Merchant Tanker assembly guide

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  • December 11, 2018 at 12:14 pm #151635
    Wayne Walton
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    Does anyone know if there is an assembly guide available for the Merchant Tanker. My order of two arrived this morning with nothing but the pieces. I can only find a single image on the website, and I’m struggling to see where all the pieces should go.
    Any help would be much appreciated.

    December 12, 2018 at 10:20 am #151739
    RichC
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    Merchant Tanker

    More images have been added 🙂

    December 20, 2018 at 6:04 pm #152267
    Wayne Walton
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    Thank you for the additional information. I’ve also seen the ‘Tanker Build’ video on YouTube.
    So now I’m sorted.

    February 8, 2019 at 5:23 pm #154744
    Erik
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    Thanks for that image, Richard.

    Here’s a link to a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmIAronqwgk

    I would still like to see a still image like in the video with a key for all the parts.

    February 8, 2019 at 5:27 pm #154746
    Erik
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    Must the deck gun go in the back? Or does it also make sense to put up front behind the forecastle?

    February 8, 2019 at 7:11 pm #154749
    invisible officer
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    If only one gun was carried it was at the back. To fight enemies following the tanker that would try to run away.

    A typical merchant was not intended to fight offensive, especally not a tanker.

    You might add a 2 cm at the bow. Such a coastal mini tanker of 50m / 165 ft was rarely armed with more in European waters. Many small merchant ships had no gun at all.

    Even the similar looking German Military tanker Anna (and her sisters) of 60 m had just 2x 2cm.

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