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What happened ? Is 11-4-07 the last post or am I missing something ?

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i know.....any updates?

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I was just thinking the same... where are you Stern?
hope all is well

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He's around. He posted to a post of mine yest

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Hallo again,

excuse the long time of stop in this thread - but I have to much to work - that's the reason why I do only have a very little range of time to move forward. :(

So also the gear box from Marcel Reintjes (very good material and idea, fair price and good explanation how to built) waited a long time to be built - but last weekend I found the time and now the Tiger has got wounderful gear boxes with a fantastic timing [8D] (I will make a little film next time ...)

Here are some pictures:

Step by step ...

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2456/img6275vt8.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6392/img6278mw9.jpg

nearly finished ...

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2926/img6283dq6.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/603/img6287cf3.jpg

best material ...

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1782/img6294rd7.jpg

and inside the Tiger ...

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4078/img6298vq8.jpg

Greetings

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Hello Stern

Great to see you back, that is a beautiful set of gear boxes.

Thanks for showing them to us.

Gary

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Man this is one heck of a detailed build. I envy your patients. Those TU's look bulletproof. Are they gear reduction? Can't wait to see the final.

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I'm stunned. This is the most impressive build I have ever seen. You are the detail master himselfe I'd say :D Can't wait to see it compleated.
Cheers
Gabriel

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Thanks a lot!

Yes, they are reducted - the speed seems to be near to the original and it is now perfectly in relation to the Maybach Sound!

Greetings

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Hey stern good to see the KT project going again;)
Looking great so far [sm=thumbup.gif]

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Hello Stern,

This is a fantastic Tiger 2 you are building!

Regarding the transmission unÃ*ts you are making, what are the sizes of the "Zahnräder", and what Modul size are they? Are those the ones that are available from Conrad.de ?
And what will be the overall rpm reduction be, 100:1 or ??

Best Regards,
Anders

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Not much to say but keep up the fantastic work!!!!:D

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Thanks a lot !

Anders, yes that is the material that you can get from Conrad. I will take a look at the weekend which size and which reduction they do have.

Hope that I will also find the time to make a little video, that you can listen the to the Maybach Sound comparing the speed.

Greetings and a nice Friday!

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Anders, the size of the Zahnräder (gearwheels) is M0,5 (15Z. ; 40Z. and B2.3) - (Part Number: 231827 and 231851 and 240354).

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Thanks a lot,

Stern for the info. By the way, are these flanged ballraces also from Conrad, and are the sizes 9X5mm?

Best Regards,
Anders

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That gearbox is beautiful! I can't believe I missed it.

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Hi Stern

do you have a link to where I can find those gearboxes. I have been torn between the Impact and the Wecohe TUs and also considered the Schumo Reductions... do you have any thoughts on those? Can you say why you chose these ones?

thanks
Noel

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Thanks!

Anders, I do not know-excuse. I will measure it and let you know.

Noel, I took a look on the Wecohe, Schumo and Reintjes system. All versions are working good. Personally I want to have high quality gears that will work also well if the Tiger gets more heavy step by step. I think the quality of the wecohe and the Reintjes version is equal for that preference. The Reintjes version is a full own gear system - the wecohe system is based on the original Tamiya gears - so you have to modify the Tamiya gears. As a result you get not 2 working systems (you can sell or use to modify ...). And the price is just much to high. The Reintjes gears have a fair price, especially if you sell the original Tamiya System.
No, I do not have a link - I wrote a pm in [link=http://www.battletanksnederland.com/phpBB3/index.php]this forum[/link] to him.

Greetings

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Hello, Did you finish this masterpiece?

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And here is the 1. preview picture of my finished King Tiger:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6768/27537443.jpg :D

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I just love those gearboxes. I regret that I didn't buy those instead of the loud Impacts. Here is the page where you can order www.mijnwebwinkel.nl/winkel/mrdesigngearboxes/

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And here is the 2. preview picture of the finished King:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6527/ug0a2a75.gif

And here with sound:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95nv57PS2So[/youtube]

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So far here are the last pictures of the finished King - I will post coulor pics and a detailed story about the finish in the next weeks - for the historic backround and to compare the coulors I have also put in a pic of a King Tiger in "Hinterhalttarn" painted - little story about will also follow ...

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2914/bild2wq.jpg

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9150/105front501.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5321/bild1gtq.jpg

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Looking great stern and good to see you back on the forums again ;)

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Thanks a lot, Tiger76! Fine to meet you again! :)
I am Happy that I found the time to finish the King Tiger! [8D]