[Winter 23-24] Panzer III/Abt. 502

[Jimster]

Bought this used from eBay. I will turn it into a tank that’s crawling back to friendly lines after being almost totally destroyed by enemy fire on the outskirts of Leningrad. It will be its final mission.



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[Ecam]

This is going to be fun! Looking forward to this one.

[Ad Lav]

Looks a good base tank!

[MrChef]

Good subject, fun backstory. great builder.

I'm definitely looking forward to this one!

[ColemanCollector]

Poor little Mark III!

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[Jimster]

As with all my tank builds (this is #3) I’ve completely replaced the factory electronics and motors. In this case I’m using a Beier HL-1 board and Forgebear sold me the awesome HL dual current gearbox. I have a GI Smoker to provide smoke for the battered hull.
Also visible is the upgraded, more appropriate drive sprockets.


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[Ecam]

Dual Current gear box. Is that a multi voltage thing or the one I've vaguely heard of that one motor drives it the other steers?

[Jimster]

Yes, one motor steers and the other provides forward/reverse. And one ring to rule them all and in the darkness bind them. Pardon my Lord of the Rings reference.

[Ecam]

It does sound like magic! So the super spin is eradicated with this power train? Some day I will have to learn how this voodoo works. Mike gave me one of the ancient Tamiya gear boxes with one motor and a servo that opened a clutch and applied brakes to either side for a turn. Some day I am going to use that on something...

[Jimster]

Nothing is eradicated. All motor parameters are adjustable to achieve whatever driving characteristics you could want thanks to the Beier control board. I prefer the Elmod Fusion Pro board (like my Tiger has) but it’s no longer made. Such a shame!