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Hi Woz,
Nice reinforcing on the KT...... Please can I ask what parts are you using in the build ?.. are they Tamiya wheels ?

It's all Matorro apart from the tracks, drive wheels and idlers which are Heng Long.

Undercoat done, ready for painting

Basic paint done.

Couldn't decide what colour scheme to do so I decided to do, so I've done a KT thats had its turret replaced in the field. That way I get to do two different colour schemes .

Woz wrote: Strengthened the hull, suspension, wheel shafts and beefed up the idle wheels.

hello Woz


it's going superb, i would ask you if it's possible to explain and detail the step by step process to reinforce the suspension, arms, roadwheels and idler...

i own a Torro all metal KöTi and i'm very interested in reinforce these same points, this cat weights 8.5Kg and i', afraid that the suspension and road wheels axels could suffer...


best regards and thank you very much!

Jussek wrote:

Woz wrote: Strengthened the hull, suspension, wheel shafts and beefed up the idle wheels.

hello Woz


it's going superb, i would ask you if it's possible to explain and detail the step by step process to reinforce the suspension, arms, roadwheels and idler...

i own a Torro all metal KöTi and i'm very interested in reinforce these same points, this cat weights 8.5Kg and i', afraid that the suspension and road wheels axels could suffer...


best regards and thank you very much!

The hull is strengthened with two aluminium bars running down each side (a U bar on top of a square section bar). These bars are bolted to the bottom of the hull.

The suspension arms are stiffened by filling them with Milliput (with the springs in place) then I countersunk the small end of each arm so that I could fit a small M3 bolt through to act as an wheel axel.


The suspension arms then they are bolted through the hull into the aluminium bars. I drilled and tapped the bars first so the bolts screwed into them and didn't just slot through.

Got some weathering done-





Now to put it all together then do the finishing touches.

liking it !

Weathering done and tracks on-








Needs some gubbins to go on it and a bit of touching up then it's done.

Good Afternoon, Woz
Your King Tiger is looking sweet! Beautiful work on everything. ;o) Please keep up with the pics so we can see it completed.
regards,
Painless