post Buzzy mate ,,and now i can 
Do i like what i'm seeing ? ...yep ..very much so 
I'll be watching thats for sure 

[buzzbomb]

And we are back on deck. Although with a deadline later this month when I shoot off on holidays for an extended period, so best get this done soonish.

So, first the tracks    Not a pleasant experience for individual track links.
Not sure what Old Womby found, in my case the "click" part was not clicking, the join hinge extension was a smidge too wide for the female part of the next link. So each link needed a couple of swipes with a file to make it narrower at the join hinge bit. Razzin' Frazzin' :icon_crap:
But, we got there and once securely glued on not going anywhere. So paint in Situ.


Then onto the rivetting, went quite fast, certainly a lot faster than the track debacle. Next is to trim the tails a bit and double, triple check the roof fits after all this

After looking at various bits and pieces around on the Medium, added shielding around the braking drums, plus a "step here" over the transmission shaft housing for the infanteers onboard to at least look like I care a bit about their well being and safetly during disembarking.


next interior paint in a pre-war Silverish colour and then add on the roof/floor/hatches... it goes on
Thanks again for the support.

[Old Wombat]

Pretty much the same on the tracks. 

Generally more work than I'd like required with a supposed "click-to-fit" system.

Ended up laying them out on lengths of tape & making (I think) 2 sections per track length, which I seem to recall ending up as 3 segments* whilst trying to re-fit them after painting.


Really liking how this is coming along, BT!   




[*: But at least I got the top done in one piece with appropriate sag.]