I'm in the process of overhauling my Sd.Kfz. 250/8 rebuilding the lower hull, making new masters for the road wheels, front wheel rims with rubber tires, track links, and building a differential and brake system from scratch, Ill post some pics when I make some progress.
On a side note Ill be putting the old hull, road wheels, and front suspension up for sale, If anyone is interested hit Reply to author. Bryan On Nov 18, 2:52 pm, Mike Mangus <[email protected]> wrote: > Any projects going on or in the planning stages out there? Revamps of > existing assets? Tank tweaking? > > To get the conversation started ... > > I've begun a new project this week. It is a small tankette. The goal is a > small, easy to carry, low cost yet semi competitive tank. I am tracking the > hours and cost spent putting into making it in hopes of better quantifying > the effort/cost to build a tank. Admittedly, this is a small project. > Anything larger would cost more of course. > > As of last night the tankette has 5 hours worth of work to include > planning, part patterns, cutting wood and assembling the lower hull, and > partially completing the upper hull. Honestly, I'm amazed how much has been > accomplished so far. > > Costs so far is around $192.81 to include wood, glue, casters, chains, > sprockets, and a new .50 cal marker. The marker itself was $119. Some items > such as the radio system and motors/escs are already on hand from previous > projects. The costs of on-hand items will be included in the dollar figure > eventually. > > There is still some decisions to be made. I'm not sure if I wish to pursue > a suspension system or simply solid mount the road wheels. The tank is small > enough and light enough that a working suspension may be unneeded. Going > with no suspension would save significant time and really simplify the tank. > > Anyone have some opinions on suspension vs no suspension? > > Mike -- 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
