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Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:05 pm
by Tankbear
Wow nearly 6 months since last post
Well got carried away with my Tiger but recieved Asiatam hull, drive sprockets, idle & roadwheels for the KV1 this morning so will back on the KV1 again soon.
Lots of pictures to come.
Ian.
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:48 pm
by Reaper332
Thanks Tankbear
Ken
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:24 am
by The Tank Man
Brilliant thread Ian you have been busy mate your going to have to show me how to make your smoker at the meet!!!
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:27 pm
by Tankbear
As promised here's some pictures of the Asiatam hull and metal wheels.
Ian
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:34 pm
by Tankbear
Assembly time
Track return wheels fitted.
Road wheels fitted.
Idle and drive wheels.
Idle wheels fittec, showing the working tensioner.
Plastic mounting tray added. For those paying attention you notice I've changed the battery strap to a velcro one from a Taigen hull.
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:39 pm
by caddyshack
You have been a busy little bear...
Keep up the good work Tb, it will soon be finished.
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:42 pm
by Tankbear
Next job is strip parts from the HL.
Now the hull has the switch located at the rear.
Wiring to switch
Now your supplied with a bag of screws of various sizes. So best figure out which goes where.
And now parts fitted minus smoke unit and switch (that's a job for another day)
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:52 pm
by Tankbear
Next job the gearboxes, drive sprocket, and tracks.
Now I had already Asiatam 3:1 gearboxes previously fitted so I thought this would be straight forward.
Wrong, turns out that even though I had metal drive wheels before the new supplied ones require a short shaft where as the HL ones needed long shaft.
HL sprocket on left, long shaft on both gearbox and in middle new drive wheel with short shaft.
On the plus side the mounting holes on the plate in the hull actually match the gearboxes (I found on the Tiger they didn't all align up)
Well that is as far as I got today, so fingers crossed I should get this sorted this week.
Ian.
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:59 pm
by TankLover
your build is going along very nicely Tankbear. I wish I have the extra funds and your skills for this upgrade. I can't wait to see it finished.
Re: KV-1 Project.
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:11 pm
by maxmekker
Nice work, and I can se you have 1: a new camera, ore 2: found the macro button for close up's . Much sharper shot's now, than in the start.