Many thanks, Painless. Glad your expert eyes are following the build.
Yes, and there are already quite a few handmade parts in there, and I'm reasonably content with the results so far. As a reminder, the 'basic Ludwig kit' is just that: basic. It's up to the builder to contrive, or construct, the finer details. The few bits I got from Shapeways, have also helped to enhance the overall appearance. Finding the right adhesive was the only challenge there (bonding non-Styrene parts- to styrene).
Here's a pic of the final motor positions. When you buy these nicely made Premium Taigen motors/gearboxes, the +ive and -ive terminals of the respective motors are adjacent to one another and- depending on the width of the model, can end up perilously close together. As I wrote earlier, there are screw holes at right angles to the default position here, and I moved one of the motors to that position. The layout is now much safer, as you can see.
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- Revised motor orientation-Comet gearboxes
Note too, that 3mm thick the base plate supplied with kit has predrilled holes for Heng Long StuG 111/Pz IV style motors. Here, it's necessary drill some new ones.
Now it's time for the sprockets. I sanded the burrs off them first of all, as the metal edges could possibly damage plastic, and even metal, tracks. Bedding the tracks in will be easier as a result.
- Comet sprockets
Note that these sprockets don't have a flat edge on the inside to correspond with the flats machines on the output shafts. As with flatted sprockets, though, grub screws secure the sprocket to the shaft, and there's also a drilling in the centre to allow socket head screws to pass through into ends of the output shafts.
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"- Mark Twain.