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Will01Capri wrote:bonus

As for driveshafts apparently on Taobao online China shop they now sell metal driveshafts for these trucks, but i cannot find anyone else.
But my rear one has started to pop out under load and i am thinking about either trying to buy or make some on my Lathe which i just bought

Will, you bought a lathe? Take it from one who knows, now you're doomed.

Max-U52 wrote:

Will01Capri wrote:bonus

As for driveshafts apparently on Taobao online China shop they now sell metal driveshafts for these trucks, but i cannot find anyone else.
But my rear one has started to pop out under load and i am thinking about either trying to buy or make some on my Lathe which i just bought

Will, you bought a lathe? Take it from one who knows, now you're doomed.

Yup, well actually my Father bought it for me for Christmas Present. I have wanted one since i was 15 and only get it now haha.
It is a Myford ML1 (circa 1937). As the way of things i am now modifying my lathe so i can mill & turn and bring it up to better than ever working use. Perfect for making bushes and small things for my hobbies including real cars & RC models

This is just about complete. It can tow the gun, but having an issue getting the limber wheels to rotate, will have to work on those, it should be do-able.

Very impressive. I had the Dinky Toy version.

I love this build, the quad and gun/limber has to be one of my favourite toys from my youth.

Awesome!

Alwyn

Wibbs, where did you get the tires for the limber?

Hehe, look what I bumped into today...


Cheers
Wayne


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Looks great, but how will you get it to the club meetings? I don't think the Mini will pull it!

wibblywobbly wrote:This is just about complete. It can tow the gun, but having an issue getting the limber wheels to rotate, will have to work on those, it should be do-able.

Lovely build. Just a thought, but could it be that the limber is too light? Being between the AT gun and Quad, maybe it's being lifted up a bit so the wheels don't get enough traction- maybe a bit of weight in the limber might sort the issue out...

In case anyone has a 3D printer and wants to have a go at printing their own, I have uploaded the STL files to Pinshape.

https://pinshape.com/users/242225-wibbl ... s-tab-open