my bearings and springs order came through. installing them on the tank and printing the road wheels now that i know they all fit in the dummy wheel
Heng Long tanks:
KV-1E
KV-2 MT-1&2
M41
King tiger
Jagdpanther
IJA Type 5 heavy 160ton (to be 3d printed)
FCM F1 (awaiting electronics)
Jagdpanzer E-100 (3D printing in progress)
further progress on the wheels
printed spring spacers
printed all 8 of the inner wheels
dry fitting and test
Heng Long tanks:
KV-1E
KV-2 MT-1&2
M41
King tiger
Jagdpanther
IJA Type 5 heavy 160ton (to be 3d printed)
FCM F1 (awaiting electronics)
Jagdpanzer E-100 (3D printing in progress)
since i know where to get certain springs, bearings and other fittings, i would need to improve on the design even further.
also heres more shots with 1:16 scale figurines i printed as well
Heng Long tanks:
KV-1E
KV-2 MT-1&2
M41
King tiger
Jagdpanther
IJA Type 5 heavy 160ton (to be 3d printed)
FCM F1 (awaiting electronics)
Jagdpanzer E-100 (3D printing in progress)
just a mini update on the tank. i've printed the rest of the road wheels and they fitted quite nicely. now i am going to design the driving sprocket and idler wheels while using a much more conventional ready made KT tensioner bar. saves the time rather than having to use hex keys to drive and eccentric screw forwards and backwards.
Heng Long tanks:
KV-1E
KV-2 MT-1&2
M41
King tiger
Jagdpanther
IJA Type 5 heavy 160ton (to be 3d printed)
FCM F1 (awaiting electronics)
Jagdpanzer E-100 (3D printing in progress)
2 choices to go.... easy mode is using existing KT/T1 metal rod tensioner for the idler wheels orrrr..... this own designed tensioner utilising the tensioner access socket on the back lower plate
Heng Long tanks:
KV-1E
KV-2 MT-1&2
M41
King tiger
Jagdpanther
IJA Type 5 heavy 160ton (to be 3d printed)
FCM F1 (awaiting electronics)
Jagdpanzer E-100 (3D printing in progress)
HERMAN BIX wrote:Sure would be great to have an update on this one Mr Gig
working on office work and comissions out of the way before i continue on Siegfried. Need to produce the ilder and driving gear
Heng Long tanks:
KV-1E
KV-2 MT-1&2
M41
King tiger
Jagdpanther
IJA Type 5 heavy 160ton (to be 3d printed)
FCM F1 (awaiting electronics)
Jagdpanzer E-100 (3D printing in progress)