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Old 11-17-2009 | 09:59 PM
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Default RE: Heng Long tanks using ball bearings?

Hey and Thanks

I used .150 thick styrene for 8x14 bearing for the Tiger and .100 thick for 8x12 the rest of my company. I used 5 minute because plastic glue didn't work on HL plastic.
On the HL gear boxes I used 5x11 mm bearings and a 7/16 drill bit, In the picture I used 5x10 mm and a 3/8 drill bit and had to rem it out with a grinding stone on a drill.
Use .080 thick styrene 3/8 drillbit and rem it out.
I have doubled the thickness of the HL gear box and a 3rd brass tube on the front. After cutting the gear box plate install the brass bushings to aline the 2 plates together.
I've done this to 2 of me tanks and it makes a nice solid gear box.

Cheers
John

What's better building the tanks and figuring out what to do, or playing with the tanks.

Tam. Sherman Firefly, HL Tiger i, Pershing, Pzr iii - iV, Stug iii and Jadgpanther, My next tank and project will be the HL Panther
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