222 Build

[BREL]

cool looking build Rivet

[Rivetcounter]

Turret Rotation

We will fast forward to the turret so as not to damage any parts that we may attach to the upper chassis, for the turret rotation we want something small and compact this has to sit below the turret ring and on top of the motor hence why I ground the motor flat on top I found I had about 22mm for the rotation unit so what can we use??? Answer a small servo but you are going to say a servo only has about 45 degree movement but not if you modify it modifying the servo will give you a full 360 rotation further that it has it’s own built it speed controller and motor so on to evilbay and  http://stores.ebay.co.uk/nilesinstall-RC what you want is 2x HXT 900 Hextronik 9g mini servo’s £6.99 the pair plus postage bargain now when you get the servo’s you have to open them what you want is the black round unit with the gears attached now if you plug you servo in turn on the radio you will notice that the motor is turning holding this little black round unit turn the gear slowly you will notice that the motor comes to a halt in the natural position now move the stick on you radio and you will see something magic the motor rotates and when you return the stick the motor stops what you want is one of these black round units to follow outside the servo and one to go back where the original came from but first remove all wires the two metal stops and on the gears remove the stop now this should fully rotate re assemble look at the pictures you will see how I attached everything.

[Rivetcounter]

Upper Hull

This covers 18-33 and deals mainly with the resin parts of the kit this also includes building the turret.
First ting all the resin parts  have pour plugs and if you haven’t dealt with these before don’t worry about them to much on this kit they are not as substantial as other resin kits and wont require a fret saw to remove just a plain old Stanley knife will do just make sure you insert a new blade as you remove each part and clean them up now would be a good idea to number each part with a thin marker pen and put any parts that require filling due to air bubbles to one side

[Rivetcounter]

My upper hull had some air bubbles along the left side I zoomed along to 25 and added parts P19, 20, 21 and the 5x 3mm nuts once the glue had cured I attached the lower hull to the upper hull to see what was required there wasn’t much filling required so I separated the two half’s again using Milliput I rolled a length and added it to the top half joined the two half’s making sure that all the holes where filled and once cured removed the excess to mate with the lower half 

[Rivetcounter]

I only had a few parts that required any filling one part that did require a little filling where the four injector pin holes in the registration plates

[Rivetcounter]

Assemble sections 18-19 as per instructions no problems hear.
20 this section deals with the assembly of the guns the kit comes with a metal gun barrel MA25 and muzzle break MA24 the barrel is a cast item and has some seems that require removing this was a simple task requiring nothing more complicated than a drill and some emery to clean up the barrel

[Rivetcounter]

The only other modification I did in this section was on the MG34, A34 was to drill out all the holes in the cooling jacket this was for aesthetics only

[tiger205]

nice looking kit 'rivet, it looks like it wont take you long to get it finnished

          Tony

[Rivetcounter]

I assembled everything else as per instructions in sections 20-25 with the exception of the etched metal grenade covers I left this until the very end just before it was time to paint.
26-33 I assembled everything as per instructions as you would expect there where no problems and the kit fell together, parts P8-9 are the drivers armoured vision covers these can be glued in the open or closed positions I wanted to have P9 the drivers hatch open just to give a bit of life to the vehicle the side hatches P17 are glued in the closed position.

[Rivetcounter]

Scratch built parts

I didn’t intend to add any extra parts to this kit but I just couldn’t control myself I started by adding some spare Dragon ammunition belt to the MG34 and a scratch built Gurtsack I may add some other bits at a latter date to the turret on to the Notek light at the front the rear convoy light and tail light I added the wire guards made from brass, on some 222/223 there is a second stowage box on the left side this I made from plasticard and some thin wire for the lid catches I also made a padlock again just for aesthetics, A19 I added the wire brake cables a wire footstep to the left rear mudguard and I opened up P17 the left drivers visor and added some detail