T55 fuel cell photos help please
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 08:14 PM UTC
Hi guys,
I am wondering if anyone could help with pictures of how the fenders look minus the fuel cells but that show how they mount to the fender I.E are their attachment brackets & if their are mounting lugs underneath the fuel cell so to speak.
I have some photos of the little side brackets so to speak.
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 08:30 PM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 09:52 PM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 10:02 PM UTC
Hi they sit on rubber strsps attached to the fender with small loops to stop vibrations. You can see the straps in second from last pic Mauro posted. Brackets clamp to the fender stays to hold them in place as Mauro explained.
Andy
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 11:20 PM UTC
Hi Frenchy, Mauro & Andy,
Thank you so very much for the photo's & information,
Andy the rubber strips would their just be 4 of them one under each corner or do the run the length of each fuel cell so to speak? Also would that also be the same type of arrangement for / under the stowage boxes on the other side?
As I am trying to model a Libyan T55 that was given hillbilly armour & Scherzen & Mauro has advised me that the fuel cells were most likely removed & I would be guessing that the same would apply to most of the stowage boxes if they were in they way of the supporting beams for the scherzen.
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 01:06 AM UTC
Hi
Here you can see the rubber straps i mentioned
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 01:12 AM UTC
Didn't know I photographed them so it's not the best of photos... but anyway...
I assume the short lengths are worn off and that they originally run the whole leght under the tank.
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 01:21 AM UTC
Seem like both fenders are pretty empty:
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As I am trying to model a Libyan T55 that was given hillbilly armour & Scherzen & Mauro has advised me that the fuel cells were most likely removed & I would be guessing that the same would apply to most of the stowage boxes if they were in they way of the supporting beams for the scherzen.
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 08:36 AM UTC
@ Andy & Eric,
Thank you very much for that it is exactly what I was after!!
Looking in some of the photos their looks like drainage holes near the fender edge is that correct? As I haven't seen it in lots of photos but just a few.
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 09:19 AM UTC
If you look closely on the pictures above, the holes are present on all photos as long as the angle is right (on one of the Afghan wrecks you can't see the holes themself, but you can see that they are there 'course of the light spots in the shadow on the lower hull). Normaly the tanks/stowage boxes pretty much covers the holes so they are a bit hard to spot.
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:13 AM UTC
@ Eric,
Cool thanks for clearing that up for me, I will have to add those as well.
Mauro has also informed me previously that the fuel lines themselves would also have been removed when adding the Scherzen, I don't suppose you may know of any top view photos of these tanks??
Many thanks again
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:26 AM UTC
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Mauro has also informed me previously that the fuel lines themselves would also have been removed when adding the Scherzen, I don't suppose you may know of any top view photos of these tanks??
As far as I know, unfortunately any new pics of these exemplars has been published yet
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Mauro, whats that in the white circle ?, is it another drivers vision port ?, it looks like another vision port so probably is, but just checking.
To be honest, it seems to me like a common driver vision port...
anyway i'll try to check in my reference pics
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:54 AM UTC
Hi Mauro
Once again thank you so much for all your help with my endless questions!!
In the 1st photo that you sent me showing the T55 going off the rd, do you think that the first rd wheel is a reinforced hub type or are my eyes & glasses just playing tricks on me?
Also with the fuel tanks & stowage bins removed I thought that the original green paint may show thru on these parts or do you believe that they were repainted over after they were removed??
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 11:00 AM UTC
Once again thank you so much for all your help with my endless questions!!
You're welcome
In the 1st photo that you sent me showing the T55 going off the rd, do you think that the first rd wheel is a reinforced hub type or are my eyes & glasses just playing tricks on me?
I don't remember...Can you show me that pic?
Also with the fuel tanks & stowage bins removed I thought that the original green paint may show thru on these parts or do you believe that they were repainted over after they were removed??
At 99% they were repainted. There were no green large stains on them
Cheers
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 11:09 AM UTC
Hi Mauro,
I have just emailed you that photo back
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 11:16 AM UTC
I got the e-mail but I can't see the pic
Anyway, did you mean this one?
In my opinion they look like common starfish wheels. Some of them don't have the cap
But that's just my opinion
(Thanks a million Matt
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 11:20 AM UTC
Yep Mauro that's the one indeed!!
Cool thanks for sorting that out for me!!
Many thanks to everyone for all their help & ideas I have so much to learn about the lovely 55!!!
Cheers Mike
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 11:24 AM UTC
So let's start following the Matt's job!
http://redarmour.blogspot.co.uk/ ...well in my opinion T-55 isn' t just a tank. Actually it is THE TANK...
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 11:35 AM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 11:44 AM UTC
I agree, considering the urgency, they would have been too worried about
...WELL DONE MIKE!!
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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2013 - 09:31 AM UTC
Does anybody know if the stowage bins on the other side would have / show the same rubber mounts as the fuel cells do if they are removed?
Or are the actually welded / mounted on lugs so to speak?
Sorry guys just trying to get all my info at the same time regarding how these all look removed
Cheers Mike
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