Jesse Browning

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=29

Ive been following his thread from the beginning. Pretty incredible. He found a magazine for the gun of this tank at a show and decided to build an almost exact replica of the tank around it.

No. Were not going to change them now. Thanks.

Not having any information on the tiller ends of the cables (until now), we ran the cable through the tiller, resulting in one cable.

We can offer you $2,000 for what you have there.

I filled some of the voids on my weasel with foam.

That’s my life every day, except its “what happened to that thing I had in my hand 30 seconds ago”

Yep. Tape here too.

My wife bought me a handy dandy snake camera so I could take that picture.

Assembly goes quick!

The guy didnt show up. He left me a message saying he lost my address. I called him and his voicemail was full. I sent him a message to reschedule and haven’t heard from him. I need someone more on the ball than that. It’s a big investment. And I’m relying heavily on them to get it right.

Did you modify the bottom rear of the front float tank to make the extension removable or did it come that way?

Engine for 11731.

Wow! That makes our two hulks look pretty good.

Anyone know who these guys are? Lots of heavy equipment there. Doesn’t look like training.

I have gotten a couple of emails from Craig Rhodes. My replied emails have bounced. PM me here.

Is there a need for track aprons? It doesn’t seem like there are many who are building a floater. We just made two sets of aprons. We have the original factory blueprints thanks to OZM29C. They are very labor intensive as they are ridiculously complicated.

Mostly original parts from a 1930s South American contract. Most numbers match. Cradle and can holder are original. Pedestal is perfect, may or may not be original. Socket looks original. Comes with A6 buttstock, bipod, flash hider. Those 3 items are Izzy. BNC connector for electric. Small gas connectors. Coil, valves, board are inside gun. $2100. Jesse.

What are these holes for in the windshield frame? There are 4 or so frames around here and they all have them.

These tracks are original. The ones I rebuilt before look very similar to the one in your picture.

On the road.

Were going to go ahead and price out some endless bands for track rebuilding. I did this about 6 years ago and then the price for 4 bands was about $1,200. At the time, I went the cheap route and bought used conveyor belt. The bands will be 7 inches wide. I haven’t decided on the thickness yet. I want to use OEM sprockets. There was discussion on the old weasel forum about tracks and sprockets but I don’t remember. Can OEM sprockets be used with thinner bands? Does the grouser spacing have to be changed? The tracks I built before used 1” conveyor by 7” wide. The only problems I encountered were breaking of bolts because I used cheap bolts. I have not broken any of the hardened bolt used to replace the broken ones. A problem with buying used belt is that it may not be straight. Mine are not straight and you can feel and hear it.