Panzer III

[silversurfer1947]

Having put the recoil assembly to one side whilst I regain my sanity, I have had a go at fitting the hidden IR system. I've been trying to follow wibblywobbly's excellent thread. It's fitted, but i think you can safely say, it is not the neatest pieces of work - certainly not up to Mr W's standard. My excuse is that this is my first attempt and I'm sticking to it. Quite what excuse I shall use when I do the next one, I am not sure.

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[puramo]

Nice tank, lovely bookshelves too. My equivalent of the dollar store sells 'banana juice' which does losen up some of the HL glue. Sometimes judicious use of an old soldering iron can coax parts apart too. There are some good threads with inner parts stripped and magnets to hold the top and bottom hull together. As another poster suggested 'scratch' is an excellent way of holding all the parts in place with minimal space loss
How do you like the Transmiter, I was thinking of one of those myself.

[silversurfer1947]

I am very happy with the Flysky i6, thought the only draw back is the non self-centering throttle on the left stick. A lot of the functions are individually programmable, which means I can stop my tanks taking off like an F1 car. I have got some small neodymium magnets, which I am intending to use to hold the tank body together. I find it's a real pain with all the Heng Long screws every time you need access.

[silversurfer1947]

I have dispensed with the elevation option. There was simply no room in the turret for the servo and fittings. Eventually, I managed to fit all the bits back together, o I now have a body top with an attached turret. I really should pay more attention or take some photos when dismantling things. Then I would not have to worry about what goes where - particularly all the different screws and bolts. Just sitting the top and bottom parts together, this is what I now have.

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I don't have the confidence to attempt any major weathering, so have restricted myself to trying to give the effect of sand deposits in the nooks and crannies. I will have to give the barrel a little more attention. I had to repaint it after all my messing about with the recoil.

[silversurfer1947]

I would just say that appearance can e deceptive. There are no electrics in the hull save the two motors. That is the next job. I think I will have to shorten a lot of the turret to hull wiring, but need to be careful not to get too carried away.

[silversurfer1947]

I have now finished butchering the lower hull. It looked absolutely terrible, so to cover it up I fitted a styrene floor.

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The large cutout is to accommodate the Tarr smoker, which otherwise sat too high. A dry fit of the various components indicated that the battery would also be too high, so that was cut away as well. Just placing the items gives an inside something like this.

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Once everything is secured, I will then attempt to sort out all the wiring, and, hopefully, I will have a fully functioning tank.

[wibblywobbly]

It looks really good in that colour, well done. It may be the camera angle but the wires in the turret look a bit thick, there is hardly any current going through the sensors, so you can use the finest gauge that you can find, it makes it easier to bend around things and hold down with cable clamps and ties.

[silversurfer1947]

You are right about the wire - it is quite thick. I bought a job lot of multiple colours plus some red and black I had already. Not being sure of currents, I took a cautious approach. For future efforts I will invest in some thinner gauge. The basic colour I take no credit for - this was Spartans work.

[silversurfer1947]

Once again, I find myself in need of assistance. I am trying to finish the detailing and purchased a set of Mato parts, which I have fitted. However, I still have a number of hole in the upper hull, which are crying out to have something fitted in them.

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There are 2 holes in between the S hooks and 2 along the edge of the left hand side.

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The 2 holes are to the rear of the jack.

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The last few holes are those at the rear, which are for securing the tow cables. I have the cables, but I bought real cable. What I need is the fixing brackets. If anyone can tell me what should go in the various spaces and, importantly, where I can get them from, I shall be very grateful.

When I fitted the Mato parts, I have one left over, so if someone can tell me where it fits, the above also applies.

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Thanks in anticipation.

[wibblywobbly]

I have some metal tow cable securing clamps here that I won't be using, I'll bring some Sunday and if they are of any use you are welcome to them.

The other holes are for the jack and further tools, I have some that may or may not fit, I will see what I can find.