Neil's early Tiger 1 (2023)

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neil graham
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Back into it: Neil's early Tiger 1 (2023)

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After a family holiday to Japan, got back into things in earnest.

Grates and hinges all sanded, degreased & etched.
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Putting the hinges together. One of them was perfect but the other one did not open more than about 30 degrees, it was jamming (see picture)
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Filed it down until a test fit was smooth
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I have done all the deck detail except for the clamps. I discovered that the rope clamp latch piece (CP0293) had an alignment issue, not sure why but all four of them are the same. The larger clamp type in the same bag were perfect length but where the hole aligns seems quite different. In the pic below the pin holes are perfectly aligned on both of these. The dremel will get another outing to try fix these.
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Those square bolts were all very cool looking but I was glad when I had done the last one up. I am using nylocs so getting them all done up was fiddly, used needle nosed pliers to hold the heads.
Ready for priming
Ready for priming
Primed, but needing a touch up mainly due to a bug landing and getting stuck!
Primed, but needing a touch up mainly due to a bug landing and getting stuck!

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Re: Neil's early Tiger 1 (2023)

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Potentially.... the short top clamps you slotted previously for the jack clamp were the correct ones for these shorter rope clamps. There's about 2mm difference between them iirc.

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Re: Neil's early Tiger 1 (2023)

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Sean-Armortek wrote:
Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:57 am
Potentially.... the short top clamps you slotted previously for the jack clamp were the correct ones for these shorter rope clamps. There's about 2mm difference between them iirc.
That would make sense....either way, these are a cosmetic detail and I am not complaining! Gives me a good excuse to get the dremel out :-)

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Rust? What rust!: Neil's early Tiger 1 (2023)

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Long break with only doing a few bits and pieces.

There aren't that many steel parts, but even of those there have only been a few pieces with a few small bits of rust, until I needed these parts:
Bag o' rust!
Bag o' rust!
They looked even worse out of the bag
There is steel under there... somewhere
There is steel under there... somewhere
I think I have had this vinegar for 10 years
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After 2 days in the vinegar they came out clean, but slippery!
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Then a good sanding....
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I etch primed them immediately after the sanding.

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Wheels ON!: Neil's early Tiger 1 (2023)

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Prepared all the pieces of front mudguards, will put them together and paint them this weekend.
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Finally decided to put the wheels on, its now looking very 'tanky'
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Now I am about ready to put the sprockets on, but before I do that I need to get the motors in..... so battery tray in first, then the supports
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Rear deck plate as well
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Finally managed to connect all the electrics and test the gears......the motors are pretty noisy but the gears are smooth!
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