splitting the bogie
and darkith yes I assembled some DBU's for bill but that was all i did nothing more than that

part 1

That post is very confusing Bubba

re uploading pics in order

splitting the bogie????? what are you trying to accomplish?[sm=confused.gif]

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLKD7_kU56Y

instructions are imprinted on each pic

independant movement of each road wheel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLKD7_kU56Y

Great work Bubbajoe! My concern is if the spring has enough tension to support the tank. Looking forward to your video after re-assembly.

I like the way the assemblies come apart. Not glued, allowing the modeler to try something like this. A bit of a compromise, on the protoype, but the end result functions good.

So thanks. That shows one way to do it.

I can't wait unti mine shows up.. Should be tomorrow.

Nice fabrication there Joe.

spring works great i have the boggies on a tamiya hull and I have wieghted it down with all of the internals including the heavy gearboxes and battery it holds the tank up great

yes but the plastic is light and flexable so trying to do it to scale was out of the question
if it was metal it would be no problem to make it work like the original

Metal boggies now that would be sweet!

Well metal ones are supposed to be in the works. So when they are this will be great.

I uploaded a vid of the units on the tamiya hull loaded with weight for you to see will post the link when done processing is done on youtube


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93PYw2qUSDk

Brilliant,less than 48hrs you have disassembled the Sherman,corrected several inaccurate components,reassembled the corrected components and made video's,posted pictures and shared for anyone who wishes to make these corrections.And for all your skill,selfless post,sharing you received the thanks of a few,the scorn of the jealous,and the envy of the less skilled,and the thanks of a greatful few who are better modelers by your example,one class act sir. Blake 1-saxondog

Very nicely done bubbajoexx, I'm sure it took a lot of work to get to there, Thanks for showing it to us.

Gary

Thanks guy's I have the sherman so I will make the best with it post what i can as far as mods go so all others can do the same just because i was unhappy with it dose not stop me from trying to make it better if not for myself at least i can help others


SO A big thanks to my Freinds here

I am glad you got over your inital disappointment, and got proactively involved in making it right. This tank looks a lot better now then it did a few days ago.

Bubbajoe, that is nice fast work. Glad to see you've decided to make the best of it.

W.r.t. to my DBCs, I admit that all I know is that I sent them to you, and then shortly thereafter Bill released his "rip-off" version, which you then provided support for via this forum. If you truly had nothing to do with it, then my apologies.

D.

bill asked me to try one of the new units in a tank i was building so i new how to make it work so I pased the info i new onto those who needed help thats it as far as i know they where made offshore and i was given no other info

the sherman will make ok tank with some work just has to take time

as I do the corections i will post them for others

Grats guys! first ones i have seen to animate the bogie!!