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I saw that AFRA is working on their halftrack and I thought it could be nice to show a little film from this weekend when we worked with our "Gretl".

http://reenactor.se/gretl_0001.wmv
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Some photos of her:

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we will clean the fuel tanks next weekend ( we had to improve and used a plastic bucket for the test drive in the video clip )
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Post by Hoffman Grink »

Looking good - Weird that this weekend in two countries far apart, two sets of re-enactors doing the same thing..... and not re-enacting!
Tip - Bin the mechanical fuel pump and fit an electric one. 90% of problems are caused with fuel.....
Also tension those tracks.... You keep dragging slack track and when running at speed this will eventually weaken pins and throw the track.....

Hope to see your Gretl soon finished and painted... keep up the hard work.
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Post by ObGren. Conrad »

Looking good - Weird that this weekend in two countries far apart, two sets of re-enactors doing the same thing..... and not re-enacting!
Thanks, it´s a small world 8)
Tip - Bin the mechanical fuel pump and fit an electric one. 90% of problems are caused with fuel.....
Heard that before but after cleaning the pump filters and blowing the fuel pipes with high presure air , it works perfect.
And when the fuel tank is cleaned I think it will be even better.
But if it give us any more trouble we will change it to a electric pump.
Also tension those tracks.... You keep dragging slack track and when running at speed this will eventually weaken pins and throw the track.....
I also noticed that the tracks are slacking , will take a look att that next time .
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what are the differneces between the ot800 and a german ausf d?, all i konw off is the hinged roof bits
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von papen wrote:what are the differneces between the ot800 and a german ausf d?, all i konw off is the hinged roof bits
The back doors are streight at an angle not angled the sides have stowage bins cut in and the tracks are metal and moved by 2 paralell teeth not a single one in the middle if you know what i mean (but is a bit to hard to replicate so is never done) there are also pistol holes all along the side need welding up
Quite a bit to make it look convincing
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thanks, i got out my ausf d model, i see what ya mean
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Post by Hoffman Grink »

The Hanomag (251) has a Maybach Petrol Engine and the Tatra (OT810) has an air cooled diesel.
The Dimensions differ slightly as the Tatra has a larger front end to accomodate the engine as well as it being higher.... When converting them all these subtle differences need taking into consideration.....
Also the gearbox and steering arrangements and mechanics differ considerably. Most notably the OT has manual trackbrakes as well as pneumatic steering.......

General Characteristics
Sd.Kfz.251 (1939-45)
Crew: 12
Armour: 6-12.5 mm (.024 - .57 in)
Length: 5.8m, 19ft 3 in
Width: 2.1m, 6ft 10.7 in
Height: 1.75m, 5ft 8.9 in
Powerplant: Maybach 6-cyl 100HP Petrol
Road Speed: 52.5 km/h, 32.5 mph
Power/weight 12.8hp/tonne
Range: 300km, 186 Miles

OT-810 (1955-60's)
Crew: 12
Armour:?
Length: 5.7m, 18.7 ft
Width: 2.1m, 6.9 ft
Height: 1.8m, 6.2ft
Engine: Tatra V-8 120hp Diesel 4 stroke, air cooled
Speed: 45km - 28mph
Weight: 9000 kg, 8.9 tons
Range: on roads 372 miles
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Post by ObGren. Conrad »

Some photos from todays work:

Fake rivets made of welded nuts is now in place on both sides of Gretl
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The roof has been cut off , we will convert the rear part of here next year.

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Still a lot to do :)
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Post by Maus Commander »

Still alot of work to do!
Most impressive however, keep at it! :!:
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