M4a4 Crab
#6
Where did you get the M4A4 upper hull? Is it a scratch build or maybe a conversion job? I am planning on doing a flail on the Mato cast hull just to see if my plan will make a working, but I would prefer to do an accurate model on the correct hull.
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#11
I am going to use chain like yours but haven't decided what would work for the weights on the ends. At the risk of being called a copy cat, what have you used on yours? I have zoomed in on your photo, but I can't recognize what you have there.
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rex
#14
Thanks to all of you guys for the chain source info. I just ordered enough of it for my flail. My info says there were 43 chain lengths ---- Yikes! That sounds like a lot chains that could get tangled up. Once again the members of this forum have helped me out a bunch.
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Yep the guys are correct, they're Lego chains..hopefully they'll work ok when spinning..I thought I'd try and keep the weight down by using plastic and also the links are molded as solid pieces so may be stronger than say brass ones..
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Got a quick vid of her underway..
https://youtu.be/LjeEbmpqt-I
https://youtu.be/LjeEbmpqt-I
Last edited by fynsdad; 09-06-2016 at 09:56 PM.
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Got a quick vid of her underway..
https://youtu.be/LjeEbmpqt-I
https://youtu.be/LjeEbmpqt-I
http://panzerserra.blogspot.ca/2011/...nnie-mine.html
The Crab's rotor carried 43 flails and was driven at 142 rpm by a driveshaft running down the right hand side of the tank.
Sooo retro compared to later versions of flail-style mine clearers...
#25
Of course it is... In my head... where my flail is still chewing up brain matter at alarming speeds.
I was just wondering just how fast those flails are spinning on your Crab. Likely a good thing they are light lego chains (definitely see why you thought one piece links were better).
I was just wondering just how fast those flails are spinning on your Crab. Likely a good thing they are light lego chains (definitely see why you thought one piece links were better).
Last edited by Jarlath; 09-07-2016 at 05:14 AM.