How to be an Armoured Farmer, building Hobart's Funnies in Glorious 15mm (and maybe 28mm if they arrive in time!)
SkyTrex Churchill Crocodile
The Churchill crocodile was virtually the same in terms of preparation and build. the only real difference was how to fix the fuel trailer to the tank, as i didn’t want to glue it on permanently.
I decided to therefore drill the towing point with a 0.6mm drill and pinned it with a 0.5mm dia stainless steel wire. This wire is used on model airplanes as a control wire as it is light, strong and doesn’t deflect. The downside is that you MUST (and I mean MUST!!) use heavy duty cutters/pliers to cut this stuff as it will destroy your model sprue cutters. Also make sure you have hold other the bit being cut off, as it will go flying otherwise and can damage your eyes. The end s are sharp, so if you want to push it in to a hole, don’t use your fingers (unless you want to have it in your finger) use pliers instead.
I only glued the trailer end of the pin and drilled the tank side at 0.5mm (same as the wire) so that I would have an interference fit that hold the pin in place.
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