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RobW wrote:Thanks. It's a HL but instead of plugs the turret wiring is a soldered together..... Getting new radio gear etc from Forgebear (when I stop faffing) so should all work.

SOLDERED??????????? Definitely invest in some new gear

GOOD LUCK Rob


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RobW wrote:I'll try and bring mine down for the GLAD August meet. I've got most of the bits but need to do some re-wiring and also want some help fitting metal tracks (not sure how much force to apply to the pins).

Don't bother removing track pins. Small terminal driver in the idle wheel centre and unscrew the idle wheel comes off and tracks can be removed, 1 minute job.

Ian.

RobW wrote:I'll try and bring mine down for the GLAD August meet. I've got most of the bits but need to do some re-wiring and also want some help fitting metal tracks (not sure how much force to apply to the pins).

I forgot Rob....so an added note for your tracks...for replacing a pin...CHANNEL LOCK PLUMBERS PLIERS ....push the pin in till it reaches the knurled area...then use the pliers to "squeeze" it in

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Unconverted captured kv2. The amount of chain on it is silly!

mike1268 wrote:

Unconverted captured kv2. The amount of chain on it is silly!

...That's downright medieval ...like they are afraid it's going to run away ....

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Tankbear wrote: Don't bother removing track pins. Small terminal driver in the idle wheel centre and unscrew the idle wheel comes off and tracks can be removed, 1 minute job.
Ian.

Thanks - it's putting the pin in that I'm wary of. Bought a load of metal stuff off rctank.de to fix the damaged hull (poor packaging from HL, made sense to agree a discount rather than shipping boxes back and forwards). I'll check but think the idle wheel is held on with a grub screw on the metal chassis; no prizes for guessing where it is.....

Yep I know. But you can get the Allen key through one of the the track holes and reach the grub screw.

Ian.

Ah, hadn't spotted that!

Hey Rob...think you have a Taigen lol....HL doesn't have grub screws or a metal chassis...reason it's so durable

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Just got my kv2 turret though. Really impressed with it. Should be an easy convert back to a Russian kv2, nothing oddly out of place to grind from under the German cupola, just filling to be done. Waiting for my kv1 to turn up. Will create a build thread once I start. Thanks for the help and great recommendations guys