Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
- PainlessWolf
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Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
Good morning,
Take care of your health. Splendid job on the mount! That thing is a mechanical work of art. Following along!
regards,
Painless
Take care of your health. Splendid job on the mount! That thing is a mechanical work of art. Following along!
regards,
Painless
...Here for the Dawn...
Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
That would have to be the best designed elevation/traverse set up I've seen in a tank destroyer. Top work.
I haven't ventured into any CAD designing yet so cant help on that front but I do have a 3d printer so if you ever need parts printed just let me know.
I haven't ventured into any CAD designing yet so cant help on that front but I do have a 3d printer so if you ever need parts printed just let me know.
- Raminator
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Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
Much obliged for the kind words lads, I'm glad the frustration paid off.
The tension spring underneath the unit counteracts the mass of the metal gun barrel and Milliput mantlet without having to suspend even more weight on the pivot points.
The recoil unit is Clark's one for the Taigen Tiger I, I swapped it around so that the elevation servo attaches to it directly. That way the elevation can be done inside a cradle that can then traverse, which was all scratchbuilt from styrene scraps.Soeren wrote:This looks fantastic. Where do all the gears come from? Do you have some CAD to share? I don't have a printer myself , but could get help by a friend.
Just watches the video too. That looks really sturdy. Great engineering. That was all scratch build or is there a kit available?
The tension spring underneath the unit counteracts the mass of the metal gun barrel and Milliput mantlet without having to suspend even more weight on the pivot points.
It's something I've always taken for granted all my life, so learning what my new limitations are and how to pace myself has been frustrating sometimes. Needs must though, after all if we don't have our health we don't have anything. Cheers for the well wishes, my friend.PainlessWolf wrote:Take care of your health.
Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
Thank you for the explanation. That looks fantastic and very solid. I made good use of the turret rotation rings as well. Was a bit worried about the placement too. I didn't measure any positions but did it by eye and funny enough it turned put well enough in three turrets by now.
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- HERMAN BIX
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Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
I'm not far off getting hold of one of these too. Sure is a world of learning to do on this Mr Ram, thanks for sharing.
As for health, its one of those taken for granted things that we all really never put in as much as we hope to get out............until its too late.
As for health, its one of those taken for granted things that we all really never put in as much as we hope to get out............until its too late.
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- HERMAN BIX
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Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
Any updates on this project mate ?
Hows the health ?
Hows the health ?
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
- Raminator
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Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
It's been an eventful few months, but I've gradually been getting back at it again. Many thanks to those who messaged me while I was gone, I appreciate the thought. My health has improved a bit and we've sold our home, so lately I've been able to get little bits done here and there. I don't have any in-progress photos, so this post will be a catch-up from the last update. Here's where we are today:
I've had a couple test drives, but I don't have any videos of it in action yet; still some troubleshooting to do with the PDSGB first. Still, now that the internals are revamped and good to go, the upper hull will be getting textured and detailed next. On to the fun stuff!
I've had a couple test drives, but I don't have any videos of it in action yet; still some troubleshooting to do with the PDSGB first. Still, now that the internals are revamped and good to go, the upper hull will be getting textured and detailed next. On to the fun stuff!
- c.rainford73
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Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
So nice to see you back at it and glad you are doing better! Very impressive work. I admire your attention to detail with the interior design of this beast.
Following along
Carl
Following along
Carl
Tanks alot....
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Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
Its fantastic to have you back & well Mr Raminator...........very glad things are better.
Shame how life still throws shit at a person when things are already topped off with too much of it.
While you were away I think I may have got hold of one of these things as well, so I will look on in careful silence to learn all I can.
Mines reeeeeeaaaaallllyyyyy rough,and missing a lot of vitals, but its a start.
Welcome back
Shame how life still throws shit at a person when things are already topped off with too much of it.
While you were away I think I may have got hold of one of these things as well, so I will look on in careful silence to learn all I can.
Mines reeeeeeaaaaallllyyyyy rough,and missing a lot of vitals, but its a start.
Welcome back
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
Re: Ludwig/Taigen SU-152 (early production)
Nice to see you back and feeling better too. Your build looks great , tidy and we'll thought through.