crose

The Centurion became my favorite tank, when my Dad told me of an incident in Korea. It seems his M4 was a perfect kill for a T76/85 untill a Brit Centurion made mince meat out of the NKPA tank. 2 rounds cleaned the T76/85's clock. Beautiful job your doing.

oztruck

Splashed on some paint and took it outside for a shake down run before the detail work begins [>:]






And a very short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbcFu85uQiY

Wight

Looks amazing,must be fun to drive.

YHR

Did you have to do anyhting to the hull, or are the pershings dimensions the same?

oztruck

No sorry they are not the same. A bit of work is needed.

Alan123

Hello,

Great project and great work.

What tracks did you use?

Cheers

Alan.

SteelFist

The Cent is a beaut mate. Well done.

oztruck

Thanks guys, it has been a lot of fun to build. I have met a lot of great people when I have been looking for information on this project including one local guy that has one on his farm about half an hours drive away and another vet that has recorded the compleate history of EVERY Centurion Mk5/1 that ever served in the Australian army.

Alan123 are Heng Long Jagpanther modified a bit.

Still a fair bit to do on the old girl, both on body work paint and all of the Electronics, Which I hope will make it run and SOUND as good as it looks.

Any questions just ask

Alan123

Thanks for the answer, I thought they looked like panther tracks however the single guide tooth in the middle threw me a bit (panther has 2 in the middle, so I guess you cut one off or something). Can you give me a bit more detail and perhaps even pics of how you modded the tracks?

I am doing a similar project to yours at the moment and am stuck on the tracks.

Cheers

Alan

oztruck

Yes Alan , what I did was cut all the guide teeth off, then sand the area smooth then very carefully using "ZAP" plasti-zap medium CA (Super Glue) glue half of them back on but in the centre of the track. Work slowly and carefully making shore that they are straight up and down and in line. It's not hard just takes a bit of time and a steady hand.[:-]

oztruck

Got the last coat of paint on the old girl and dressed her up a bit then out to the sand pit for a photo shoot.















Still a bit more to do but getting close now

Flyn Chris

Very nice, well done!

Dongskie

Hi OZTruck can I save your Centurion photos?

sir_francis

Nice work. Please post one video with tank running.

Francis

oztruck

Where do you want to save the photos to Dongskie? Its fine with me just dont change them too much.

sir-francis. Just for you

Just finished a 8 day week so had the day off to play ;D the sun was out and so was the Centurion and video camera. It's hard to drive and hold the camera at the same time :-\


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1jnya9zfE4

oztruck

Any questions please feel free to ask.

Dongskie

Thanks Oz! I'll save them in my Photobucket account, and post it in a local website.. is that ok?

Dongskie

How much will you charge me if I ask you to make another one? For me

oztruck

I will charge you nothing for asking. BUT it would not be cheep to build another one.

A list of most of the parts needed
1 x HL or Tamiya Pershing
1 x set of panther tracks
1 x set bull drive wheels
1 x sheet of 2mm plastic card
1 x sheet of .5 mm plastic card
assorted K&S shapes and tubes
2mtrs hi quality speaker wire
3/1 gear reduction gear boxes
extra return wheels Bull dog or Pershing
extra water tanks and ammo boxes
30 cal mg for commander
IR battle system
Extra road wheels
RX 18 or Tamiya MFU
tube Tamiya putty
several tins of Humbrol hobby paint
And every spare minute for 5/6 weeks

dash69

Love to see you guys that can scratch build. I will follw your progress. I think your efforts will well be worth it. I appreciate your sharing.
David

Flyn Chris

Great video and build, IMHO it looks worth the time and money you put into it[sm=thumbup.gif]

oztruck

Thanks for that. I am very happy with the way it turned out.

oztruck

10 minutes of video of the Cent doing its thing. Long grass, steep climbs, tight turns, slow turns, slooow running, fast running, firing main gun, running over rocks etc etc.
Let me know what you think


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz1YDdx_Frc

oztruck

Took the Cent to the bush over Christmas, and the video camera. Hope you like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlUgIaHwp6E

lingo

Very sweet!!