1/6 scale Universal/Loyd Carrier scratch build

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Re: 1/6 scale Universal Carrier suspension and road wheels

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First suspension unit complete

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It's going to the Scout Hut tomorrow

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Very Nice Work!
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With many thanks to Mark from the Sunday meet I now have a short piece of panther track plus a sprocket on loan, so I was able to get on with the sprocket design
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It's a big beast and is currently 2 hours into a 7 and a half hour print :crazy:

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Re: 1/6 scale Universal Carrier suspension and road wheels

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Thats massive !..........do you think you will need spare track ?
Over the 1200mm for each run ?
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
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Hi Herman, each set should be 1660mm so 2 sets should do it with some to spare.

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Alwyn I found a set of brand new panther tracks in my cupboard. Do you still need some?
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And there is the final piece, the sprocket, 8 hours later

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It's a monster.

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Well now we are into proper engineering - we have bearings!
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Trundling happily along (but now a little more freely) :D :haha:

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This is going to be great to watch trundling around!
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I just realised that I haven't posted the blueprints for this beast
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Just save the image and load it into microsoft paint, print it with 200% magnification (you may have to play with this number to get the correct scale) and print and there you go.

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