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Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:26 am
by Ragnar
I know I’ve come across this a half doz.times but now I can’t find it. Trying to remember which 4 or 5 screws ya remove to separate the upper/lower hull
Edit;
Have it sorted
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:44 am
by jarndice
And that is what got me on the road to using "Countersunk Neo-Dymion Magnets" to hold together nearly all my Tanks.
I get mine from -----
http://www.first4magnets.com
I recommend them.
Alternatively you could fit a Taigen Quick Release system which can be retrofitted to most Heng Long and Taigen Tanks very easily.
Imex, Forgebear and RC TanksDe should have the kit for sale.
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:27 pm
by Ragnar
Jarndice,define countersunk? Picture be even better!
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:13 pm
by Black Knight
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 4:19 pm
by Woz
Don't know if they changed it but the old Pz III had seven screws-
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:36 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Ragnar wrote:define countersunk? Picture be even better!
Here you go Mr Ragnar, a countersunk hole.
The angle of which can vary, especially in the states, but Europe and the rest of the metric world mainly form them using a 90° countersink for a 45° chamfered hole for woodworking and engineering countersunk headed screws.
- Countersunk hole.
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And the following picture is of a counterbored hole.
- Counterbored hole.
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Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:43 am
by Ragnar
SOG
I’ve countersunk many holes but had never seen one in a magnet’lol Actually a great idea,learn something new every day
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:38 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Ragnar wrote:SOG
I’ve countersunk many holes but had never seen one in a magnet’lol Actually a great idea,learn something new every day
LOL, you said "define countersunk," had you added the word magnet. . . .
These are those countersunk magnets, on the site Mr jarndice recommended.
Countersunk Magnets
https://www.first4magnets.com/countersunk-c41
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 4:55 am
by Ragnar
When installing the magnets is it necessary to trim the posts to adjust the height of the upper hull in relationship to the lower hull? The magnets it seems to me would add a bit of height leaving a gap between the upper/ lower hull,
Re: Separating the upper and lower hull panzer 3
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:12 am
by jarndice
Ragnar Hi, You will know the thickness of the magnet so you simply remove that amount from the post it is to be mounted upon,
Rather more importantly I hope you realise that you will need to have an "Iron object" in the opposing post although I use another magnet which means reducing that post by the thickness of its magnet.
If you do use another magnet you will need a "North" if it is opposite a "South" or vice versa because of course a "North" facing a "North" will repel the other magnet as will a "South" facing a "South".
You might think that you only have to turn the magnet over to get the "North" "South" effect but the countersunk hole is only on one side so that instead of the magnet attracting the opposite magnet instead it is attracting the projecting screw head
