Heng Long Pershing Rebuild

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:01 pm

PainlessWolf wrote:Good Morning,
Alpha,
The Barrel fits. ;o) I am working on using the Tamiya mantlet and trunnions with the HL air soft unit. ;o)
regards,
Painless

Whew!!!!!!!!!! that's a relief

Does the BUCKET fit?????????????

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ALPHA

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:40 am

*chuckles* Of course the bucket will work. Spent some time today working the Tamiya mantlet and trunnion into the HL turret and air soft gun. Finally got it to where it will work with the HL elevation. Tomorrow will see the mantlet pinned into place on the mounts and the barrel shimmed into place as well. Pictures:

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:09 am

Nice Clean work Painless...wish mine looked that organized

ALPHA

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:07 am

Alpha, With a lot of working hatches and such, space is at a premium in your L70. The Pershing by comparison has a lot of extra space with far fewer wiring knots to work around. Nothing in the Post today so tonight was a mount the main gun night. 1/16 diameter brass pins cut to length mated the spades that were screwed into the airgun box to the Tamiya mantlet. Pretty solid and stable with the rest of the spades' surfaces glued into place as well. Next the HL muzzle brake was detailed with the notches filed into the end ring of it to make the locking nut used on the real tank. The barrel end was roughened slightly with a file then the brake was glued on using the ultragel superglue I like. To mount the barrel to the airgun, I used a strip made out of a vacuum belt that was then cut to fit and glued into place. The strip provides a pressure fit in the mantlet and allows the end of the barrel to seat firmly in the airgun box. Pictures:

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:38 pm

The result is pretty good there Painless....

...the Length is really noticeable ....one thing on the muzzle break...the collar where it meets the barrel...you might want to bring that in a little or trim it... I didn't do that part... as I think you would agree...you get a better perspective with it installed... I never installed the barrel on anything..reason I left it to your judgement

Did that sound redundant??????????????????

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ALPHA

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:46 am

Alpha, I took care of the edge there by lightly sanding it. ;o) Nothing in the Post today so continued working on the turret tonight. Combining parts from two manufacturers isn't as simple as gluing part 'A' into slot 'B' so a lot of time is spent sanding to fit, making holes or adding posts and then filling other holes where nothing goes. ;o) Some ground was gained but a lot more remains and that's just the turret. Pictures:

Jake79 · Post by **Jake79** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:23 pm

Sorry to go back on the build, you used a certain tool to cut off your sand shields, I'm going to sound stupid here , could you tell me what it's called, also could a Dremel be used for this as I'm waiting for one to be Delivered. Fine looking work again Painless.

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:06 am

Jake,
Nothing and no one stupid, Sir. I used a set of Art\Hobby knives from a company called General. The blades are called scribing blades. The one used to cut off the sand shields has a drop point which focuses applied pressure on the tip. Keep it sharpened and it does a good job of cutting through plastic, thick or thin. Mind how hard you push down on it while sliding it along tho'. You can break the blade or send it whizzing off on a tangent ( which in my case usually involves fingers or hard to replace parts). A Dremel is certainly a handy tool and can definitely be used to remove excess plastic like sand shields. Good luck! I'm looking forward to pictures of your work.
regards,
Painless

ALPHA · Post by **ALPHA** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:00 am

Don't want to interrupt the dialog between you and Jake Panless... not sure a dremel will work well for those skirts.... unless you plan never to use them again lol... if you are a xacto saw would be my recommendation ..... but if you don't care about the skirts ...yeah dremel away

ALPHA

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:38 am

I am in agreement, 100 %, Alpha. When the Dremel is used, plastic usually goes away speedily and is non reusable. No pictures from last night since the camera battery was recharging so I added them today. Tonight was more turret work. I want to detail out this Pershing along the lines of 'Maxene' and 'In The Mood' so more is on the way. Pictures: