1st generation rc king tiger

ronnie42 · Post by **ronnie42** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:06 pm

Some more stuff for the build, Very fast delivery from Axel's Modellbau

ronnie42 · Post by **ronnie42** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:09 pm

Turret nice and smooth running so going to see if it will run with a micro servo. This time it will be offset and as its small, no faffing about positioning board and battery. Made the turret easy to open, better than opening up the turret ring and loosing ballbearings. Started a rewire with some computer ribbon cable.

: If the plastic gears in servo fail will use a metal one

: Spins well no need for a thin plastic disc.

: Good ribbon cable and connector .

: Magnets fitted for an easy strip down of the turret.

c.rainford73 · Post by **c.rainford73** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:11 pm

Some really nice engineering going on here

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:27 am

Like the innovation & that your not afraid to backwards to go forwards

Top-shelf work

ronnie42 · Post by **ronnie42** » Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:38 pm

Time for some paint. Now i can fix all the brass chips with Mr Metal Primer . Tried xf-60 dark yellow on the zimmermit , looks too bright. Another light coat of xf-57 buff on top, the deck and turret roof just have buff over hull red. Missed the breather tube and the tube for the aerial ,fixed now.

: Buff over dark yellow

: Just done outer wheels very light coat

: Deck buff over hull red

: Parts for the breather tube

: Soldered up

: Aerial tube and breather tube fitted

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:02 pm

Great effect using the deck tan. I did that with mine too because im a heavy washer , it seems to have remained light after the wash was completed.
Super job

ronnie42 · Post by **ronnie42** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:08 pm

Thanks Herman . The yellow looked very bright on the Zim, so tried buff on upper surfaces. Redone the Zim with 50-50 yellow and buff. Painting is a nightmare compared to the build. First proper go at painting, need to up my game with the airbrush. Fine lines to mark off the camo were hit and miss, could be not mixing paint and thinner properly at times. Couple of fixes, Mg mount and chain for the aerial tube. Better start reading up about weathering etc.