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Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 10:20 pm
by maxmekker
Really enjoying Reading this tread, details looks awsome, Nice weld lines on the super structure to . All parts 'home made' , ore is it a mix of Ludwigs parts here to ?

Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 7:05 pm
by ra272
Thanks, no parts from Ludwig, only home made parts or leftovers from the Kingtiger. The gun support is made with PVC tube and plastic sprues.

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Same technique for the rear MG support.

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Spare tracks supports are borrowed from the Henschel turret except for one that I have lost... :/
New holes have been drilled for the cables and tools.

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Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 7:21 pm
by maxmekker
awsome :thumbup:

what did you use to create the 'torch cut' marks on the front plate . looks like a neat trick

Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 9:28 pm
by ra272
Torch cut marks are made with a small triangular file.

Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 7:42 pm
by ra272
Thanks. I bought those nice output shaft bearings; I hope they will help with the durability of the pot metal transmissions.

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The speaker is a Visaton FR7 4 Ohm in a Savöx servo box. I also made a support deck with four studs to bolt the IBU2 pro securely.

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The chassis is painted with Tamiya grey primer, and Tamiya Dunkelgelb.

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Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:36 am
by pedal2metal
Very impressive work; nice job!! Where did you order the output shaft bearing setup from? They look pretty nice

Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 11:26 am
by jackalope
Rctanks.de sells them. They're a great little addition to the hull.

Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 12:06 pm
by pedal2metal
jackalope wrote:Rctanks.de sells them. They're a great little addition to the hull.
Thanks. I will have to check them out, for sure; or see if I can make some.

Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:21 pm
by ra272
As jackalope wrote, support bearings are from rctank.de, I think it's a must have on any tank with long output shaft.

I choose to Tamiya TS dunkelgelb for the base coat, I made some test with automotive red primer, but I was not very happy with the result (too red, too shiny, and it disn't stick very well to the Henglong plastic).

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The IBU2 is bolted in the chassis, and with some help from members of this forum, I was able to get it to work. :D

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First test of the gun functions.

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Re: Plastic King Tiger Henschel-->Jagdtiger

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 10:10 pm
by maxmekker
Really smooth job on the servo setup