King Tiger 1 ere generation

[Jofaur86]

Hello everyone, so I'm going to talk a little about my modest achievement, a KT Tamiya, first generation, photo attached

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First job, list together the parts supplied, I separated myself from the flash system, turret rotation, etc.
Work on undercarriage, replaced the brass rings with ball bearings

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creation, by a friend, of a brass ring, to extend the diameter of the axes

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[Herr Dr. Professor]

I will be watching and cheering you on, Jofaur86. I am already trying to figure out why the diameter of the axles needs to be enlarged. I am guessing that the axles need to be strengthened and/or must be enlarged to fit the bearings.

[Jofaur86]

Hello Mr.Professor, and thank you for your interest in my modest achievement. Originally I wanted to keep the same diameter as the suspension arm

which gives this

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Then, reinforce the upper chassis with 1.5 mm aluminum, replace the plastic rollers with ball bearings, it can be difficult to install

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Initially, I had adapted HL motors, but wanted to reuse the Tam “Barbotins”? found used 2 Tam engines,
HL motors

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Tam.motors

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in order to have the two sides parallel, I cut a U-shaped aluminum plate fixed with 2 mm screws
Made, a radio compartment in 3 mm ABS, in order to be able to extract everything for possible troubleshooting, photos to come (the small rear box is the HP)

[Ecam]

Then, reinforce the upper chassis with 1.5 mm aluminum, replace the plastic rollers with ball bearings, it can be difficult to install

Initially, I had adapted HL motors, but wanted to reuse the Tam “Barbotins”? found used 2 Tam engines,
HL motors

in order to have the two sides parallel, I cut a U-shaped aluminum plate fixed with 2 mm screws
Made, a radio compartment in 3 mm ABS, in order to be able to extract everything for possible troubleshooting, photos to come (the small rear box is the HP)

Really nice work. Kind of a "Swiss Watch" build!

[Jofaur86]

thank you Ecam, I still have a little work to do, because when painting the wheels? had a good idea to dry on an outside window? except that it was not anticipated that there would be wind, and had a fall, resulting in a lot of broken plastic part so on standby for the moment

[Jofaur86]

Interior upper chassis, with the 3 turret bearings, 4 would have been better? but too late

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Bearing detail

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production of Barbotins axle supports, with bearings

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Tam engine hatch replacement. with a metal one

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[Ecam]

Ouch! I guess that is part of the hobby. I think I carry my models more carefully than I did my kids (please don't tell my wife or kids).

[Panzermechaniker]

I am very interested in this build. Not that I have any interest in building another KT but there are so many of those old Tamiya KT's on ebay etc. Will be interesting to see one brought up to today's standards. I have also had 3 drive off the table excursions even in my relatively short RC tanker life

[Jofaur86]

for the turret, the original system being a huge reduction mechanism, taking up a lot of space, I considered adapting an HL mechanism, I already started by reinforcing the base, always the 1.5 mm aluminum glued , screwed, and put an HL part, but a lot of trouble installing the HL engine mountings (error on my part, lack of thought)

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This not having been very conclusive, I adapted a Tiger I mechanic with its engine, but also, it's difficult to position the engine support columns correctly, it works, but not great
the ideal would have been to replace the non-compliant upper chassis with a more modern one? but already seen the investment (I prefer not to count)

[Jib]

So I have an old Tamiya KT from my dad I’m planning on bringing up to modern standards. To get around the incompatibility of the old turret (traverse only with the pin that goes down the center of the chassis, no recoil, no elevation, a little red led for barrel flash) I just bought an unpainted Torro KT upper hull/turret combo.

I don’t know if you can call it a Tamiya anymore, but I will be keeping the old dual clutch gear box with the single motor and all of the rest of the lower hull. Going to reuse an old V3 KT MFU and a Torro speaker too.