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    Just found quite a decent pic of a Saladin block on Facebook (of all places!) and I have to say it looks different to that too....very odd.!
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    Just did a bit more research - apparently the Saladin had the L5 rather than the L23 (which was an improved version) so I guess it could be one of those.. Tim
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    Rob Just found a couple of better pictures in my Scorpion user manual (for the 76mm L23) and I cant be sure but the block looks quite different. The guide ribs and recesses in particular look different. Of course, Im going from drawings rather than an actual block so cant be sure. Could it be Saladin - was the gun the same? Tim
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    Nice to see one of Coventry's finest being brought back to life good luck with it mate.. Speak to Fourfox with any questions he is a dabhand at Saladins..!
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    Phil Just posted on your ad...! Tim
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    Excellent cheers for that.. I havent had a chance to dig into the history yet although was pretty sure it was RAF at some point. It has a list of call signs inside it as well indicating use with an Armoured Engineer regiment as its final posting (CETs, AVLBs, CRARRVs etc)...
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    Close to mine - 48AT85 - still has the plate so you obviously werent in it...!
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    That is so cool...! Might do that with my next project.. Then again the first 3000 photos would simply be of it sat around not moving..!
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    Hi Bob Just bought this on ebay on your recommendation. At £6 for 816 pages good value for money I think..will take to W&P for those quieter moments...! Cheers Tim
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    Mark I dont think marked out plots would be too much of a problem for Shrek to deal with would they...
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    Hello mate and welcome.... Keep up the great work..we are all behind you (at a safe distance of course..!)
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    Mine is nato green with some dbg showing through, so to be completely accurate you should do dbg first, then nato green, then chip a few bits off..!
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    Hello and welcome - some pictures on the scale models board would be good..!
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    There is a very commonly used striker pic which looks to be in Gulf, although not clear if GW1 or GW2. It is on wikipedia and comes up very regularly when you google cvrt striker. It shows 07FF88 and a couple of other vehicles whose numbers cannot be made out. This is particularly annoying to me as I have 07FF87...! Will be very interested to see what info this thread comes up with though..
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    For CVRT roadwheels are the things that cause me the most agonising. I started stockpiling these then someone told me they go off if stored for too long and will disintegrate when used, so I started selling them, then started worrying and thinking I should collect them again..! There seem to be plenty around at the moment, and most of my vehicles have new or very good ones on now so maybe I just worry too much..!
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    Agree with Chris you have to get stuff when you can once its gone its gone. I dont know that people are stockpiling to make a profit - sure that will be some of it but if you dont know where the next one is coming from you will buy an extra one and put it away just in case. Unless there is something I desperately need I have given up on CES outside of Beltring it just seems a lot cheaper there..!
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    I think in Bullet Magnet (Mick Flynn) he talks about at least one Iraqi tank being destroyed by a Striker using Swingfire, although note this was GW2. Its a cracking read, primarily because it features CVRTs in a starring role..
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    Robin You are spot on - when its gone its gone! But maybe thats why my bank account is empty and my shed is full! Cheers Timbo
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    Im sure i heard something the other week that said that the increasing prevalence of whiplash claims was a major cause of insurance rises. Also repair costs must have something to do with it - a colleague recently had her car repaired following flood damage and it took 6 weeks - their attitude was dont worry about it you have a hire car and the insurance will pay and will also pay our storage fees...
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    I have to put the reg back on my Spartan and was going to do a variation on this - painting the number plate in white, then put the letters on, then paint again in black then take the letters off, leaving a nice neat painted number...will have to see how it goes..
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    Well done Chris - looks superb!
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    Welcome John I went on the Sunday and experienced some of the quagmire! Shame about the weather but overall It was a great effort for its first year and I hope it happens again next year.. Presume you have put a nato hitch on your 90 then which surely qualifies it as an mv..! Cheers Timbo
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    Aww mate brilliant pics, thanks for making the effort. What is no 79?
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    Jon Did you ever replace that linkage rod on the Scorpion gearbox. From recollection, Lew's field repair using a bolt, hacksaw, and two split pins was very tidy..! Tim
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    Awww shucks Paul I was just about to book 4 vehicles in for your new test....
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