I got into a debate with another 1/144 boat battler about joinery vs glue. If I'm building something that will take impacts, I use joinery AND glue :) He maintained that glue alone was sufficient. We agreed to disagree, but I expect that glue and screw is plenty strong enough. If you hit another tank with enough force that it ISN'T, I expect that you'd be exceeding the G limits of components or overstressing driveline pieces-parts.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:12 AM, neroc <[email protected]> wrote: > didnt know there was anything wrong with the old hull, I wouldnt think > dovetail joints are at all necessary but do so if you wish , I have > constructed my last hull with a few elongated finger joints , slightly > for location of parts and partly because I can .non of it is really > needed ,modern glue with screws creates a very strong butt joint . > if you have space restraints ,You could always get plywood cut to size > from any decent timber supplier . > > Neil R > > > On Jan 21, 1:26 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> Tuesday while mom and I were out, i got the change to take the Tiger's >> lower hull and dropped it off the cabinet shop. i'm looking to have a >> replacement made out of 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood and possibly have all >> parts dove >> tailed (even though he doesn't think it'll make any difference). >> >> 1/4" plywood might not sound like much, but it's a better quality plywood >> and has more, finer layers of wood than regular ply and is much stronger. I >> know there will be some spots i'll want to double up on it, such as where >> the top hull hinges to the lower half, where the front and rear axles exit >> the hull, where the motor/trany mounts and were i'll be mounting the torsion >> bars. >> >> hopefully today i'll hear from him as to a price - i'm figuring about $150+ >> >> I'd do it myself, but i just don't have the space to move around a sheet of >> plywood, let along a dove tail jig, router and so forth, so i thought i'd >> let someone do it locally who can. >> >> depending on the price and how soon he can get to it will depend on when >> i'll have him start it. and when he does, i figure i'll give him the top half >> as well, this way we know it'll match up correctly all the way around. >> >> Chris, >> _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) > > -- > 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 > -- Clark in Georgia Working feverishly to expand the Greater Southeast Georgia Co-Prosperity Sphere! Banzai! -- 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
