Cool ! all apart from your welder taking a dive you seem to be very clued up as to how your going to progress. I can see I`ll be learning a great deal from you and this build. Its perfectly ok to put photos in with your messages here , Id advise you reduce the photo size first however.
Neil R On Jun 1, 10:17 pm, "Phil." <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Neil, > Things are moving, slowly of course, but I guess that's the way of it. > The steel for the hull is sitting in my workshop, and my welder's in > the bin. Started welding up some test pieces and it just went 'Phut' > and when the smoke cleared, no more welder! Replacement is on the way > though. > > The tracks have moved on, I've negotiated a very good deal with a > local(ish) foundry, I'll be making the waxes and they'll assemble and > cast for the cost of material, sweet saving of £600 for them not > making up the mould and waxes! I've just got to machine one pattern > and then make a rubber mould then we're off. As I'm producing the > waxes, they'll cast anything I supply in wax for the same cost per > cast. The suspension arms will be the first pieces cast (when I > complete the pattern and mould, then get some wax...) > I've had to make a few minor adjustments to the track segment design, > simply to provide a simpler and stronger linkage. I'm allowed to tweak > things here and there as this isn't meant to be a 100% perfect scale > model! > > I'm thinking of using a silver-grey PVC rod (150mm Dia) to turn the > main road wheels from, I think it'll be strong enough. I'll make the > double wheels as one piece, cut a deep groove to make it look like two > wheels and put one bearing race each end of the wheel. The silver-grey > of the PVC should look like steel without the effort (or rust > problems)! > > As soon as I get something worth taking pictures of I'll start a new > 'Build' thread (so you can all heckle) the only thing I'll need to > work out is how to get pictures in my postings rather than putting > them into the files section. But that's not urgent at the moment. > > Looking forward to having something to show! > > Phil. -- 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
