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Click Photo For Enlargement (696 Kb)
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I worked out the track pad spacing from the drive wheel and marked out multiples of on a piece of straight timber . The process was to glue and screw the pads together through the belting as accurately as possible. |
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I decided on my own design of scarf joint on this occasion , when finished the track was very strong and people are hard put to find the joint. |
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Click Photo For Enlargement (827 Kb)
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Click Photo For Enlargement (797 Kb)
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Every pad was countersunk. |
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One track done . I calculated I needed 57 track pads but I didn’t like that so I built a track with 58 pads coz 57 sounded wrong to me. I later found that this affected the ground clearance quite a lot , the ground clearance on this tank is shall we say , ample !
Maybe I should have made 56 track pads. |
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Click Photo For Enlargement (786 Kb)
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Click Photo For Enlargement (683 Kb)
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Suspension system is working on elastic bands for now , large springs are added later. |
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Click Photo For Enlargement (826 Kb)
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Click Photo For Enlargement (783 Kb)
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One door actuator bolted securely to one Spider victor marker . This has proved very reliable. |
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Click Photo For Enlargement (731 Kb)
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Click Photo For Enlargement (737 Kb)
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What’s he smiling at ?
I don’t want to tell anybody how long I spent making these track , but . . March ? |
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Sabertooth and radio go in for a test .
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Click Photo For Enlargement (812 Kb)
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