Russian MB-LT Army Surplus Logging Machine

[wibblywobbly]

I've always enjoyed watching these You Tube videos of ex-army tracked vehicles ploughing through the Siberian wasteland. Nothing seems to stop them. The MB-LT and it's variants seem to be favourites for logging and supply vehicles so seeing as I can't buy one I am having a go at making one.

No armaments, and a modified rear hull should give it that Mad Max look, and if I can make it amphibious so much the better. It should be an interesting project if nothing else!

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and this is where I am at the moment.

[Son of a gun-ner]

LOL, trust you to find something obscure. How about turning it into a mad max machine, or a moon buggy to compliment one of your past builds

[wibblywobbly]

I will be happy if it runs reliably! lol. Hopefully it will, I will use it as a mud plugging off road machine.

[Son of a gun-ner]

Oooh, red cans and 3s lipos then

[wibblywobbly]

I am leaning towards nylon gearboxes as they will be immune to water getting on the gears and corroding them, but I may have to go the low ratio route. I can solve that problem when I get to it...

Progress so far, it will be cut in half and the front and rear printed separately, I loaded the whole thing into Cura and it would take more than 5 days to print it.

[wibblywobbly]

It's coming along, hours and hours of printing!

[Son of a gun-ner]

Wow, well done Rob

Looks like you have plenty of room for the electronics, but that sloping front looks like you're going to have fun fitting those gearboxes

[wibblywobbly]

Fear not my friend, the gearboxes are a perfect fit, even the high/low ones, it's all in the design.

[Son of a gun-ner]

Wow, that is roomy inside

[lmcq11]

That was a funny video. This vehicle seems a bit heavy for civilian tasks... It may not have any armament but it sure does destroy everything on its way. This will be a fun RC machine, no need to fear something breaking.