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Red Horse Vickers Redux

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With the imminent release of the DiD Vickers, I thought I would re-show my Red Horse Vickers with some better pics.

The original Red Horse model had the sights removed and rebuilt more accurately to the left of centre, the thermal sleeve made out of athletic tape and kite string added to the barrel, various taps and retaining chains added.

I wanted to be able to dismount the gun, which wasn't possible on the original Red Horse model, so I prized it out of the cradle, cut the trunions off and drilled through so it would accept a bar through it. You can see it on the photos of the tripod. I also did something similar with the elevating mechanism, which had to be partially rebuilt.

Ammo belt is made from athletic tape, and the ammo boxes from cardboard, sticky labels, paper-clips and soda can.

















(And yes, I've just realised that my Tom's boots are on the wrong feet!)
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"cardboard, sticky labels, paper-clips and soda can"

Great use of materials with great result too!
Beautifully done. I particularly like the ammo cans.
This is a great improvement , and shows what the Vickers should look like in its WW2 configuration .
Impressive all the around. Great work on a very cool project.
"cardboard, sticky notes, paper clips and a soda can?" You sir are my new hero!
That vic is so nice. Any chance of a tutorial on your ammo cans?
wow... not that is an impressive weapon mod... and like the others stated, fantastic job on the ammo cans !
Thank you all.

KneeJoint said:
"cardboard, sticky notes, paper clips and a soda can?" You sir are my new hero!
That vic is so nice. Any chance of a tutorial on your ammo cans?
I'll put something together.. Anyone know how to post Word documents in a thread?
Very nice rework. A long way from my SST version, to say the least....
That's not a bad looking Vickers !!!
another one for the ammo cans. they look very professional.
another one for the ammo cans. they look very professional.
Thanks,

Drop me a PM with your email and I'll send you the templates.

David.
Very nice work Dave. The ammo boxes look real good. Great work!
awesome work.....your my kind of builder
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