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M01 motors mounted, with #35 chain driving the drive shafts. I had 11-tooth #35 sprockets custom made for the M01 end of the setup. |
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The track tensioner mechanism on the rear axle. The axle is solid, and has idler sprockets with integral bearings. Rear axle is also 5/8" steel, riding inside a 19mm steel box tube. Those all-threads are 1/4" and go straight through the box and 5/8" axle. Adjustment is effected by adjusting the nuts you can see, adjustment is slow, but effective. |
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The lower hull, upside-down front-on, with riveted panels (3mm aluminium) has had two coats of aluminium etch primer |
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Then a coat of flat black enamel |
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Electronics are all mounted to a piece of ply, which gets bolted to the upper frame. Clockwise from top left are a car-audio fuse holder (currently using a 60amp with no issues yet), Anvilus speed controller (also doing the track mixing), speed controller from ebay for the turret traverse motor, C6C for RC control, voltage adapter to drop 12v down to 6v for the C6C, and two SSR's for the M01 motors.
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Each track is made from two rows of #50 attachment chain, with attachments on every outer link. Track pads are 30mmx8mm bullnose edge Tasmanian Oak, with countersunk philips drive bolts and locknuts.
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The track chains lay ready and waiting for pads.... |
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Lots and lots of oak track pads |
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Assembling all those pads onto the two rows of attachment chain |
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Mock-up of the tracks
completed tracks weigh 4KG per side - they are two rows of #50 attachment chain with attachments on every outer (second) link. Pads are Tasmanian Oak, bullnose edge for detail, 30mmx8mm thick, and they are 15cm wide - scale combat tracks for a Tiger E is 12.5cm wide, but I needed to go a bit wider to suit my bogie and suspension setup - to compensate somewhat I made the top hull 1 inch wider, it will look mean when finished. |
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