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Good evening everyone,

Today after my work i made some further progress on
my KT, here are some pictures.

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Thats it for now, see you later
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Looks great and very fast progress.
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Hello,

Thanks John,
this evening i have workt on the suspension arms, i have secure them with loctite nr 2701. Next i am gonna drill the suspension arms on both sides and secure them extra with a pin, so that the arms donth come loose.

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Good idea. I did that also on advice from Paul Morris. They are very loose otherwise.
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Hello,

Sunday i have the hull disassembled after i got everything
perfect fit. Today i have sand down the parts and set a first layer
of primer on it.

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Hello,

Today it was a holiday so i workt all day on the KT turret,
that was a lot of work to put that together, finaly after re drill some holes everything comes ok. I dissasembled the turret and put some layers of primer on it.

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Hello everyone,

Today i workt on the turret, suspensionbars and the wheelsprockets. Here are a couple of new pictures.

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Hello everyone,

Today was a holiday so i workt on the KT.
First i sand of the suspensionbars.

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And next step i have done is put some grey primer on the suspensions.

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And then i filled some holes from the hull and the turret with miliput and the big holes with loctite metal epoxy.

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Hello Yves,

She is coming together fast my friend 8) One thing I thought I should point out though, if you are going to put the track hangers on the turret, make sure you fit the track pin holders before you bolt up the turret side, you will never get them in after. as you will see, the bolt from inside and the turret floor gets in the way :( .

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Hi Paul,

Thanks for the info, my turret is already bolt together and the holes are filled up. Maybe there is another solution for putting the
track holders on, i will find it out or else i got to take the turret appart.

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Hi Paul,

After i send the last post, i found a solution for the lower track holders. I am gonna srew a M3 bolt in the track holder and drill a new hole with M3 thread, so i can screw it in from the outside.
Thanks anyway for the info.

See you at next openday?
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Hi Yves,

Yes that will do it 8) are you hoping to have your King Tiger finished for the open day :?: I am not sure if I will be able to make the open day this year, but if I do manage to get down, I promise not to tell Sven any more jokes :shock: :lol: Where is he, I haven't seen his name on here for a while :?:

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Hello again Paul,

No my KT will not be ready on the openday, i want my tiger 1 ready for the openday, just have to plug in the electronics and animatronics, and some little details not so much work, but electronics are not my strongest point.

About Sven, we are going together to tankfest next week and to the Armortek openday, Sven is very busy now with his new hobby
photography ( his KT is on hold for the moment )

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Post by Nick Farrugia »

Hello Yves
just started viewing your build ,nice work i like the jig you made for the suspension arms ,very good .
Will keep looking in to see how you progress
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Hello guys,

This weekend i have workt on the EMD mounts and the bearings for the drive case & idler. And workt on the turret, the upperplates are correct in place ( with a little file work ), i put the track holders on an some other details.
I have put a some layers of paint on the suspension arms
( Tamiya dark yellow )

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I have a question about the idler wheel, the inner and outher wheel
dont have any holes to put bolts in. How can you connect these to parts. With my tiger 1 are 5 ore 6 bolts that keep the to parts of the idler wheel together.
Thanks

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