Re: I'm building this Tiger
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:29 pm
Roy Hi,
You won't need hinges, just 2 Male and 2 Female countersunk Neodymium Magnets, I got them from ---
www.first4magnets.com
The Taigen Tiger 1 has the front locating plate already,
So find the exact point that the hooks in the Body touch the hull metal crossbar and drill a hole that allows you to fit the magnets using a nut and countersunk bolt.
The hooks in the body locating rods can be unscrewed and with a little experimenting to find the optimum length you then cut to the right length those body locating rods and screw the opposite sex magnets into them.
A better solution is instead of using the Quick release crossbar to hold the hull magnets is to substitute it for a plain bar that goes in its place.
I have been using Magnets to hold my Feifal Air Cleaner tubes in place for some years on all my Tiger 1s after reading about it from Dan on "RCUniverse"
I first used Magnets to lock down the body to the hull with my first Panzer 4,
I admit to over engineering it and I would not use the same method again BUT it works.
Using Magnets in modelling first came to mind when I bought a De Havilland DHC 2 Beaver in 1/9 scale.
The Fuselage was a sealed polystyrene foam structure,
When I looked through the cabin window I noticed the Rudder control rod was not connected to its servo so I carefully cut out the Door and replaced the control rod,
Of course as a builder I couldn't leave it at that, so I cut out the opposite door and removed the seats and painted the interior and fitted facsimile radio panels as well as a pair of control horns and painted the seats and made up some seat belts for them before screwing Magnets into the leading and trailing edges of the doors.
They have never come open in flight but any time I need access they just pull off.
Shaun.
You won't need hinges, just 2 Male and 2 Female countersunk Neodymium Magnets, I got them from ---
www.first4magnets.com
The Taigen Tiger 1 has the front locating plate already,
So find the exact point that the hooks in the Body touch the hull metal crossbar and drill a hole that allows you to fit the magnets using a nut and countersunk bolt.
The hooks in the body locating rods can be unscrewed and with a little experimenting to find the optimum length you then cut to the right length those body locating rods and screw the opposite sex magnets into them.
A better solution is instead of using the Quick release crossbar to hold the hull magnets is to substitute it for a plain bar that goes in its place.
I have been using Magnets to hold my Feifal Air Cleaner tubes in place for some years on all my Tiger 1s after reading about it from Dan on "RCUniverse"
I first used Magnets to lock down the body to the hull with my first Panzer 4,
I admit to over engineering it and I would not use the same method again BUT it works.
Using Magnets in modelling first came to mind when I bought a De Havilland DHC 2 Beaver in 1/9 scale.
The Fuselage was a sealed polystyrene foam structure,
When I looked through the cabin window I noticed the Rudder control rod was not connected to its servo so I carefully cut out the Door and replaced the control rod,
Of course as a builder I couldn't leave it at that, so I cut out the opposite door and removed the seats and painted the interior and fitted facsimile radio panels as well as a pair of control horns and painted the seats and made up some seat belts for them before screwing Magnets into the leading and trailing edges of the doors.
They have never come open in flight but any time I need access they just pull off.
Shaun.
