Schwimmwagen RC Build
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:14 pm
This is my long awaited Edward Scwimmwagen conversion I got this kit as soon as it came out around years ago detail in the kit is very good and up to today there have only ever been two kits available in 1/16/120mm one was low detail and made of resin and this Edward kit both where static, the kit comes with etched parts the fit and placement of some parts is not the best and require reshaping and a fair ammount of work to fit correctly for this conversion I also bought when they where available the Tamiya RC lower hull gearbox and wheels these have gathered dust for a few years until now, this build wont be done any time soon it will be a slow build as I don't have much spare time.
The Build
First I started on the front end I cut part of the Kubel chassis with the steering then spent a few evenings aligning this part and cutting the Schwim hull (Pictures of the front latter) the next stage was the rear end trying to fit the Kubel gear box was not easy and the end result I have it sitting around 1mm to high in full scale that would make the Schwimm look as though it was jacked up at the rear but getting the back end i place without anything to go from took me a week to date you are looking at about 2 weeks worth of build and it doesn't look like I have done much, now I have the rear in place I will concentrate on the front and a new steering method the Tamiya RC Kubel was crude it had full power forwards and reverse and full steering only as in none proportional, now I have to get my mate in England to get me some small servos to sort the steering once that is done I will post again.
The Build
First I started on the front end I cut part of the Kubel chassis with the steering then spent a few evenings aligning this part and cutting the Schwim hull (Pictures of the front latter) the next stage was the rear end trying to fit the Kubel gear box was not easy and the end result I have it sitting around 1mm to high in full scale that would make the Schwimm look as though it was jacked up at the rear but getting the back end i place without anything to go from took me a week to date you are looking at about 2 weeks worth of build and it doesn't look like I have done much, now I have the rear in place I will concentrate on the front and a new steering method the Tamiya RC Kubel was crude it had full power forwards and reverse and full steering only as in none proportional, now I have to get my mate in England to get me some small servos to sort the steering once that is done I will post again.
