T55 new build

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Yep that's the polish one with add on armour and skirts :D

Doing some more tonight when the kids go to bed.
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Managed to get the front and rear road wheel suspension working!
By following the instructions it won't work. You need to assemble the arms and bolt together after you have the spring under tension. The instructions would have you bolt it all together and then try and get tension. Don't work lol

Can now move on to the gearboxes.

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Ad Lav wrote: By following the instructions it won't work. You need to assemble the arms and bolt together after you have the spring under tension. The instructions would have you bolt it all together and then try and get tension. Don't work lol
This is exactly why I'm so grateful for threads like this. When I finally get my own you'll have saved me some real headaches.
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Looking excellent
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Gearbox time! And very nice they are too! Copies of the tamiya T1 box according to my friend in Singapore.

Bearings etc in the case and very sturdy. Not sure how good the motors are.

Nice metal gearbox mount too.

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And had to fit these little buggars, they stop the swing arms pulling out of the hull and go behind the spring. Fiddly is an understatement!

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So much for gearboxes being fixed in tonight! Three hours and I'm left scratching my head!
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Ad Lav wrote:So much for gearboxes being fixed in tonight! Three hours and I'm left scratching my head!
What happened? Is nothing lining up? Just curious
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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I'm very confident you will sort them out very soon!
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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What a pain in the butt! I went to bed as it was truly winding me up.

The new kits have a metal gearbox plate, drilled for the mounts underneath and bolts for gearbox in top.

Fix the different studs underneath in the order they tell you gearbox won't fit. The mount goes uphill lol

Bolts for gearbox won't fit the mount unless you dismantle the gearboxes bit first lol

Long story short, spoken to Carson and a mate in Singapore and he said have to change stuff in the instructions to make it work!

I'll document the problems after work.
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