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Mid turret pintle – 3100,3101, 3106 – Noticed a cut out in the TC Cupola – 3104, 3043 – the vision blocks in the cupola are laminated glass – looks to be at least 6 layers – 3056TC Hatch struts casting numbers – 3054 – cupola casting number, difficult to get the pic, 50 Cal was in the way – 3048, 3061 - fwd pintle casting number – 3060, 3073 - mantlet casting number – 3052 – hull casting number – 3049, 3050 -

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Gunners sight casting (number is there too, but unreadable) – 3072 – radio blanking plug – 3080 – loaders hatch hinge casting number – 3090, 3094, 3095 – loaders periscope housing – lid open & empty – 3096 – loaders hatch clasp - 3102Turret blower cap casting texture & numbers – 3038, 3103 – Mantlet cover connection - 3047

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Standing on the left fwd fender stowage box, I noticed that you could see through gap between the stowage box & hull – 3046 – Same applies on the right side too – 3057, 3058, 3059,3062 – something that HL doesn’t do justice to - the meeting point between the 2 stowage boxes on the RHS – 3059, 3074 – stowage box handle - 3076 – engine grilles RHS - 3077, 3078 - Tranny hatch handles - 3081, 3082 –

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GTL early mount – 3083, 3108, 3109– GTL swing arm (twisted in collision) – 3084, 3107, 3110 – GTL latch casting number – 3085Personnel heater vent – 3062, 3063 - Pioneer tool rack - 3064, 3065

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I asked Des if he had any loose M41 tracks I could photograph – he pulled 1 new one out of a container – 3112, 3113, 3114, 3115 – but looking at them, they seemed a bit too square – so compared them to a short length of used track – 3116 – quite different – when you put them side by side – 3116, 3114(3) – the sprocket holes on the square track look to be in the wrong place. Des had bought these spares as M41 track, but I’m not sure that they are – a bit of a mystery. Unfortunately I did not measure them. If anyone has an idea about them - please let me know.

He also had new rubber pads – 3117(2), 3118, 3119, 3120 – notice the seam which wears off quite quickly.

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Other denizens of the hangar – Berlin Brigade Chieftain – 3066 - Chieftain track missing pad – 3111 – Czech BMP – 3067 - with Scimitar Left rear – 3068 - , LVT 4 directly behind – 3069 Tracked Rapier – 3070 - Czech OT 64 – 3071. Des said that in comparison to the M113, the BMP had lots more get up & go

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philipat

Cool pictures...thanks for sharing.

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Hi Philipat
Glad you like them, was after the detail stuff that is so often missed in walkarounds. Unfortunately, should have been a bit more careful on some of them.

Mal

edoubleaz

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Forgot to thank you along the way for such a cool reference and inspiration page. We have had two Anzac M41s in the DAK club over the years and admit only the over scale and oddly detailed HL M41 has kept more out of the mix. Love the work!

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Hi edoubleaz
Just doing my bit to educate re the forgotten/neglected history of the M41. Knew you guys had built a kiwi M41, didn't know about the 2nd - any pics?

Mal

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Visited the Huntly shed again on Monday 16/4/2018, hoping to check a few things & re photograph bad shots.Started on the phone box – 3907, 3908 - taking a few measurements, tried to open the box, but the handle wouldn’t budge. Got a hammer & applied TLC – Hammer Time – still wouldn’t budge – Des got his 2lb hammer – budged. Little to see, though, mostly empty – 3913 - 3915.Photo’d the Telephone marker light – 3909, 3910 – the rear lifting ring with cast part number- 3911 - – 17-45K, 2nd line 7384393?Support Rollers with tie down rings, these slope forward – 3916 - – RHS – Part No -18804-9? Realised later than the LHS ones would be mirror image & have a different Part number = no picFinal Drive cover – 3917 – RHS Pt no 7528049, had the same realisation that the LHS one would be a mirror of this & have a different part number.Here is a pic of the LHS Final Drive cover – part of the Trademe post – Pt no not visible – 715800679 – may be in a different position?Also was reading the manual – the early covers had 24 bolts to attach, later ones only had 21 bolts (so should also have different part numbers)

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Now that's useful - photos now in reverse order?
Here's how it supposed to show - Kiwi M41 - NZ 30549 (Annihilate) - Huntly, NZ -

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Crius

I'm glad you posted those, because I can now see that I have the tracks on my Bulldog on backwards.

Spitvalve

I can remember building a 1/48(?) kit of a Bulldog when I was a teen. It has such a classic "tank" look to it. Thanks for the excellent photos of every nook and cranny. I'm feeling the urge to find a cheap HL somewhere...

Mike.

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Hi Gary - Glad to have helped.
Hi Mike - "It has such a classic "tank" look to it." You're so right, but then they lost the 'How To' & built the Stingray - to my eyes, like Bruces Lee's younger brother Ug.
"I'm feeling the urge to find a cheap HL somewhere..." - May the force be with you & photos too please!

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PzAufkl

I've only now stumbled across this fantastic thread and want to add what little I remember from my time as a Bundeswehr M41 TC in 1964 - 1966:
The loader's hatch on our tanks was countersunk into a beveled opening in the turret roof, with no splash rail around it, the way it can be seen in the b/w top view photo in the thread. That made a very effective water trap for any rain that fell on the closed hatch, so the loader would always get a shower when he had to open his hatch from the inside! No idea whether this was a feature of an early or late turret version, but it sure stuck in memory ...

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Hi PzAufkl
Glad you like the thread - it's a bit of the missing knowledge on the M41. As far as I know, the loaders hatches were the same design through out - it's just that some had the splashguard & some didn't - not sure why that was. Now that you mention the water trap, it does look like that would happen, I've been lucky when aboard M41's either being a dry day or in a hangar.

Mal