3D printed projects
09-02-2019, 01:54 PM
#29
09-04-2019, 12:49 PM
#34
Very cool. I just started a tanker truck project with the tanker kit and after looking at it I'm thinking I can get another tanker kit and take one of these spare truck frames I have and then I'll have a tanker truck pulling a trailer that is also a tanker.
09-04-2019, 02:54 PM
#35
I think Gary needs to go sit down for a minute, he's having too much fun.
09-09-2019, 07:09 PM
#40
I got my CCKW running. Now I just need to hook up the lights and add a sound card.
09-19-2019, 07:57 AM
#42
Here is a 3d design that I did for my modern tanks. Gary printed it for me. The handles were designed to be separate parts but were too small to print so I redesigned them to have the handles molded onto the surface. This is the first prototype. I figure that having an ice chest with the handles torn off riding on a tank is possible. I call it the IGGOO.
09-19-2019, 09:52 AM
#43
That looks just great, Greg. Do you think it would have been easier if I had had white filament? Did you use a primer on that black before you painted the red and white?
09-19-2019, 10:20 AM
#44
Thanks.
Yes, a white base would make it better. I did not do any base coat on the first one. I just painted it red and white. The next one I put some handles on, T-34/85 turret tie downs, and it will get a white base coat, then a blue or green.
Yes, a white base would make it better. I did not do any base coat on the first one. I just painted it red and white. The next one I put some handles on, T-34/85 turret tie downs, and it will get a white base coat, then a blue or green.
09-19-2019, 11:49 AM
#45
Here is the other one with the T-34/85 handles in white.
09-20-2019, 07:22 AM
#46
Ice chests are filled with cold drinks, ready to load on the tank...
09-26-2019, 07:53 PM
#47
I added some eye candy to the CCKW bumpers. The hitch is metal, through bolted to the bumper, and works like a real one. I still need to paint the hitch bolts, I put a drop of CA glue on the threads so the hitch stays on tight. The hook is metal, but the spool does not turn so it's just for looks. I picked up a good co-driver too.
09-27-2019, 04:23 AM
#49
I just found them a couple of weeks ago. I almost ordered two, one for me and one for you, but I did not know how "scale" it would look on the CCKW's so I got one set to check them out.
Hitch and hook links...
https://store.rc4wd.com/Pintle-hook-...ng_p_1086.html
https://store.rc4wd.com/RC4WD-Small-...ed_p_2173.html
Hitch and hook links...
https://store.rc4wd.com/Pintle-hook-...ng_p_1086.html
https://store.rc4wd.com/RC4WD-Small-...ed_p_2173.html
09-30-2019, 07:33 PM
#50
Now I'm building a 3d printed trailer for the CCKW to tow. It needed tail lights so I made up a wiring harness for it out of spare parts from the parts bin. I made up a plug and outlet system so the trailer lights will be powered from the CCKW. The power supply for the trailer lights in the truck is switched and has a dimmer so I can tune the trailer lights to match the truck tail lights. It's not done yet, but I tested the system and it works. Just need to make up the tail light housings and mounts.
