From: Think Tank think.tank@tesco.net Subject: Think Tank Vol. 0037 30/05/2000 Think.tank@tesco.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS' INDEX 1: BTR-152 2: SturmTiger enquiry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD INDEX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: rod.woodhouse@dtn.ntl.com Subject: BTR-152 I think there is one at Muckleburgh, ex Egyptian perhaps. Rgds Rod Woodhouse There is certainly a BTR-40 (might be a Walid but I think it was a 40), previously used by the Israelis. I must have missed the 152. Robert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: stefan switala [stef@switala.freeserve.co.uk] Subject: SturmTiger enquiry This is my first practical use of Think Tank, so I hope I'm doing it OK! Query is: Does anyone have any details - preferably pictorial - on the following bits of the Sturmmörser Tiger. 1: The locking mechanism on the circular rear hatch. 2: The counterweight on the small hatch on the rear upper superstructure. Both these items are missing on the Tamiya kit and it would be nice to incorporate them! Thanks in advance, Stef Switala Looks fine to me, Stef; welcome aboard. As to your queries, the Achtung Panzer book on Tiger has a sketch of the inside of a rear hatch, which shows very little in the way of detail (there isn’t much of it there) and a photo of the inside of the Koblenz vehicle's hatch (same story). I failed to find anything about the counterweight on the small hatch (assuming you mean the rear part of the roof hatch, which is apparently the commander's hatch), but there is a photo of the inside of the Koblenz vehicle's one with its antipersonnel mine thrower. I am no expert on this vehicle so perhaps one of the experten has more information? Robert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICEBOARD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Lockie (Think Tank Listmaster) Visit the Miniature AFV Association website at http://homepages.go.com/~mafva/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume