Charles aging Chieftain. Hummm, they all are, well it been four years since we all salivated over the delivery dates. I bet there's a few dribblers too waiting for Leo2 News too.
Un-like Charles, my aging Chieftain's hasn't turned a track yet, does that mean it's still as new?
No, I don't think so.
Small light speckles of rust have turned up on the spare track links, making them look super! Age is not a bad thing
Liking Charles idea of uprating the barrel Flash light source, I brought a couple of high intensity bike front lights.
Battery voltage of these things is 3.7volts, If used on the tank, a small load resistor may be prudent of around 200 ohms if the measured momentary (flash) supply is a round 5volt from the flash unit.
Here's a couple of stills. I've mounted the lamp in the very nice rifling tube brought from Phil Woodard, the lamp is mounted on a insulated alloy plate and great care must be taken with the reflector to maximize the output, The reflector being clear plastic construction, was glued lightly in place with canopy glue so as not to damage the reflective surface.
Originally I was going to convert a Heng long HV flash unit, but this unit is plug and play with no buffer electronics' and no HV to give you a fizzing jolt.
I noted that Vincent thought the light too white, It is. (Blinding white this one is, even in day light
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So, I thought I'd maybe experiment with orange filters at a later date.
The main thing is to have something you can see during day light hours.
Great Idea's, keep them coming
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