Re: Another kitbash

tankman · Post by **tankman** » Mon May 11, 2009 8:37 pm

Hi Guy's another kitbash in progress. I am building a matamlong ( Matorro, Tamiya, Heng Long hybrid ) King Tiger. The upper body is the Matorro King Tiger with a Tamiya tub ( Â£15 from ebay ), new suspension and running gear ( a bit more from Welsh Dragon

) . I will be using Tamiya electronics from my Tam Tiger 1 to power the old girl and the gearboxs will be the Asiatam 3:1 unit's. All I have got to do now is get a set of axle's for the wheels and bearings instead of the sloppy brass bushings. Should give me a very smooth ride. I have made the rear idlers solid by filling the drums with Milliput and inserting the idler arms in while still wet and then allowing it to set. Can't take any credit for that idea as I got it off the "other " forum and it seems to work well. I hope to upgrade the suspension at a later date but will keep the stock Tam stuff for now. Just have to mount the gearboxes and raise the front wheels 3mm. A couple of pictures to be going on with. All the best for now
Alan

971wright · Post by **971wright** » Wed May 13, 2009 2:39 pm

Hi There is the upper deck a good fit to the lower hull or will it need alot of modification .

regards pete

tankman · Post by **tankman** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:01 pm

Hi Pete the upper deck is a drop on fit ( the tub is the older 1980's one ) and even has the 2 holes to screw to the mounting bracket. the rear pannel will need some modification to mount but not that much. There will be more pictures when I have done this bit. All the best for now
Alan

bowlman · Post by **bowlman** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:35 pm

Darn I was going to do this next month you beat me to it o well im doing the same with the HL Tiger 1 also got a gutted one the upper hull is still all there with HL turret ring still there just ordered the replacement Tiger 1 turret from Rc Command with recoil and just waiting for the lower hull to come back in stock .
I had ask Bill at Rc Command if he was going to get metal lower hull kit for the matorro KT they have a replacement barrel assy there with recoil he said not shore but would check on it but still could do the Tamiya lower hull .

. Rc Command is getting the Asiatam P3 lower hull kit there Tiger 1 lower hull is from there .

Thanks
Jimmy

tankman · Post by **tankman** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:02 am

To be honest Grompix beat me to it with his H/L Tamiya hybrid build. That's what inspired me to pull my finger out

. Also realised it's the only way I can afford a half decent KT at the moment ( and I had a lot of the [glow=red,2,300]expensive[/glow] parts anyway ). Best of luck with your build and look forward to seeing the build thread. All the best for now
Alan

grompix · Post by **grompix** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:56 am

I think Hybrids are a good way to go at the moment especially in these cash-hungry days.
Great start on your King Tiger Alan.
Keep the pics coming.

Cheers
Chris

tankman · Post by **tankman** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:51 pm

Cheers Chris I will be back on the job this weekend and there will be lots of pictures. All the best for now
Alan

bowlman · Post by **bowlman** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:18 pm

Just picked up a bunch of parts from ebay for the Matorro/Tamiya KT hybrid I like the zimmer on the Matorro KT not good at doing it myself yet still need more practice with the puddy there seems to be a lot of guy's buying a kit then just parting them out lately .

Thanks
jimmy

tankman · Post by **tankman** » Mon May 18, 2009 5:32 pm

Hi Guy's some pictures as promised. So far I have fitted the rear pannel with some small modifications. Used styrene to make a solid fixing point for the lower tub screw. Made some styrene mounting points for the wing's that come off the hull. Also added some alloy angle ( from B&Q ) to close the gap between the older style Tamiya hull and body. I will have to add some strips of styrene to fully close everything up. Motors mounted on a scrap bit of alloy from a failed project. Motors have been broken in then stripped and shimmed out where needed so they run nice and smooth with very little slopping round on the drivetrain. I have temporaraly put the Matorro wheels back on just to test the ride height. In my opinion I need to adjust the ride hight down a little. The only word of warning about using HL gearboxes for this upgrade is the increase in drive sprocket height it's about 4mm to 5mm which is a touch to high, 3mm would be great however the drive shaft height on the HL box plus the mounting plate thickeness gives you the extra height. Not sure if the Asaitam low profile gearboxes drive shafts are mounted lower ( Can anyone provide me with a measurement between the base of the gearbox and the top of the output shaft ). As always comments and observations welcome. All the best for now
Alan

tankman · Post by **tankman** » Mon May 18, 2009 5:39 pm

More pictures. Just click on the blue writing to save getting huge pictures. I will have to resize when I download the software. Sorry for any inconveinence
Alan