British FV432/30 Bull dog
Re: British FV432/30 Bull dog
A bit more done, soldered up some brass headlamp guards and fitted to headlamp brackets.
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Re: British FV432/30 Bull dog
Here you are doing all this out of metal and I am trying to make a early mantlet and that’s getting on my nerves. I can only imagine the pain this is causing
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Hi.
Pain...i love it
Just thinking about making the head light shells, whether cast some resin or white metal will have to make some molds first for either...
Cheers.
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Pain...i love it
Just thinking about making the head light shells, whether cast some resin or white metal will have to make some molds first for either...
Cheers.
Sub
Re: British FV432/30 Bull dog
Hi.
So i decided to make the headlamp shells from resin (easier to machine)
Here's 4 headlamp shells made from a Home made mold there from polyester resin, i painted them in primer to see any imperfections but didnt think they came out too bad, so now onto hollowing the inside out to fit an LED and make a reflector prior to thinking about the lense.
Cheers
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So i decided to make the headlamp shells from resin (easier to machine)
Here's 4 headlamp shells made from a Home made mold there from polyester resin, i painted them in primer to see any imperfections but didnt think they came out too bad, so now onto hollowing the inside out to fit an LED and make a reflector prior to thinking about the lense.
Cheers
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Re: British FV432/30 Bull dog
Hi.
BEWARE, STRONG LIGHT IN NEXT PICS.
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BEWARE, STRONG LIGHT IN NEXT PICS.
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Re: British FV432/30 Bull dog
With four of these i should be able to operate the model in pitch darkness.
This was taken in daylight and in a room with the lights on....
You cannot look directly at it without having spots in your eyes afterwards, and all at 3.3volts
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This was taken in daylight and in a room with the lights on....
You cannot look directly at it without having spots in your eyes afterwards, and all at 3.3volts
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Re: British FV432/30 Bull dog
Wow, they're good, where did you get them young man?
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Re: British FV432/30 Bull dog
Hi.
The LEDS are 3mm ultrabights, from component-shop 0.30p each.
I made the rest.
http://www.component-shop.co.uk
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The LEDS are 3mm ultrabights, from component-shop 0.30p each.
I made the rest.
http://www.component-shop.co.uk
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