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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: Clear Prop
« Last post by GTX_Admin on April 14, 2024, 02:59:54 AM »
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Other / Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Last post by GTX_Admin on April 14, 2024, 02:19:55 AM »
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Land / Re: Stridswagn 103 S-Tank without main gun
« Last post by GTX_Admin on April 14, 2024, 02:14:40 AM »The Strv 103 is a very small tank.
Indeed - see below to give some idea:
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Aero-space / Re: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Ideas and Inspiration
« Last post by GTX_Admin on April 14, 2024, 02:05:37 AM »What if AUstralia had bought a version of the earlier, J65-powered, A-4s and adapted them more to Australian equipment, Avon replacing the Sapphire-based J65 and ADEN cannons replacing the 20mm Colt Cannons? This would allow a major upgrade later, with a SLEP, to the same F404-powered version that Singapore has.
Maybe a joint development with the UK, Canada, India and New Zealand. Maybe add in a Laser Ranging and Marked Targeting System (LRMTS) in a pod under the nose in addition to the AN/APG-53 radar. Later on, as part of the upgrade to include the F404, also add in the AN/APG-66 radar and other Project Kahu upgrades.
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Land / Re: Self Propelled Artillery
« Last post by GTX_Admin on April 14, 2024, 01:41:04 AM »
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Other / Lucanis Cervus & panther, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Last post by ericr on April 13, 2024, 11:41:20 PM »Lucanis Cervuc & panther, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
here too, a very old Matchbox kit, with hardly useable tracks because of plastic wear or transformation
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Other / Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Last post by The Big Gimper on April 13, 2024, 10:47:11 PM »An Autoliitto (AL) service call in Finland during Hanki 24.
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Land / Re: Stridswagn 103 S-Tank without main gun
« Last post by Old Wombat on April 13, 2024, 06:43:54 PM »The Strv 103 is a very small tank.
The third crewman is, really, squeezed in as an after-thought (he actually sits at almost 90o to the direction of travel to drive the thing & has to reach over his shoulder to access the radios) to provide an extra body to assist with maintenance tasks. His nominal roles of radio operator/reverse driver are not really required; the TC can operate the radios from his position using an existing switching system & the (front) driver can reverse the tank using cameras.
Removal of the third crewman, the gun barrel & breech, the auto-loader & the stored ammunition don't, actually, increase the available volume, or even floor space, by all that much.
You'd be hard-pressed to get a four-man squad in there without Jeff's recce equipment, even with a raised box-section roof aft of the TC & driver.
To me, Jeff's dedicated recce vehicle makes the most sense, given what can be done without a complete re-design of the hull.
The third crewman is, really, squeezed in as an after-thought (he actually sits at almost 90o to the direction of travel to drive the thing & has to reach over his shoulder to access the radios) to provide an extra body to assist with maintenance tasks. His nominal roles of radio operator/reverse driver are not really required; the TC can operate the radios from his position using an existing switching system & the (front) driver can reverse the tank using cameras.
Removal of the third crewman, the gun barrel & breech, the auto-loader & the stored ammunition don't, actually, increase the available volume, or even floor space, by all that much.
You'd be hard-pressed to get a four-man squad in there without Jeff's recce equipment, even with a raised box-section roof aft of the TC & driver.
To me, Jeff's dedicated recce vehicle makes the most sense, given what can be done without a complete re-design of the hull.
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Aero-space / Re: Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Ideas and Inspiration
« Last post by elmayerle on April 13, 2024, 03:48:50 PM »What if AUstralia had bought a version of the earlier, J65-powered, A-4s and adapted them more to Australian equipment, Avon replacing the Sapphire-based J65 and ADEN cannons replacing the 20mm Colt Cannons? This would allow a major upgrade later, with a SLEP, to the same F404-powered version that Singapore has.