1/16 Tongde M24 Chaffee Modifications

[rb67mustang]

Then I decided to use the Tongde BMG stowage mount as a test to choose the correct location to attach it, and to check for the proper clearance between the side of the turret, the stowed 50cal ammo box, and the pistol port hatch. I center punched it and drilled a small hole to start with. Then I sanded the dome shaped top off so it was flat, and I opened up the hole to fit the gun mount yoke. I taped the part onto the turret roughly in the location it was to be attached.



Then the M2 BMG was placed into the mount to check the clearance.



An overhead image shows the Tongde rear M2 support bracket location is OK.



Short Video

[rb67mustang]

After looking at the pictures, and knowing the location of the bracket that holds the back of the gun body is correct, I'll modify it to fit tomorrow. I'll also make the gun barrel brackets to decide the best mounting location so the M2 BMG stowage Mod will be finished.

That's it for today!!!

[rb67mustang]

Warning, Warning, Will Robinson!!! Intruder ALERT!!!!!!!!!! There's an incoming off Topic!!!!! Warning!!! LOLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's my build thread, and yes, here's an off topic post filled with scratch building. I have to get back and finish both of my Fletcher Class Destroyers before it's too late!!!!!!!!!!!

[rb67mustang]

OK, here's about a 16 minute long video showing a small glimpse of the 1/125th, and 1/96th scale Fletchers I'm building. The 1/125th is the DD555 USS Haggard that was Kamikazed on my birth day 15 years before I was born. The 1/96 scale Fletcher is the DD 473 USS Bennett that was built at the Boston Navy Yard where my Grand Father worked during WW-II as a ship fitter. Yes, the Bennett was also Kamikazed and survived the war as an AA upgraded Fletcher.

Enjoy!!!