My first build is underway

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Cool that sounds better Iike advice it saves making loads of mistakes lol
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Help needed Ive got some transmission and engine covers to fit to my tiger late hull where do i put them, obviously near engine but where exactly i cant find a pic
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The transmission covers look like boomerangs with bolt holes right? They go at the very front believe it or not to the inside of where the drive sprockets are. What engine cover did you get?

If you can't get what I mean I'm sure someone will get you a pic.

BTW its looking great! :thumbup: Looks like you have a new addiction! :haha:
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Er er engine cover from original hull, in the kit you get 2 boomerangs and a flat vent thingy, plastic one fell off along with plastic handles, ill look for somes metal ones with nuts as ill need them to open cover. Also while im picking everyones brains lol there is a mato metal hull on tbay used like Im inclined to think it wont recoil like the taigen barrell? ......?
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Best lower hull out there is the Taigen metal one, here's the one I have on the build I'm currently working on.

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Thats the one im gona get matey looks good and strong
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Ok, need you to flip over your Tiger and take a picture of the arms that the road wheels connect to as well as the idler wheels so I can tell you if you'll need to change the axles.
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Forgebear has sent my hull and bits and bobs so building will commence weekend I'm excited as usual jackalope, kaiser and you all be on guard for my questions lol
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You never did tell what kind of suspension arms you currently have on your Tiger I hope it all works out ok. I know when I built my 1st Tiger I found out the hard way that the plastic suspension arms use screws to hold the road wheels on where the Taigen hull with metal arms uses pins and set screws to hold the road wheels on. If your tank has plastic arms, which I'm sure it does, you will need the correct axle pins to work with your new hull. You may want to double check and if they are indeed are screws get the axle pins from Forgebear unless you already have them coming to you.
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Keiser, that's my lower like the one he's getting. The one he is replacing is what I'm referring to and if he's going to try to reuse the road wheel axles that came on his original on the new Taigen lower they won't work.
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