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Old 10-19-2007 | 08:40 PM
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BIGMIG
 
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Default RE: Second 1/12 scale Panzer rebuild under-way

To continue on,now working on the upper hull and the turret.Not much I did to the upper hull,routed the running lights and connected them to two leads that will go to the battery switch.There are two lights on the back and two on the front.They all four have red lenses,I actually like them red front and back and will leave them that color.They will be on when ever the battery's are on.I'm adding two of the bright white lights off one of my tiger parts tanks to the front and will function just like on a regular Tiger tank.
Added new wires to the turret traverse motor and left them long at this point untill I decide where to mount the little connector board.In the pictures you will see different colored wires(I use recycled wires out of my shop for my toys,usually use any color wire for (neg) but only red for (pos)--why waste good wire).

In the turret will be installing a gun elevation motor(the original method that was used in this tank was a cam that the gun road over as the turret was moved.Made any gun shot accuracy almost impossible.)Will also add a lazer sight,seeing it already has a built in tube for this.May do a few modifacations to the top of this tank,not sure what yet.

This tank is kind of unique in another way also,most everything on the outside of the hull and turret is attached by screws.Even the gun halves are screwed togeather.All the hatches and its external features are easylly removed if one wants to take them off for what ever reason.Would be easy to repaint one of these.A couple of items just clip on,one being the rack on the back of the turret.
Even the front head lights are held on with screws.I do like this feature,not much glue used on this tank.Well this is where I'm at,pictures to follow--Note all the screws in the upside down turret that hold on all the exterior parts. BIGMIG
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