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Churchill ARK Mk 1 conversion
For the Mk 1 ARK I decided to do away with one set of ramps so that it was a true D Day variant. I then looked at the reference photos to see where the strops were fixed to. I drilled 0.5mm dia holes on the vehicle and through the outer edges of each ramp to take my copper wire. On the ramps I simply passed the wire through the holes and then twisted back on itself. The other end was cut to length bent by 90 degrees and then glued in place. Once set, I then glued the base of each ramp in place and applied slight pressure so that the wire was taught
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