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Erstellt am 09.01.2006 - 16:38

I have a Hen Long tiger and I have had it for about 9 months. I have been working on it ever since making it look pretty lol. I had a question, does anyone have a detailed guide how to switch the gun mantlet around. I am sure you all know that it is the wrong way around, the gunners vision holes should be on the opposite side. Left side if you sitting in the tank. Oh and great forum, I have been looking for a forum like this for ages!!!

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Erstellt am 09.01.2006 - 16:57

Hallo Königstiger,

welcome to this board !

Maybe the pictures can help you !?!

If you do have questions - just ask !

http://www.foren.de/system/thread-tutodrehenderkannonenblende-heng_long_tiger_1-296551-772520.html


Greetings,

Stern

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Erstellt am 11.01.2006 - 16:45

Thanks for the link. The only thing about it is it's in German and I don't really speak it lol. I have used web page translators but it still is hard to contemplate what they are saying as the translators suck lol. Does anyone have an english written tutorial?

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Erstellt am 11.01.2006 - 18:08

Hallo Koenigstiger,

if you look at this picture, you can see the turned-around KWK.

- the white plastic plate stabilize the screws.

- behind I have filled the superfluous hole with filler before

- the rest was turning around




Greetings,

Stern

P.S.:

Feel free to ask !

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Erstellt am 12.01.2006 - 09:20

Hi konigstiger,

here´s another description:

The tank must be disassembled to the point
where you can access the interior of the turret; remove the tracks,
remove the upper hull, remove turret ring and pinion gears, remove
turret floor. Carefully lift gun motor assembly from trunions -- mind
the coil spring registered in the roof of the turret underneath the
gun -- and set it off to one side.

You will see two screws* flanking the gun tube on the inside of the
mantlet; remove them.

[The mantlet has three pieces; an interior face that screws to the
gun assembly, the exterior face, (the actual mantlet), and an
internal plate that the mantlet snaps onto.]

The exterior portion of the mantlet will separate from the firing
mechanism and you can then shave off or sand down the two threaded
posts that *these screws threaded into -- they are offset, and you
cannot simply invert the mantlet without removing them.

Once these are removed, realign the mantlet against this interior
face in it's correct position and use GE Silicone adhesive to re-
attach it. (I like using the silicone adhesive because it holds well,
but allows you to get back into the gun for servicing if you have to.

This description was copied from Marui Tank Group, Message #5454

Regards,
Gunnar

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Erstellt am 13.01.2006 - 06:06

Just to let you know that I have now completed the procedure, thanks for all the help gentlemen. I am so pleased as it annoyed me to know end that the gunners vision holes were the wrong way around.
I also changed the loaders hatch the right way up on the turret. This board rocks!

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Erstellt am 03.02.2006 - 23:43

I didn't even try anduse the styrene like that Starn. I snapped the two pieces of the mantlet that are glued together (where the screw holes are in the inner plate), flipped them over and redrilled the holes. If I get a chance I'll post pics of the backside of it.