Post by Norbo on May 25, 2018 15:41:04 GMT 1
So this is what I traded my van for well my van and a couple of m cycles any way .
This is how it looked before I got it home .
DSC01944 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC01943 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02041 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
day 1 I started to strip it down I removed all the side bins and exhorts shield and with a rubber malet fixed a few dents on the shield so it looks sweet now
DSC02046 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02047 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
All These bins and heat shield will go of for powder coating the bins in crinkle coat satin black and shield in a smooth heat coat . When I get the tank back from Hatywood tanks who are going to sort out a few things inside for me ill remove the exhorts and get that hear powder coated as well and ill get some of the painted stuff in side silver powder coated as well like air ducting and so on just to make them all look nice and new .
DSC02048 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
There were a few brackets like this one that held a side bin of that are rusty so ill get them powder coated as well its far better then zink plating and wont rust over time so when its done its done for ever.
DSC02043 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
After removing the back bins ther was a hatch with what looks like and exhoust pipe coming out but it is infact for the rir intake when I removed the bolts and pulled it down there are 3 filters in there so I may well have to replace them at some point if needed.
DSC02044 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02045 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
I removed the 30mm gun and its support
If you look next to the main gun holl you will see a small holl that’s for a crappy little gun that no one ever has fitted so ill be fitting one from a Saber that have a way nice one
DSC02077 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
I cant remove this rusting pice though I have removed all bolts and nothing moves but it needs coming out so I can get the center holl made bigger for the 50mm/ 60m gun ill be fitting . Ill all so be getting a custom flash breaker for the end something nicer looking then the simple trumpet fitted to the 300mm.
DSC02078 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
There is not a lot of room inside not a lot at all infact once your in your pretty mush not going any were . So I striped everything out so when haywood tanks get it they don’t have to strgel to do the work . I want to make it as easy as possible for them and give them all the space I can . why stugel if they don’t have to .
So I removed all the seats from inside threw the drivers hatch witch was simple once I removed the seat bace and seat pads and dropped it flat to the floor . Now the center pice with is for the shells is like a table and as i wont be firing any shells is just a large nuisance with no perpose so I removed that as well and it will not be going back in so that’s about 1/3 more moving space just in that 1 action .
DSC02063 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
The problem with this is the legs are so long and with all the viewing stuff inside it just would not fit threw any hatch so I got the trusty hack saw out and cut in in half then it fitted thre a hatch no problem .
DSC02064 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
So mow all the ordinance storage are out and seats there is plenty of room to work Inside
DSC02075 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02076 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02072 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
So this is what I did day one of owning this tank . Ill give it a bloody good clean inside over the weekend and remove the large ring that the seats bolt to so I can get underneath and clean that down as there are bits and stuff every were as you can see.
At some point I will make some better storage for the battery’s what they are in now are some crappy plastic things that are bigger then they need to be and very flimsy and brittle looking ill make them in alloy and line them with rubber . They will fit better inside and give a little more room as well . I think there is some fixing points as well so ill make a bracket on them so they can be bolted down.
DSC02053 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
Theirs 2 of the buggers as well and missing from the inside is 2 more that I will need so ill have to do something for them as well .
DSC02052 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
I took a load of pictures when I removed everything so hopefully when it come to putting everything back I can just look back and see what I took from were I replaced all the bolts from were they came dint make the mistake of putting them all in a tin LOL .
So while its al hey wood I will be making the bigger gun and cleaning the seats and spraying them silver as the zink all pitting . They are not to bad but while they are out seems daft not to do all I can to make it as nice as possible .
DSC02065 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
All stuff like this I will be removing when I get it vack from haywood tanks and powder coating and all bolts will be replaced with ST/ST and rubber like this top mount that’s looking a bit rough ill try and replace . I need to get some missing bins new cushions for the under side of the hatches and some covers for the frills on top of the engine . so ill bee making a list and looking out for this stuff .
DSC02059 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02058 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
Im going to remove everything inside that does not and will not ever work so stuff like the night vision will be out as will anything else that just takes up space I don’t need decoration in side the turret id sooner have more space .
For the wheels im going to do something like this not the same but some kind of alloy plate anodized black and machined back on the ends to give a blade look
wheels by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
Down the sides some have a stone guard and ill get some lazed up saying scimitar and 2 scimitars underneath I think it will look cool and add a little extra to it that no others have ill laser up some mud flaps holds as well as I don’t have any just 1 bent and mangled one that ill hammer flat and get copped.
So ill finish of with the Paint work this is what I have in mined every one see is the same old boring green with black bits or sandy for desert camo . So other then the bins that will all be in crinkle coat the black the rest of the tank will be painted in satin black with a dark burgundy red patches with a thin green out line like in these pictures its called 3 tone disbursement paint
DSC02031 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02030 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02029 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02028 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
This is how it looked before I got it home .
