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Stripped down again for sheathing, you can see the local attack cat inspecting the machine that's invaded his domain....he's worried....it's starting to look more like a Tiger now! |
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Here you can see the hull top...the funny looking paths on it are from the boy's train-set. Don't worry, before I stole this piece of wood, I built him a new train table to replace it. |
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My final drives. RATHER substantial. I do not want to have to fix this thing, so I don't want it to be ever capable of breaking.
The two bearing blocks provide support to it, the outer plate is 1/4" steel, the inner is 1/8" steel. The welding is rather secure, and I'm quite confident that this is solid.
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Here kitty kitty....looking Tiger-ish now? |
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How 'bout now? One of the main reasons I went with the Tiger was that it's a fairly simple box construction, with no compound curves to deal with (until I get to the turret!) |
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Here's a view of the swing-arm for the torsion bar system. I had a question from someone asking me for more details on it. Here's a view, the other 13 wheels are all the same. |
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The interior of the hull after I painted the panels, two coats of marine grade enamel. You can now see the speed controller, the C6C controller, and the motor layout. I have a 24V motor in there (geared head) that I plan to use for turret rotation. We'll see how it works out. |
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Progress on the turret....it's been a while since I've updated things here, but this is where we're at just now.... |
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The first layer of MDF added the shape. The second layer was added for additional strength. |
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Side profile....looks almost Tiger-ish now! |
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