T34/85 25th Guards Brigade No 234a

[phil fitzpatrick]

Click on the Photo for a vidio of the Headlight and closer view of the MG

[phil fitzpatrick]

T34-85 Exhaust Vidio

[phil fitzpatrick]

Turret Roof Light wired up and working.
When I noticed my bit of wire hanging from the underside of the Turret
roof,I knew that I had forgot this bit.

[michael hilton]

The T34 bursts into life.....very well done Phil, excellent work as usual. I can see you opening a museum soon.....love it.
I think these little additions,make all the difference. I particularly like the interior lighting.....
Best wishes mate,keep up the good work,.....Mick

[phil fitzpatrick]

Thanks Mick
It rained nearly all day so a good day for doing some vidio's and pic's.
Regards
Phil

[phil fitzpatrick]

Click on the picture for
Gun Flash and Recoil at Dusk Vidio

[Geoff Pipprell]

Great videos Phil
Really enjoyed the smoke generation
Are you using the Armotek smoke kit or a 3rd party?

[John Fitzsimons]

Great work on the electrics Phil. Love the turret lighting. you're a wiz on the electronics. I'm not

[Nick Farrugia]

Hi Phil
just spent some time looking at your vidios again and again and again you have done a great job on every thing it realy is fantastic well done .The main gun flash is the best yet so many different colours, is this one of your designs like the comet ,looks very good is there a lot of presure coming off the fan for the smoke it looks good too thanks for posting the vidios, have fun running it about ,and take more vidios of it please .
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,best wishes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nick

[phil fitzpatrick]

Thanks Geoff,John and Nick
Hi Geoff
I was watching the new years eve fire works,standing on the banks
of the Yarra in 2008.
I bought the new up rated Armortek Smoker and a Richie Wiggnal set up,and I
decided to save the Armortek one for my next project and addapt it.
I like the Wiggnal set up because it receives the signals from the sound module
instead of just the left hand track,so I like it.
They are both as powerfull as each other now.
Hi John
I used 2 of the Steve Winstone flashing MG's on the Comet,but The MG on the T34 was
easy to drill out so I made that one.
The LED's for the Lights I try to use the ones that you can get for the Planes or
Helicoptor lights.
If you look at one of my photo's showing my wireing and the top of the one verticle
battery seen through the turret ring you will see a little yellow board which takes
I think 8 leds powered by a 4.8 to 6.00v battery and you dont have to worry about too
much soldering and trying to work out resisters to protect the LED's
Hi Nick
The Main Gun Flash and Recoil is Armortek's new one which I think will be the same for
each new model that will accept it.
The Flash is 3 LED's 1 yellow 2 red,which seems to end up a bit of white yellow and
orrange and a hint of red
Its not as powerfull as the Halogen on my Comet but looks good.
Its a very neat system.
Are you having a set for your Panzer 1V or was this batch too soon for it?
Regards
Phil

[phil fitzpatrick]

Please meet Pavlovich my T34-85 driver

[Nick Farrugia]

Hi Phil
driver looks good in there will you try and get the hatch to work ,that would look goood .I got the recoil on order carnt wait to get mine even more now, keep the pics coming enjoying your build .All the best,,,,,,,,,,,,, nick

[phil fitzpatrick]

Thanks Nick
The only working bits on the hatch that I have done are the Hydraulic Latching arm,
which in my case is magnetic,the drivers vision armour raise up to show the optics and
the two flaps on the inside that drop down for the optics to be replaced.
I think a decent servo could replace the latching arm to raise the hatch,but I have reached the switch limitation on the Futaba 7C unless,I was to double up on operations
and have some things working at the same time.
The hatch at the moment has a nice "CLUNK-CLICK" when it latches open and I shut it
back up
You will be happy with your Recoil and Flash for your Panzer,its nice stuff.
Regards
Phil

[Ray Brown]

awesome work phil.

cheers

ray

[phil fitzpatrick]

Hi Ray
Thanks very much
Cheers
Phil