1/16 Joint Venture Opel Blitz 3 ton
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:41 pm
Hello
We have a new model we have been working on which is a bit of a joint venture with one of the other members on here (Martin)
The original model has been taken and somewhat played around with and we have incorporated a metal chassis rail for strength and support. We have then designed parts to suit the truck, some of which FDM printed & others printed with SLA in resin.
The mix of detail and strength comes from the choice of materials.
At somepoint in the future we do hope to bring the option of a real wooden rear deck, but at this time not so.
The tyres used are real rubber as requested by our customer, so were imported at great cost.
The drive comes from a geared 370 motor and it will run 2s lipo and run in 4x2 configuration. A 4x4 version i will work on in future.
The steering is controlled by small metal gear and metal housed servo.
The esc is located in the rear cargo deck and will be camouflaged a wee bit. For display purposes a small box will conceal. The esc is a bit large, but we like to have these things over engineered so as not to cause problems in future. The small 20a esc have caused us numerous issues over the years with trucks, hence why we prefer using the larger escs.
The lipo will sit under the cargo deck and velcro in place next to the spare wheel & tyre
There should be a decent amount of grunt to have a good towing ability for small artillery pieces coming up to a Pak40. Something this sized would not have towed anything larger, although i am sure it could tow our 88mm no problem.
Build pictures so far
We have a new model we have been working on which is a bit of a joint venture with one of the other members on here (Martin)
The original model has been taken and somewhat played around with and we have incorporated a metal chassis rail for strength and support. We have then designed parts to suit the truck, some of which FDM printed & others printed with SLA in resin.
The mix of detail and strength comes from the choice of materials.
At somepoint in the future we do hope to bring the option of a real wooden rear deck, but at this time not so.
The tyres used are real rubber as requested by our customer, so were imported at great cost.
The drive comes from a geared 370 motor and it will run 2s lipo and run in 4x2 configuration. A 4x4 version i will work on in future.
The steering is controlled by small metal gear and metal housed servo.
The esc is located in the rear cargo deck and will be camouflaged a wee bit. For display purposes a small box will conceal. The esc is a bit large, but we like to have these things over engineered so as not to cause problems in future. The small 20a esc have caused us numerous issues over the years with trucks, hence why we prefer using the larger escs.
The lipo will sit under the cargo deck and velcro in place next to the spare wheel & tyre
There should be a decent amount of grunt to have a good towing ability for small artillery pieces coming up to a Pak40. Something this sized would not have towed anything larger, although i am sure it could tow our 88mm no problem.
Build pictures so far
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