It's been a long time since I wrote anything here, but a few things have been happening. We took a break from the Scimitar to give the Spartan a quick refurb before W&P, we fitted some Messier dampers, a plastic fuel tank, new sprockets and wheels and gave the whole thing a coat of paint. That took longer than expected, but we have made a small amount of progress on the Scimitar too.
The dash is all wired in, but something is wrong and it seems to be shorting out somewhere. I need to go through the wires again soon. In the mean time I have acquired most of the rest of the bits. I have got hold of a burnt out ex-Belgian Scimitar turret. This has been blasted inside and out, and painted. I need to find a padding kit for the inside. I was able to locate a mantlet from a scrap Sabre, the chain gun hole needs filling in and it needs cleaning up, but it will do the job. I also have all the sights and periscopes, but not the side bins yet.
We have assembled the turret ring, which I got as a kit of parts. There are something like 198 balls to fit inside the bearing race, it wasn't too bad but needs some fettling now as it's a bit loose. Once this is sorted, the turret can go on.