Anti Aircraft Centurion

[Hobbes]

Depends on what time period we're discussing.  Dishes were more easily made.  You don't start seeing different shapes for radar aerials until the late 1950s and then they're limited to wedges for the most part (ignoring that the first radar aerials tended to be yagis or mattress arrays, for the moment).

For the most part, 'other shapes' are just a dome or flat cover over the parabolic dish. These domes are easily made, and certainly doable with 1950s technology.

[ysi_maniac]

This project promises a lot!

[monkeyhanger]

OK, it's been a while but there has been some progress.

Decided to change the design and have four 40mm guns in an enclosed turret. The attached picture shows the assembled turret. The big bulge is the target acquisition radar, the smaller one is for tracking. I've used body putty to smooth the gaps in between the bits I've glued on to the styrene sheet box. Once that drys and is smoothed down, more stuff can be added to clutter up the turret and hide the problems...........