That looks like a nice machine for the money... Derek
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Dave D. <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hey Steve, > > Is that the solid 24K gold model, or just the gold plated one?? I'm sure > Chris will be asking that eventually.... > > Dave D. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* TyngTech <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 09, 2012 6:19 PM > *Subject:* [TANKS] Re: looking to step up to plastic injection > > > OK Chris, > > Here's the machine for you. > > http://www.mediummachinery.com/index.html > <http://www.mediummachinery.com/index.html> > > You wont even need to fix your truck to pick it up. It ships by UPS. > > Steve > > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:32:36 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Some of you who know something about me, know i do work with resin >> castings and produce sci-fi kits. Recently i have begun to look into >> stepping things up, taking me from resin kits to styrene kits (or at least >> some of them), but i am also looking at other things such as tank related >> parts :) >> >> I know i can't do everything (producing useable parts that everyone could >> use for every tank), but i could start to do some. >> >> The plastic injectors i am looking at all have a mold size of about 3" >> square but might know someone that might be able to do mold blocks up to 6" >> (still have to talk more to them about some parts). >> >> at first i was thinking of using regular styrene , but thought i'd need >> to add some sleeves into the links to help prevent wear, but then starting >> looking into some harder materials that i might be able to use (still >> checking) such as nylon. they would hold up much better than regular >> styrene, and i don't think they would need any kind of sleeve cast into >> them but think there is a possible draw-back - not being able to be >> painted (unless someone out there know's otherwise). >> >> another limitation is the amount of material required to make a part, the >> injectors i am looking at have a limit of 1 oz of material (think that's >> liquid, not weight), so some parts might be out of the question to make - >> for now. >> >> if the other person would be willing to make some of the bigger parts for >> me, those i think would be some road wheels and sprocket wheels - oh, while >> i'm thinking of road wheels, there is a material that is used to make >> rubber like gaskets that i was thinking of for making the rubber tires for >> the road wheels, but haven't obtained a sample of it yet to see if it >> really is closer to rubber, if so, we have rubber tires (again, limited >> only by size and volume of material needed). the sprockets i thought could >> be done in nylon as well as i think that would hold up fairly well but >> still need to work out the hubs to mount them to and the mounting them to >> the drive shafts (and hope they don't break) >> >> the parts would be in 1:6 scale >> >> as to the tanks i am thinking of looking into for parts....but would have >> to do research to see if the track links would be feasible to make and use >> >> Tiger (but of course, I have one) >> >> Sherman (i have no real knowledge of them so i don't know if one track >> fits all) >> >> Abram (not 100% sure as i don't know if there are any real variants of >> the tank or just the one, again, i have no knowledge of this tank). >> >> Stug >> >> as it's still several months away before i can think about getting an >> injector, i do know i'll be getting one, so i might as well start looking >> into other subjects that i can do using the injector. >> >> I don't want anyone to think that these would be a cheap things to buy as >> i have been pricing nylon and it's a few dollars a pound for it and the >> molds could cost me $500 - $1500 on up. >> >> now parts such as hatches and such would be made out of styrene, this way >> they can be easily painted along with the rest of your tank. >> >> the nylon parts (if i can get everything worked out) i wanted to see >> about maybe trying for 4 colors, black, light gray, medium gray and dark >> gray. i was sort of leaning towards the gray as i thought if they could be >> painted and the paint were to wear off, the gray could sort of be a bare >> steel color (or i could look into an orange brown for a rust color if i >> could get custom colors somehow). >> >> oh and the road and idle wheels that i do make, i plan to make them to >> accept bearings (i think i can get a good supply of them so i could include >> them with each wheel and also as replacement parts). >> >> i would even consider a generic track design >> >> if i can get things to all work out, i think some of this could be a big >> boost for future tank building. >> >> Chris >> > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. 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