Originally Posted by
Tanque
I'd print the complete set of side skirts but leave them off except for occasional perspectives of how it was envisioned to look
fully 'done up'.
Yea, I'll do all of them eventually, if just for completeness... I mean the Magnets used to hold onto them were embedded into the Hull as the print continued
for all of them soo...
Btw... The two Buggers alone took me 8h+ to print with a 17.- cost in material...
Originally Posted by
Tanque
What I don't have is a pattern or functional drawing for the side skirts. Any interest in selling a set of side skirts or print files?
Sharing the Skirt files is not the problem, but how much use are they going to be for you if your model has probably different dimensions than mine? It's not like we're all working off the same model 😁
The files would
also need to address the intended method of installation:
- Magnetically requiring off scale Mounting Hardpoints for suitably large enough Magnets to fit into.
- Scale accurate Screw on Method.
Originally Posted by
Tanque
Have you decided how you will create the suspension / road wheel assemblies? Will you use the coil springs as the prototype
used or the Belleville (washer) springs that the original design intended.
Jerry
It's going to be a Spring one...
To be honest I didn't even know Belleville was an option - And I also wouldn't know how to do them like that 🤔
Originally Posted by
tankme
... but I like the Krupp turret better on the E100. Just a personal preference.
You mean the one akin to the King Tiger one? It certainly was something I considered ( mentioned it in my Imgur Gallery ) but with me already having a King Tiger the choice for a Maus Turret was kinda too tempting.
And it's something I can still do at a later time 😁
Originally Posted by
tankme
Nice, probably cost an arm and a leg for a set. I'll have to see how my SLA 3D printed Tracks will hold up... My best guess will be the small Track Links being the weak spot due to their flaps being fairly thin.
If they end up being a problem, then replacing them with Pewter cast ones is still an option as it seems simple enough to do
those myself unlike the larger ones probably requiring a centrifugal casting equipment.