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Something different from the workbench.
This is a M41 Walker Bulldog but, it is a mid 70's Danish Defence force version.
In the mid to late 60's the US supplied Nato members with tanks and many received the good old Bully. The Danish ran these with some small modifications from the 70's and around late 70's into the 80's they modified them further, main change was the petrol engine into diesel, optics, turret baskets, smoke discharges, side skirts.
Mine is shown from around 75-ish, it has the Euro road spec of rear lights, indicators, wing mirrors. Halogen off set spotlight (unlike the US central bigger version.) Smoke dischargers-on one side, tools on the glacis rather than right front fender area.
Commander has a Gentex headset rather than the UK tankers helmet, mainly because I could not get hold of one but, this style came in in 73 so could have been issued, variations of this design are still used today.
A lot is scratch parts and bits from other tanks utilised, has metal gearboxes, sprockets and tracks.
So, here is my mid Danish M41, they finally hung up their tracks in 1999.
This is a M41 Walker Bulldog but, it is a mid 70's Danish Defence force version.
In the mid to late 60's the US supplied Nato members with tanks and many received the good old Bully. The Danish ran these with some small modifications from the 70's and around late 70's into the 80's they modified them further, main change was the petrol engine into diesel, optics, turret baskets, smoke discharges, side skirts.
Mine is shown from around 75-ish, it has the Euro road spec of rear lights, indicators, wing mirrors. Halogen off set spotlight (unlike the US central bigger version.) Smoke dischargers-on one side, tools on the glacis rather than right front fender area.
Commander has a Gentex headset rather than the UK tankers helmet, mainly because I could not get hold of one but, this style came in in 73 so could have been issued, variations of this design are still used today.
A lot is scratch parts and bits from other tanks utilised, has metal gearboxes, sprockets and tracks.
So, here is my mid Danish M41, they finally hung up their tracks in 1999.
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All sorted now, I think.