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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Char B dumb question??
markvs
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 09:34 PM UTC
On Tamiya's Char B there are some holes in the under deck plate, are they for real?
Surely they cannot be leftover holes from battery powered days?
If not , what are they?
Are they used shell ejection ports?
The one right up the front by the transmission housing looks very dodgy, it cannot be real can it??
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 10:15 PM UTC
Depends on how you define 'real'

Tamiya religiously recorded one of Saumur's B1 bis, holes and all, but they're a museum modification that isn't apparent on the not-very-many period photos of the underside of the B1 bis.

The two flashed-over holes in the hull floor are for passing bolts through to attach to a diorama base, Tamiya has added this feature to a few models starting IIRC with the M-26.

Hope this makes sense.

David

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