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FlashDrive
20-12-2018, 03:16 PM
:xmas: ..... Intes MAK-65 .... a big thanks to Matt ( Santa ) :D ... and Lewis ( Santa's Side Kick ) :P

Col....
multiweb
20-12-2018, 03:18 PM
That's a beauty! :eyepop: Love that handle. :thumbsup: I've been thinking of doing something like this to track the IIS.
RickS
20-12-2018, 03:37 PM
You must have been a very good boy, Col :)
Peter Ward
20-12-2018, 03:45 PM
Joy to the world! :thumbsup:
FlashDrive
20-12-2018, 04:01 PM
Marc ... Thank You ... :D



Rick .....I am, just ask my Mum ... she'll tell you ...!!



Peter ...O joy O joy ... come on night time.

Col... :xmas:
multiweb
21-12-2018, 08:08 AM
Was it lewisized?
LewisM
21-12-2018, 08:58 AM
I swear I had absolutely positively everything to do with that Mak. :P Well, apart from Matt posting it to Col :lol:
Kunama
21-12-2018, 09:16 AM
I did provide the funding for the project :lol:
Part of my Outreach Trust ;)

(but seriously, I must commend Lewis for the Eeeexcellent restoration work and will employ his services again... :thumbsup:)
LewisM
21-12-2018, 09:50 AM
Yes, thanks Jennifer :P
FlashDrive
21-12-2018, 10:43 AM
Yep ....Very Good , Top of the Class .... :thumbsup:
Wavytone
21-12-2018, 05:59 PM
Wow very nice work, Lewis ! And even more surprising is to see a corrector of that vintage with MgF coatings in excellent condition.

BTW Lewis, from those photos I still think the mak is a Rumak with a cemented secondary, which was the norm on the Intes scopes. Are you absolutely sure it wasn't ?

Col, look after that scope, you have a unicorn.
LewisM
21-12-2018, 06:15 PM
It is a 100% silvered spot. Nothing cemented to anything. I took the corrector off to clean it and repaint, so I have a very good idea what is there.

I was told by Intes it is rarer than a Santel :P
strongmanmike
21-12-2018, 06:25 PM
This sounds like a community project scope :lol:..looks nice

Mike
multiweb
21-12-2018, 06:34 PM
:thumbsup:
LewisM
21-12-2018, 10:04 PM
I've got a little Christmas present for Col for it yet...and no Col, not the finder shoe :)
FlashDrive
22-12-2018, 06:29 PM
I will indeed ...!!:)
Wilso
22-12-2018, 07:19 PM
Looking good Col,

You must be over the moon about your new acquisition!
Looks like Lewis has done a great job again.
That star diagonal must be original (haven't seen one like that before)

Enjoy :thumbsup:
bigjoe
22-12-2018, 08:26 PM
Now thats a scope Col.. Lewis and Matt did a great deed..indeed!

You can do and see an AWEful lot with a 6 inch Maksutov, and on a big range of objects...eats most any doubles worth watching for breakfast!

The SW BD 150mm one I currently have routinely goes to 450X in good seeing ..doesn't break a sweat!
I expect more of this Russian beauty!
Look forward to your reports too.
bigjoe.