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any tips on attaching bedspring armor
BornToDig
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Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 10:55 AM UTC
DML's T-34/85 with bedsprings instructions are pretty much crap in terms of explaining how to fold and then apply the bedsprings. Especially to a PE noob such as myself. Can anybody point me in the right direction on how to deal with these parts?
markm
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Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 11:00 AM UTC
I would get ahold of Ron Goins (biffa). I believe he completed this build and it came out great. I almost ended up bald trying to fold and attach it
biffa
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Posted: Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 04:10 AM UTC
Hi Porucznik heres a link to the article i did on this kit the instruction are indeed vague but i finally got what i thought looked right one point to make is the one that sits on the rear deck has to sit on the intake grill or else it gets in the way of the turret and i used CA glue to attach them.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/1458

Ron.
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Posted: Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 05:42 AM UTC
Ron, it looks as if the legs of the springs are a small surface end-to-end joint to the hull. How did you attach them to the hull after painting without mucking up the finish.

It looks like a very fragile assembly. In this house fragile usually equals broken. Is there any way to strengthen the attachment?
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