Originally Posted by
wright 971
Hi Its a Tamiya chassis and gearbox with a 80t motor the diffs have thick Grease to make them limited slip . moved the axels to correct distance and fitted extensions to rear axels to make them the right width. Bought a small scale model of dragon wagon to scratch build the body , don't try and guess the body I tried 3 times before buying a kit , its a doodle with the kit there are a lot of compound angles which makes it hard to do from a drawing.
regards pete
I agree with your comments about the wheel base and tracking dimensions. Over 10 years ago I was going to do a dragon wagon using the 1/14 Tamiya Globeliner. That model came the closest to being the easiest conversion for an M26 in my opinion. The cab shape and how everything was installed was good for a M26 cab. Back then the Globeliner was a $300 kit with all of the electronics, now I see them for sale for $300 for a static shell. no electronics.
I used to buy a 1/35 scale model of whatever I was scratch building in the beginning, that was back when a lot of kit models cost $10. I would measure the plastic model parts, do the math for 1/16th scale and then making drawings on cardboard to check for proper fit of the parts. Using Scotch tape to fit the cut out cardboard patterns together saved a lot of mistakes when I cut styrene parts. There is also a ton of reference material available on the internet and in publications.
Plan ahead - measure twice and cut once - be careful with an Exacto knife and a Dremel tool - and it will be fun.
rex
