And the Accurate Armour Fire Extinguishers fitted to the front hull.







More tomorrow :-)

Dan

Hi All,

Another update, I've added the front PE splash guard
and the blanking plates for the two recesses to the left and right of the drives hatch.











Thanks for looking.

Dan

Next up the main headlights, these took a while to bend up
and position. not perfect but better than the kit offering.













MV lens will be used for the lights and side lights.

Regards

Dan

Moving on to the rear, added my own VRN light
as the kit part was a little flat in shape.





And to the armoured brake light housing.







Just needs the cable adding now.

Cheers

Dan

One light cluster wired and the PE mud flap added.











One more to do

Cheers

Dan

More parts added.



















More later.

Dan

Last update of the day, more PE work.

Commanders hatch handles.



Turret water tank cap chain.





Armoured fuel filler cap locking rings.





Turret battery box handles



And the rear of the Challenger as of today.



My favourite shot, the TISH head unit and TOG's unit.




Cheers all

Dan

Rear bin gets some treatment, decided to remove
this from the turret and detail it up a bit.









Still loads of small bits to add.

Dan

Fantastic job Dan! Now I'm following!

Cheers!

Marco

Cheers Marco,

So on to some better photo's of the turret bin, I've added the lid locking bar and a few other details, part count so far is 19 with still loads to add.









Cheers for looking chaps

Dan

Wonderful Chally so far Dan,Very nice modelling with great attention to detail.Have one in my stash to do.Do like the old Chally 1 and have just bought the Tankograd book to get me going reference wise.
Keep it up.
Richard

Thank you guys for the kind comments,
so a small update today. still working on the back of the turret area.










Grease gun, this will get detailed up.














Cheers

Dan

Further update on progress so far.

80% done on the turret bin, now working on the grease gun and bracket. loads to do with this one item.







More later.



Dan

Grease gun bracket time. this is where I'm at so far.













Added the bolts to both side bins.





More later folks

Dan

Rear bin now fitted.

















Got to add the D10 bracket to the rear right side bin yet.

Cheers

Dan

Side bin tarps, just used Slymasta Green Stuff Epoxy putty rolled out really thin. Used talcum powder to stop the tools sticking.










Enjoy

Dan

Awesome work

Liking this a lot Danny!!!

Can wait to see some paint on it

Cheers chaps, it will be a while before paint yet, still have a bucket load of work to get done and you can all probably tell I'm not the fastest builder

So back to the tarps, strap time, still the buckles left to add on the side of the bin.







Enjoy

Dan

Probably a wasted exercise but I've added the flip down back/shoulder rest for the driver.






Cheers

Dan

Last update for the night.









Till tomorrow

Dan

Dan, the Chally is looking very spot on, and thats speaking as an ex Chally crewman and commander... top work thus far.. i was on the original marks before introduction of external fuel tanks,and had moved onto CVRT striker by then but shes looking great... one point, the MRS, the mirror would of been visible, but only to Comd and loader when heads out of the turret, and the track tension, they were hideous cows to turn when running gear was cold, turning circle of an aircraft carrier !! so first thing and if left standing for lenghty periods, track would always be pretty slack, once wagon had been been moving and Hydra gas units had warmed up, track would self tension and be pretty tight... keep up the good work .. i am about to start the same model as your doing , but convert it back to my old C/S 42, to pre external fuel tanks... john

Thank you John,

it's great to get an endorsement from a guy who crewed the real thing, really chuffed you like the work so far fella. I'll be dropping a link or two from the tracks soon, As you can tell I'm not a fast builder and one thing that's in my favour is that the friul tracks stretch overtime, they were quite tight when first fitted.
Now they have stretched it should be safe to remove a link with out worrying about them saging further.

I only served on the small stuff, (AFV432) so any help on the bigger would be great, please shout out if you see something that's not right.

Keep the comments coming.

Dan

No probs, would be happy to help if able to , but i doubt i will be doing any shouts outs to correct you .. its a very very good rendering of one .. excellent detailing. When you have finished it, and if you are thinking of doing add on stowage, then generally, this was always, from my experience, down to individual crew preference, so from wagon to wagon, troop to troop, sqn to sqn, no two wagons would have to be the same. Add on stowage would usually be a chieftain long bin, full or cut in half, on the turret left side, or smaller chieftain back bins secured to side baskets... we even had cam nets secured around upper edge of turret at time ...john

Hi Dan,

I built a Chally two years ago based on ones used in 1988 exercise Iron Hammer, you are doing a fantastic job, I love the detail.... cant wait to see it painted and weathered. just a note on one or two things I noticed, there is an exhaust for the donkey engine on the rear, and the so called Ferret bin on the turret has a hinge and hasp on the lid. keep up the inspiring work....
Anto