Good point but Maplin is a 5min drive from my house.

Here is a replacement connector you can crimp and solder on to allow you to use a large battery.

As it turned out the allies had a number of streams to cross/ jump over. That

I didn't know Thompsons suffered from barrel wobble. In anycase it would be hard to say so after only having it for 3 days, I have had my TM for 2 or...

Many of us have come home soaked through.

Spiers reports Thompson seemed to perform well in Wales despite the weather and very few occasions to use it.

Doh I was going to say I have been watching Gladiator too much and am making a chariot!

Yes many of us do it seems! You just cant keep them out the picture

Well I have my Chinese Thompson now first impression out the box is great! Has small battery terminals and + & - polarity are wrong as usual. Ma...

There's a review on arnies here: Arnies Review You can only see it if you are a forum member Yith

As I said above he is in Australia, and the time it takes to make those tracks you could half build the rest of the tank. However he has made a great...

The biggest problem is getting the tracks sorted out. Conveyor rubber would be best if it was a full loop maybe 23-ft long. As the Russians have don...

I think if anyone is thinking about making a tank like the Russians have done on that site, that the Bedford Rascal van could be a perfect donor. T...

I think this is how I am going to do it but I still have to think out the spring tensioner on the wheels. The ring of pipe will add rigidity to the 1...