Tiger 412 - s.pz.abt 506 - Ardennes Offensive

[grim_marmazet]

Well today I wasn't really in the mood for a complex piece of construction, it was a very long day! lol 
I tried my hand at making a barrel cleaning rod. Its only a prototype one, just to see if it would work.

The construction was a cocktail stick with the ends cut off, into the end of which I drilled some holes and glued in a small piece of wire. Onto that I glued a section of brass tube and inserted a 1mm thread into one end. I plan on filling the other end with milliput the drilling and tapping it so the rods can actually screw together.




One question though. I assume there was some sort of brush to go on the end of the rods, where was it stored?

Hope you like it! 
Rik

[littletankman]

Hi Rik.
 
  Hey they look very good . As for the brush Im unsure on that one mate , you would think so . But Im not sure sorry.

Andy

[grim_marmazet]

Something new to show today! I'm very proud of this! lol 

I have now got both MG's working and controllable from the transmitter. It took a bit of fiddling, and as promised, is very crude, but it works! 

The two pictures show how it works, and i've included a video for those interested. I apologise for the choppy video, its filmed on my camera phone. I should get a better camera really.




Tiger 1 Co-Axial MG Mod

I swapped the LED's for yellow high-intensity ones. I think they look nicer than the Tamiya orange ones. Tell me what you think though.
Also I haven't finished the speaker box, so there's no MG sound in the video.

Now to try making that rear convoy light! lol 

Cheers,
Rik

[septon]

that's a great idea i thick the new leds look much better and it work really well

paul

[Matdragon]

Genious.

[Wight]

Thats brilliant!

[grim_marmazet]

One more post for today. I've wired in the lights. The headlights are functional but I haven't attached the caps yet, as I want to make foil reflectors and get some lenses for them.
The convoy light is partially complete. I need to do a few more things to it before I show it. I like things to be right first. 

The lights are controlled via the transmitter. I used a Turnigy RC switch spliced into the wiring. Simple set up. The headlights are connected to the lowere hull by Tamiya connectors at the moment, but I plan on swapping as many connectors as possible to deans type ones to save space, with all the mods its starting to get a bit crowded in there! lol 

Next is the smoke unit and a couple more internal mods. I've run out of channels on my transmitter now, lol.

Tiger 1 RC Controlled Lights

Cheers,
Rik

[littletankman]

Hi Rik,
Thats very impresive . love it .

Andy

[Wight]

Another great modification.
You can never have too many functions.
Never understood why it is only the American tanks in the Tamiya range that have working lights.

Steve.

[grim_marmazet]

I've never understood that either. Maybe the Germans didn't turn the lights on as often? lol 

Does anyone know where I could get the 2 pin connectors that fit into the DMD? I need some spares.

I am considering a 7 channel radio so I can add Tailend Charlie's moving MG mod. Gotta add more functions. 

Cheers,
Rik