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Hardening the lower chassis for a tank
RobinNilsson
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted: Monday, September 18, 2017 - 06:30 PM UTC
Don't know which type of tank though, probably something made in Switzerland
Heavy industry ?
/ Robin
justsendit
Colorado, United States
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Posted: Monday, September 18, 2017 - 06:47 PM UTC
Warning! ... Do not try this at home with Styrene! Lol!
Frenchy
Rhone, France
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Posted: Monday, September 18, 2017 - 08:09 PM UTC
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probably something made in Switzerland
Exactly ! "A glowing hot Swiss Army Panzer 68 hull being heat treated in an oil bath, at an Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette facility in Thun, Switzerland, 1977"
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/6jo2zy/a_glowing_hot_swiss_army_panzer_68_hull_being/
H.P.
Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 12:48 AM UTC
Holy hell! That's an incredible pic! Love to see some pics of M60 hulls being built or cast or however they pieced them together.
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 01:01 AM UTC
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Warning! ... Do not try this at home with Styrene! Lol!
A guy working in a local hobby shop once told me about a mistake he had made:
He had attached a Tiger tank (don't remember if it was Tiger I or II) to a diorama base. Don't remember if it was slow drying glue or something else that was slow drying but he had the "brilliant" idea of using the oven, set at a low temperature like 50 degrees Centigrade (122 Fahrenheit), to speed up the drying.
Guess what?
The temperature softened the styrene just enough to allow the tensions from the molding process to be let loose.
What he extracted from that oven looked like some kind of modern art or Salvador Dali version of a Tiger but it sure didn't look much like a Tiger .....
/ Robin
HermannB
Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 02:10 AM UTC
If we had that mysterious Panzer 68 kit from that mysterious Japanese company announdced some years ago, we could build an exciting diorama.
P.S- Why did no color maker (Ammo of MIG, Wilder etc.)makes a set of different colors of heat threatened steel?
P.S- Why did no color maker (Ammo of MIG, Wilder etc.)makes a set of different colors of heat threatened steel?
KurtLaughlin
Pennsylvania, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 03:49 AM UTC
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P.S- Why did no color maker (Ammo of MIG, Wilder etc.)makes a set of different colors of heat threatened steel?
Because violet, blue, straw yellow, and gray paints are already available?
Nah, couldn't be. Simple facts like that never stopped them before.
KL
Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 04:03 AM UTC
That is a very cool picture. Blacksmithing is one of my hobbies so this picture really caught my attention. That is an awesome heat treatment process they are doing.
Thank you Robin.
Randy
Thank you Robin.
Randy
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Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 04:28 AM UTC
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If we had that mysterious Panzer 68 kit from that mysterious Japanese company announdced some years ago...
I had forgotten about that, anyone ever heard anything about them?