Imnotanace

Hope this work not sure how to get pics here


Ron

Imnotanace

Let see if these are ok
Ron



Just a few of the progress pics, Still waiting for ball bearings to assemble the wheels.

Ron

philipat

Looks great!  Looks like you have quite the shop setup as well. 

Where did you get the Promax 480s from?  I was considering getting a set of those for my Bulldog.  I went with a set from ParkFlyers, but it's always good to have options.

Imnotanace

Philipat
Thanks, this is my first tank build so it may not be perfect but I am enjoying the kit very well.
The shop belongs to a friend of mine who is into the Rc hobbies as well,just not tanks. I am usually there almost every day working on something.
The motors I ordered through my local hobby shop, but you can get them from www.maxxprod.com #ACC348 , Or http://rctankwars.com/Products.asp


Ron

Chow_Hound

Now that looks like a great build going on. good work!

Imnotanace

Here are some pics of my first attempt at camo .I drew the outline lightly in pencil and the rest I did free hand with the airbrush.
Ron

shenlonco

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Looks good like the camo job!!

Imnotanace

Thanks Shenlonco , I'm still debating if I want to put the dots on it or leave it as is.

Ron

philipat

Thanks for the info. I need to visit Phil's site more often.

Might be your first tank build...but clearly not your first model. Looks good.

Chow_Hound

Very good camo painting!

kclank

nice work!!!

YHR

Nice Job.

Give us some details though. Exactly what are you creating with the mill and the drill???

Dan

Imnotanace

Sorry kinda new on this build tread stuff,

Well lets see ,on the mill I was slotting the holes on the MPI gearbox to fit it on the Tamiya gearbox. To slow down the overall speed of the tank.
On the lathe I was turning some new nylon turret rollers to raise the turret up off the deck a little more as not to scrape the paint off. The originals are approx.7mm and the new ones are 9mm this gives me about 1mm more in hight off the deck.
so far it is working ok
Ron

Imnotanace

Still waiting on bearings from mitosal, hope they come soon.
Ron

P.S. anyone know about how long it takes ???

GeirMagne

Awesome KT! It just looks so real.
For me it took 6 days from Singapore to Norway.... The ultimate solution for you would be Wecohe metal wheels (to expensive for what you really get) or what I prefer, the Asiatam metal wheels with ballbearing. 69,0 € for the whole set. There is a easy mod to Asiatam wheels to accept 2 bb's in each wheels. I just love the weight and sound they make together with the metal tracks. I have fitted them to my KT, and will also fit them to my ongoing JT build. Just love'm.

Imnotanace

Got my bearings and metal sprocket guide also a piece of delrin showed up as well today so I will be hitting the mill and lathe tomorrow to make up some more parts. I will be takingmmore pics and post as soon as I can.
Ron

Imnotanace

Well here are some more pics , painting the new sprocket guides, the wheels and made the new idler side plates out of 1/4 inch delrin
Ron

Imnotanace

Well here you see I am turning a new drum for the idler arm and slotting the end for the idler arm. It has a 5mm threw bore for the axle and a 9mm counter bore for the arm to fit. I still have to drill and tap for the long spring screw and make 2 set collars.
I have taken the shumo ,daryl and danlrc design and combined them together into my own mess LOL more to come
Ron

danlrc

looks great....

Whats with the picture posting on the site? Seems screwed up - some thumbnails come out huge.

Imnotanace

Not sure what happend on the one pic ,that was a first for me. I didn't do anything different for that one????????????
must be the site ,alot of people have had some problems
Thanks again Dan

Ron

hdbeast

Your camo looks great, enjoy watching these builds, wish they would fix the picture problems too, it's making a good build posting look sloppy and it's the sites fault.

Don't give up on showing us what your working on.

Great King Tiger build.

Gary

Imnotanace

Today I finished up the idler tension upgrade and after seeing how the idler wheel fits on the axle I decided to get some bearings to fit that as well ,5mmx12mm. I will stack 2 on the axle for more suport then just the cast cup and hub.
Next I put the wheels together with ball bearings ,put them on the hull and painted them camo. I also gave the tracks a little rust color to make them look a little more real.

Ron

Ern

Nice job... I love the KT. Keep the pics coming! The paint job looks great! [sm=thumbs_up.gif][sm=thumbs_up.gif]

Imnotanace

A couple of pic with the tracks in place and a new toy to play with.
now on to the little detail stuff

Ron

philipat

Nice work.

BTW...what scale is your KT?  I thought it was 1:16, but seeing it next to the dryer sticker and the Leopard, I'm thinking it's smaller.