Pauls 2014 #4 Mid Tiger 1

[Chris.Marshall]

That's a 'Fair dinkum mate!' from the UK

[Paul McMartin]

I got to do a bit on my tank Sunday. I did some experimenting on creating texture, I realize that I will have to use Mr. Surfacer eventually, but it was good trying different methods on some of the scrap pieces I acquired. I found that pressing very lightly on the wire buff wheel of my bench grinder works best. Even after etch priming, red oxide and 2 coats of Dunkle Gelb the patina still comes through.

[Paul McMartin]

So, I am achieving small progress, though it is not as much as I would like.
Drilled and tapped hull for bottom of final drive guard.
Painted lower hull and suspension arms.
Cutting & glueing of half-moons.
Attempting weld beads with Milliputt while it's easy to do on its side.
I know I will look back at these one day and think, these are not to scale (what were you doing) But we all have to start somewhere and I'm sure I will learn better techniques as I go.
Still playing with creating texture, the wire buff did not work on the brass but the needle gun with the compressor pressure reduced to 40psi and then a light buff wheel worked well. I went back and gave the final drive housing a light needle gun and I am pretty happy with the results. It will be interesting how they turn out after painting.

Drill & tapped hull

Drill & counter sink final drive guards

Painted lower hull & suspension arms

Cut, sanded & glued in half moons

Attempted weld beads with Milliputt

Needle gun on brass worked well

more texture on final drive housing

[Paul McMartin]

More progress made over the last couple of weeks.
Needle gun worked well on the idler adjusters.
Weld bead details on track guides & final drive guard
Torsion bars fitted & angle set, my manual says 35' but the new ones are 30'
I chose 31' to allow for a little sag over time.
Next some big bits

Needle gun used on adjusters

Weld bead detail

Angle set

[Andrew Gaze]

Hi Paul, looking good.
I also did the final drive mod after seeing it in one of Oddball’s videos.
I was concerned that the bar might get hung up on the terrain going in reverse.
Keep up the good work and posting your progress.

Cheers
Gazey.

[Paul McMartin]

Yes, I also saw John's video and thought it made sense.
I bolted it on first and could flex the bottom with my finger and thought I would end up bending it for sure.
I've been doing a video log of my build and maybe one day I'll get around to editing and uploading it.

Cheers Paul