DSC01944 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC01943 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02041 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
day 1 I started to strip it down I removed all the side bins and exhorts shield and with a rubber malet fixed a few dents on the shield so it looks sweet now
DSC02046 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02047 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
All These bins and heat shield will go of for powder coating the bins in crinkle coat satin black and shield in a smooth heat coat . When I get the tank back from Hatywood tanks who are going to sort out a few things inside for me ill remove the exhorts and get that hear powder coated as well and ill get some of the painted stuff in side silver powder coated as well like air ducting and so on just to make them all look nice and new .
DSC02048 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
There were a few brackets like this one that held a side bin of that are rusty so ill get them powder coated as well its far better then zink plating and wont rust over time so when its done its done for ever.
DSC02043 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
After removing the back bins ther was a hatch with what looks like and exhoust pipe coming out but it is infact for the rir intake when I removed the bolts and pulled it down there are 3 filters in there so I may well have to replace them at some point if needed.
DSC02044 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02045 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
I removed the 30mm gun and its support
If you look next to the main gun holl you will see a small holl that’s for a crappy little gun that no one ever has fitted so ill be fitting one from a Saber that have a way nice one
DSC02077 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
I cant remove this rusting pice though I have removed all bolts and nothing moves but it needs coming out so I can get the center holl made bigger for the 50mm/ 60m gun ill be fitting . Ill all so be getting a custom flash breaker for the end something nicer looking then the simple trumpet fitted to the 300mm.
DSC02078 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
There is not a lot of room inside not a lot at all infact once your in your pretty mush not going any were . So I striped everything out so when haywood tanks get it they don’t have to strgel to do the work . I want to make it as easy as possible for them and give them all the space I can . why stugel if they don’t have to .
So I removed all the seats from inside threw the drivers hatch witch was simple once I removed the seat bace and seat pads and dropped it flat to the floor . Now the center pice with is for the shells is like a table and as i wont be firing any shells is just a large nuisance with no perpose so I removed that as well and it will not be going back in so that’s about 1/3 more moving space just in that 1 action .
DSC02063 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
The problem with this is the legs are so long and with all the viewing stuff inside it just would not fit threw any hatch so I got the trusty hack saw out and cut in in half then it fitted thre a hatch no problem .
DSC02064 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
So mow all the ordinance storage are out and seats there is plenty of room to work Inside
DSC02075 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02076 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02072 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
So this is what I did day one of owning this tank . Ill give it a bloody good clean inside over the weekend and remove the large ring that the seats bolt to so I can get underneath and clean that down as there are bits and stuff every were as you can see.
At some point I will make some better storage for the battery’s what they are in now are some crappy plastic things that are bigger then they need to be and very flimsy and brittle looking ill make them in alloy and line them with rubber . They will fit better inside and give a little more room as well . I think there is some fixing points as well so ill make a bracket on them so they can be bolted down.
DSC02053 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
Theirs 2 of the buggers as well and missing from the inside is 2 more that I will need so ill have to do something for them as well .
DSC02052 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
I took a load of pictures when I removed everything so hopefully when it come to putting everything back I can just look back and see what I took from were I replaced all the bolts from were they came dint make the mistake of putting them all in a tin LOL .
So while its al hey wood I will be making the bigger gun and cleaning the seats and spraying them silver as the zink all pitting . They are not to bad but while they are out seems daft not to do all I can to make it as nice as possible .
DSC02065 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
All stuff like this I will be removing when I get it vack from haywood tanks and powder coating and all bolts will be replaced with ST/ST and rubber like this top mount that’s looking a bit rough ill try and replace . I need to get some missing bins new cushions for the under side of the hatches and some covers for the frills on top of the engine . so ill bee making a list and looking out for this stuff .
DSC02059 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02058 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
Im going to remove everything inside that does not and will not ever work so stuff like the night vision will be out as will anything else that just takes up space I don’t need decoration in side the turret id sooner have more space .
For the wheels im going to do something like this not the same but some kind of alloy plate anodized black and machined back on the ends to give a blade look
wheels by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
Down the sides some have a stone guard and ill get some lazed up saying scimitar and 2 scimitars underneath I think it will look cool and add a little extra to it that no others have ill laser up some mud flaps holds as well as I don’t have any just 1 bent and mangled one that ill hammer flat and get copped.
So ill finish of with the Paint work this is what I have in mined every one see is the same old boring green with black bits or sandy for desert camo . So other then the bins that will all be in crinkle coat the black the rest of the tank will be painted in satin black with a dark burgundy red patches with a thin green out line like in these pictures its called 3 tone disbursement paint
DSC02031 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02030 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02029 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr
DSC02028 by Norbo Lea, on Flickr