Yup, 1/6 scale. Looks kinda small, but hey the M113 isn't really that big. Scaling it up from the 21st Century 1/18 scale vehicle. Gonna use the Vantec RDFR38E I have laying around to power it. Also gonna use the C6C as the radio system. I'm using the Sturmtiger "mistake" suspension arms. They fit right in on the M113. I had bought extra springs so I have those too. Had the 5/8" drive shafts. I was thinking about powering it with 2 EV Warriors I have here, but unless I built a two stage gear box it would be running at the full 1000 RPMs from the EV's at 12V. I don't have too much room along the front angle to add a larger sprocket to tone the speed down. I may just pick up the smaller version of the M-01 motors that are already geared down instead and run her at 24V. I'll have to do some pondering about that.
Derek T065 On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Doug Conn <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks great so far, Derek. Is it 1/6th scale ? > > > > An M113 is one of those vehicles that the hobby absolutely needs. Nice > choice. My only problem with it is that it will bring guys like John more > ammo to shoot at me. > > > > >> I keep joking with the wife that I have bought enough parts to build an > entire tank from what I didn't use on the Sturmtiger. > > > > I remember Frank saying that he had five unbuilt tanks laying around his > shop. I know I have at least one ! > > > > - Doug > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Derek Engelhaupt > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:29 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [TANKS] Re: New supply vehicle on the horizon > > > > For those who can't see embedded images: > > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000001.jpg > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000002.jpg > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000003.jpg > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000004.jpg > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000005.jpg > > Derek > T065 > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > Since the list has been fairly quiet the last couple of days I thought I'd > share my build in progress. > It is of course an M113A3 to be used as a supply vehicle or possibly I will > construct two tops, one > with a turret and one without. I'll have to see how well it turns out > before making that decision. Been > working on it off and on for the last 3 weeks. I keep joking with the wife > that I have bought enough > parts to build an entire tank from what I didn't use on the Sturmtiger. > Well, I'm kinda proving that point. > Only had to buy the drive sprockets and a few nuts and bolts at this > point. Right now the wheels are > my biggest sticking point. I need them to be 4" x 1/2" to fit the tracks. > The wheels I have are just > much to wide and I've already ruined a couple of them trying to modify them > to fit. I guess at this point > I may just have to make some out of 1/2" ply and say the heck with it. I > am planning on making the > ramp in the rear fully functional. Enjoy! > > Derek > T065 > > [IMG] > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000001.jpg[/IMG]<http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000001.jpg%5B/IMG%5D> > [IMG] > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000002.jpg[/IMG]<http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000002.jpg%5B/IMG%5D> > [IMG] > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000003.jpg[/IMG]<http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000003.jpg%5B/IMG%5D> > [IMG] > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000004.jpg[/IMG]<http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000004.jpg%5B/IMG%5D> > [IMG] > http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000005.jpg[/IMG]<http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s265/nitzerebbhead/M113A3/IM000005.jpg%5B/IMG%5D> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
