Torro Late Production Tiger 1 Restoration
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:20 am
I picked this one up off Ebay, bit of a bargain. Metal recoiling barrel, torsion bar suspension, gearboxes on a metal plate, muzzle flash, zimmerit, switches and volume under the front hatches, and came in a huge aluminium flight case. The gearboxes 'look' like HL white metal, but they must be steel gears as it runs silently and smooth as silk.
Downside was a grey upper, and camo lower, but as I will airbrush it to match my KT and Panther this isn't a problem.
It needs decent sound, so I am looking at either trying to replicate a TCB using an Arduino 2560 (I already have a couple), with a PWM>Sbus converter, 2 speed controllers, and a Benedini Mini Clone, or using a Clark TK22 from a different tank, and hooking the Mini up to that for better sounds. I may have to create the soundfiles for the Mini, but as I used to do that for my old Elmod boards, that wouldn't be a problem.
I picked up my bottle of Asda cheapie non-acetone nail varnish, a pack of cotton wool, and rubbed the upper hull. The original camo started to appear, so I went over the whole thing. The grey came straight off. Great!
The aeriel stowage tube was sanded off, and all of the accessories removed, they weren't glued on, so that was a nice simple job.
Next job will be to strip the upper down, and sand off the tools, then fit nice metal jobbies, along with tow rope brackets etc. The running gear is in A1 condition, so as to whether I fit metal tracks is up for debate at the moment.
Downside was a grey upper, and camo lower, but as I will airbrush it to match my KT and Panther this isn't a problem.
It needs decent sound, so I am looking at either trying to replicate a TCB using an Arduino 2560 (I already have a couple), with a PWM>Sbus converter, 2 speed controllers, and a Benedini Mini Clone, or using a Clark TK22 from a different tank, and hooking the Mini up to that for better sounds. I may have to create the soundfiles for the Mini, but as I used to do that for my old Elmod boards, that wouldn't be a problem.
I picked up my bottle of Asda cheapie non-acetone nail varnish, a pack of cotton wool, and rubbed the upper hull. The original camo started to appear, so I went over the whole thing. The grey came straight off. Great!
The aeriel stowage tube was sanded off, and all of the accessories removed, they weren't glued on, so that was a nice simple job.
Next job will be to strip the upper down, and sand off the tools, then fit nice metal jobbies, along with tow rope brackets etc. The running gear is in A1 condition, so as to whether I fit metal tracks is up for debate at the moment.