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Bronco A34 'Comet'
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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 08:25 AM UTC
Here are some progress photos of my Bronco Comet. There are a lot of unglued parts, so don't fuss over the gaps....The only issues so far have been the warped upper hull, which was corrected with some careful bending and a few internal plastic braces within the rear hull. The other fit issue is the mating of the 77mm gun to the mantlet and the breach, fixed by cutting approximately 5mm off the joining pin on the barrel. You might want to glue the tracks with some 5 minute epoxy, as both liquid glue and C.A. glue were ineffective.

My next step is to remove the handles throughout the rear deck and replace them with wire. I plan to build her as a late WW2 version with the split 'Normandy Cowl' which is given in P.E. Might even throw in a couple of Ultracast figs...... Overall a great fitting model....

Frank











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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 08:49 AM UTC
Now Frank, that is going to be one nice looking piece of hardware. are you going to give one of your super special paint jobs
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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:44 AM UTC
Nice work, its a fine model, and I can see that it wasn“t only my sample that suffered from a warped upperhull..

I replaced most of my handles too, but got lazy on those hidden by the turret overhang.

remember to sand down those square high areas on the turret sides for the smokelaunchers - if you are doing a wwII tank.

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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:56 AM UTC
A fine piece of work so far Frank. When you bended the warped upper hul, did you heat it first?
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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 02:15 PM UTC
Hi Jesper,

No heating, just some careful bending back. The internal bracing was necessary to offset the parts' unwilling tendency to stay unwarped!

Does anyone have a colour photo of what the WW2 bronze green looks like?

Frank
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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 03:32 PM UTC
Great looking Comet Frank cant wait to see further progress pictures

The warped hull seems to be a common fault , I read another recent review which mentioned the exact same problem , but as you have pointed out its not a major that cant be corrected

How are the kits tracks in term of detail ?


Ian
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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 07:10 PM UTC

---my Comet is ok ----no problem fitting---- going together a dream -------well ---what I've got built may not be OOB --but watch this space :-) :-) :-)
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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:40 PM UTC
Hi Ian,

The tracks are very nicely detailed, and fit tight, so give the resin return roller an extra touch of C.A. glue before fitting the tracks on.

Frank
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Posted: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 11:51 PM UTC
If I may ad, the tracks are very nice, but the joint is not easy to get nice - they are better hidden behind the sidefenders.

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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 12:40 AM UTC
Thanks guys

Just a thought that turret must have been kinda cramped , that gun breech assembely is huge :-)


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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 02:21 AM UTC
Well Ian, comparing the kit to availeble photos show the kit turretring to be way to small, in fact, don“t waste your time making the gun movable, theres really not room enough for anyting worthwhile.

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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 02:29 AM UTC


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---my Comet is ok ----no problem fitting---- going together a dream -------well ---what I've got built may not be OOB --but watch this space :-) :-) :-)
aye
Barv
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Oh boy, here we go!
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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 02:31 AM UTC

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Thanks guys

Just a thought that turret must have been kinda cramped , that gun breech assembely is huge :-)


Ian




Is this the same gun as in the Achillies?
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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 02:39 AM UTC
I think both sported 17pdr's


Ian
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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 02:49 AM UTC
The gun was the same calibre as the 17pdr - 76.2mm, but was actually a different gun firing different ammo. It was developed as it had a shorter recoil and could fit more esily into a tank turret with very little loss of power over the 17pdr. developements in ammo meant it actually had better armour penetration later in it's life.
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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 02:55 AM UTC
Some thievin' toerag 'as nicked yer breech block! Send it back!


Looks like a really nice kit so far.
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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 02:58 AM UTC

See here
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/cruiser/comet.html " TARGET="_blank"> http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/cruiser/comet.html
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Posted: Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 03:00 AM UTC
Cool thanks for the responce guys

I can imagine there wouldnt be much room for recoil in that Comet turret LOL

Ian
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Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006 - 08:26 AM UTC

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Does anyone have a colour photo of what the WW2 bronze green looks like?


Frank,

Bronze green is a post war colour.

WW II Comets were painted SCC15 Olive Drab, like everythiing else in the Comonwealth in NW Europe. Tamiya OD with a wee splash of medium green will do the trick.

Paul
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Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006 - 09:26 AM UTC

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Does anyone have a colour photo of what the WW2 bronze green looks like?


Frank,

Bronze green is a post war colour.

WW II Comets were painted SCC15 Olive Drab, like everythiing else in the Comonwealth in NW Europe. Tamiya OD with a wee splash of medium green will do the trick.

Paul



Thanks Paul
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