well, i won't be making the simple way of mounting the marker as i was hoping to. i started off using a large washer (aprox 1.5" dia), i figure i'll mount it to the back of the mantle and then attached to steel rods to it that would run along the sides of the marker (in a recess that runs the entire length of the gun body) and from there i was thinking of making a top and bottom clamp halves that could be snugged together with maybe wing-nuts or something simple. well that won't quite work as there's a pin near the rear of the gun in the path of where i want to run the 2 steel rods. i can't make a clamping bracket for the most part anywhere along the length of the guns body with the e-trigger now in pace as i don't have any clearance between any of it or the turret. i was just thinking of using silicone between the rods and the gun to hold it in place, but thought if i ever have to take the gun out for any reason, it would be another 24 hours before i can test the gun once it's back in the mantle. i'd like to keep the washer as i can remove it from the mantle if i need to for any reason when ever i want. there are no holes in the trigger handle that i could make a plate screw down to (will look over what's left of the trigger frame, maybe there is a spot i could drill and tap, but will keep looking for other options). come to think of it, that's not such a bad idea, if there is a space, i could attach 2 tabs to the rods, one on each, both with hole, the bottom tab threaded. i could pass the bolt through the top tab, through the e-trigger frame and screw into the lower tab - see, good thing i talked this out :) but just in case that isn't possible, any other ideas on how i can mount the marker? this is an area i don't recall seeing too much covered in any of the builds (i got my basic idea from Frank's tank #1 - i think), or at least i don't remember seeing anything. I know Joe isn't that far away from me, maybe about 35 minutes ........... Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html)
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