T-34/85 Factory No.183 from Trumpeter static kit

[Raminator]

What a beautiful result, Michal! You're somewhat of a renaissance man; engineer, painter and sculptor all in one!

[Shotek]

What a beautiful result, Michal! You're somewhat of a renaissance man; engineer, painter and sculptor all in one!

Thank you for the complimentary response Rami, you are very generous and kind.

There's a folk wisdom in our place. That says you can be stupid, but you must always be able to find some solution how to achieve the goal!
And that's what I follow...

[Shotek]

I'm a big fan of any T-34, but this is something else! Absolutely next-level fabrication, Michal. There's not going to be much left of the original Trumpeter kit by the time you're done!

Raminator, as a T-34 fan you could check out this one...
Few months ago we had a lot of fun!

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[Shotek]

Because of the notorious lack of time I have not been unfortunately able to create anything for a long time.
So I at least went through the machine as part of the inspection and preparation for the upcoming season.
Apart from the fact that the servo for controlling the driver's hatch died, no major malfunction has been recorded so far...

and here is a short video:

[Shotek]

This Saturday the opening of the season in the Museum of Military Technology Lešany took place.
As part of the accompanying program, there was also a demonstration of RC models and the opportunity to shoot some footage of offroad driving...

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[tankme]

Great video. The suspension seems to work really well, but I'm wondering if the 1st road wheel might be a little under sprung? Just seems like the idler gets really close to the ground.

[Shotek]

Thanks tankme.
IMHO the spring is balanced quite well. In comparison with real beast it behaves similar...
Also AFAIK the track tension setup has an effect in real life, the track was tensioned more on the road and more ground clearance was left for offroad, so the idler was set up and down based on that.
I mean you can find different idler positions out there, so hard to judge
check for eg. here
https://youtu.be/Lcw0w3GVuAA&t=19m26s.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

It is a pleasure to hear from you again, Shotek. The second video demonstrates your good control of the T-34's movement in some interesting terrain. That must be enjoyable. I see, too, from the link you provide, exactly what you mean about the adjustment of the track tension on the real T-34. I was not aware that crews might readjust track tension for differing terrain. That is interesting to learn. Thank you!

[MonsieurTox]

Great suspension!

[Shotek]

Thank you both for your comments!

It is a pleasure to hear from you again, Shotek. The second video demonstrates your good control of the T-34's movement in some interesting terrain. That must be enjoyable. I see, too, from the link you provide, exactly what you mean about the adjustment of the track tension on the real T-34. I was not aware that crews might readjust track tension for differing terrain. That is interesting to learn. Thank you!

Herr Doc, in case of interest, there´s great source of detailed info even with technical drawings for eg. here:
http://www.allworldwars.com/T-34%20Tank ... anual.html

and just for Idler wheel and Track Adjuster

The crew could unlock the idler wheel lock mechanism and rotate the worm gear to set the new position. The mechanism was then re-locked in new posistion. This was one of the service tasks, it was not possible to do it while the tank was moving, only on the spot.