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Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:55 pm
by xrad
link does not work

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:06 pm
by chris3
moin

gnaaa, dont knew why. :-/
looke here.
http://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/forums/v ... 1&start=40

cu chistian

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:17 pm
by xrad
Yeah..those vents are awsome!!!!.....can they be made little thicker metal (more scale)???

when can you sell me a set?? AND small hinges for track guards?

wow!

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:56 pm
by chris3
hello

the metal variante is about 0,6mm messing the polysterol variante is about 1mm
what thicknes do you prefer?
it is one of my new elefant produkts, still not in my shop but you can order it.
but the metal variante is relativly expensive 45 euro the poly would be 15,-

do you mean this hinges?
http://www.asiatam.com/advanced_search_ ... d=&x=0&y=0

cu christian

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:12 pm
by xrad
thanks Chritian...my wife says too much money on tanks(mondays are never nice!)...and Alfa's..so I have to hold off and use what you already supplied.

They are very nice! and I guess I can make my own hinges too.

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:22 pm
by tankmad
Its comming along nicely keep up the good work.
Stevie

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:49 pm
by 971wright
Hi If you have problems breaking drills and taps on aluminium,try using a little parafin ,it lubricates the drills and taps helps stop the swarf clogging them,old engineering trick.It works better than cutting fluid.
Love the build I am thinking of getting one of these from Chris ,just need to sort out some other things first ,but this will be my next project.Im saving now.

regards pete

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:56 pm
by xrad
good idea with wax...but, where do all the little bits go then? I broke the taps going too deep, and being too lazy to back out and clean out after a few turns. the new tap I mentioned above is far superior than the dubro tap and I was able to do another 15 holes with no problems..and it was the correct blind end tap which helped.

Chris' kit is very good. But, I stongly recommend getting aluminum lower hull and polystyrene upper hull as it is very easy to work with (not the grey one, white 3mm poly like mine)

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:57 am
by xrad
pics

Re: 1/16 Elefant Ludwig/Asiatam

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:48 am
by Saxondog
Xrad,I have a e-book on this tank,but I cannot seem to e-mail a PDF FILE of it.I will continue their are many pictures that might be of interest to you and this build.

Sax