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Floki wrote:Never heard of this, looks really interesting.

All I knew from back then is that we, TOW gunners, were a priority target for the Soviets back then… so artillery FO’s in a nearly identical vehicle would be an even higher priority target, so our life expectancy on a European battlefield was supposed to be measured in minutes…

Yikes! Was that in the job description?

It was what you were told in training school by the instructors. Exercises at NTC pretty much confirmed that outlook. At best you could survive a few hours in full scale conventional war.

After a few months of sitting on the sidelines, I pulled this one back out and resumed construction. During the So.Cal. AMPS monthly Zoom meeting I was able to get a LOT more built on this track. I’m going to build this with the hammerhead in the stowed position.





I was able to get most of the basic construction completed, although the engine deck is not glued down, only fitted in p,ace for the moment. I want to build some sort of support base for a driver’s bust/torso since that’s the easiest way to place one in there. I have trimmed down the forward hammerhead support pads a bit too much since I took the photo, so I’ll need to go back and adjust those to get the proper stowed angle. Before I trimmed them, the front sat way too high. More to come soon…

Saw this on Kit, nice work, Buddy! Keep it goin

Thanks Ski. I’ll be focusing on this one over the next little bit.

Very nice!!

Thanks Mike. It’s getting there.

This is a good lookin' track. I'm going to be watching in on this one Carlos!

You ever think of a low risk occupation before you retired, Carlos?