That is absolutely gorgeous! I love the suspension. :) My Merkava and M113 both have a simplified torsion bar suspension. Less parts and less scale. Your suspension systems looks great and looks scale. Very nice!
The Leclerc turret looks like it'll be a challenge for most people. It has lots of angles and boxes to it. But after seeing your hull, I don't think you will have too much trouble with the turret! Mike M ________________________________ From: George Mastoras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:30:16 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Le progress Some progress pics, since I put up pics of the suspension parts only appropriate to show the suspension finished. Still plenty to do, it hasn't had anything done for over a month and will sit for a few more weeks before I continue but next available day will get a fair bit done, in theory. Springs and arms are finished, so are the bump stops, alternating idler wheels, track tensioner and shock absorbers on leading wheels. Its only sitting on 8 of the 12 springs but sits good with 2.5 inch clearance and overall feels rather nice and should take a beating without much maintenance. The tracks and suspension are third generation so am very confident in what this should be able to do. Still have to finish the last 4 road wheels and then can look at the transmission and secure the side armour, havent decided yet if I should do the full body kit as it will cover up the tracks too much but will see. Final shot shows an outline of how the turret sits but will get this thing moving before the turret begins, making a marker from scratch that reloads will no doubt be a challenge. Weight wise as is its 27 kilos, add transmission, batteries and turret it will end up about 45 - 50 at a guess, scale weight is 55 so hoping it moves realisticly. George "looking forward to the camo and weathering" Mastoras --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
