1/14 Soviet T62

[Moogie]

T62 build has begun , this is going to take some time.



With my printer twenty track links takes 8 hours. I need about 180 !



All printed in PETG.



Designing tank parts doesn't always go to plan.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Oof: that sounds like 72 hours of printing time, so likely 80 hours of work or more. Well, we've all seen what you can do, so I'd be more great photos of you accomplishments are on their way.

[Moogie]

More parts printed.



And a few bits of aluminium.



Bending piano wire by hand is not fun.

[Stormbringer]

thats a nice hull

[Moogie]

From this PETG track links and .062 (1.55mm) piano wire.



To this. Isn't making track fun !!



Onto the recoil unit. Inspired by the RCTA recoil one. Yes, they are full size servos.



Complete with barrel. 310mm long, 24mm of recoil and has two pieces of 9mm and 8mm brass tube inside for rigidity.



Road wheels mostly installed, just trying to work out what thickness of piano wire to use for torsion bars.





My version of a track tensioner.



Cant build a Soviet tank without these.



Lastly, a few bits from Forge Bear. Lets me make a start on the turret.

[tankme]

It's coming along. Question...do you dry your PETG before printing with it? I dry mine at 65C for 8 hours when I open a new box of filament. Tends to eliminate a lot stringing and other issues.

[Moogie]

It's coming along. Question...do you dry your PETG before printing with it? I dry mine at 65C for 8 hours when I open a new box of filament. Tends to eliminate a lot stringing and other issues.

No, just straight out of the box and onto the printer. Never had any real problems with stringing. My printer is in my hobby room in the house so no real moisture to cause harm.

[tankme]

It's coming along. Question...do you dry your PETG before printing with it? I dry mine at 65C for 8 hours when I open a new box of filament. Tends to eliminate a lot stringing and other issues.

No, just straight out of the box and onto the printer. Never had any real problems with stringing. My printer is in my hobby room in the house so no real moisture to cause harm.

I think you will find that drying it even right out of the box will give you much better results. I've had PETG from a half dozen manufacturers run through my printer and some of them are really wet from the factory. You can tell it's wet when you listen to it entering the hot end. You will hear it pop and hiss. That's the water in the filament burning off.

Anyway, cool project.

[Moogie]

After a lot of printing i have most of the main structure of the upper hull. Flat panels makes more sense to make out of aluminium than taking hours to print.



Battery box under the rear engine deck. A hinged cover will hide it from view.



Underneath of upper hull.



Recoil unit and servos attached to turret base.



Main part of the turret took 30 hours to print but turned out really well. Thin coat of body filler removed the print lines.



Even managed to get a few decorative parts printed for the turret.



Starting to look much more like a tank now.

[HERMAN BIX]

Love it, great job
A fantastic version of an iconic AFV