Tamiya Centurion

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Re: Tamiya Centurion

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Nice, the lamps are for the head lights? :thumbup:

Btw because we can see the cables in the manual what thickness of steel rope is used for the real life Centurion?
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jhamm wrote:yes,
it's a easy build.
Everything fits perfectly.
Spend some time for additional details:
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What light kit did you use?

Looks good!
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Ad Lav wrote:
What light kit did you use?

Looks good!
No light kit..
Drill a hole throug the stand and lighthousing and wire a SMD-LED, thats all.
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Soeren wrote:Nice, the lamps are for the head lights? :thumbup:

Btw because we can see the cables in the manual what thickness of steel rope is used for the real life Centurion?
look at this
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the cable is around Ø 1" = 25mm

25mm/16 = 1,5mm
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Re: Tamiya Centurion

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Thank you jhamm for both Tipps. 1.5mm brass cable is easily available so an easy swap for the nylon string.
I am almost done with the build, but I didn’t add all the detail yet to help with painting and because I have to figure out where more detail could los be added with a reasonable effort.

My opinion so far: the build is easy and a lot of features have improved over the KV-1 model for example.the magnetizing of the turret and engine deck allow for easy access wirhout tweakin the setup. Although there is a funny separation line on the turret now. The lower hull and the suspension feel rock solid. The hull has metal bracing front back and center. The final drives with ball bearing and steel shafts are nice as well. Gun handling is full servo now, good if you wanna swap the electronics. But funny enough, you need a servo connector cable for the electronics. And of course I seem to have lost one.
The cons for me is the use of ABS on a lot of the upper hull parts. Gluing those was not as straight forward. This also didn’t allow the application of sprue glue to fill gaps, etc.
The gun barrel is a bit undersized for the mantlet to unfortunately. Some thin brass sleeve might fix this.

Have to order another receiver before I can try how she runs.
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The towingcable:
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Some details:
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Royal Ordonance L7 :
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Electronic in the turret, RX and StabiWII with new faster and powerfull Servos:
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Two Tamiya Centurions yesterday at Harzgerode.
The one in the background is build out of the box:
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And here together with the successor
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Re: Tamiya Centurion

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Looks great, nice work!

Are you pleased with the new dmd and sounds?
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The driving behaviour with the DMD is very good, the sound is acceptable.
I have exchanged the DMD for a Beier SFR-1-HL - now the sound is also very good. :haha:

The model itself is very light, this makes it bounce.
On solid ground, the grip of the plastic tracks is not very good.
I will add weight...
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Re: Tamiya Centurion

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Hi,
i did the last modifications.
Loaders periscope and antenna base:
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