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Steelwool is getting me all dirty .
After all parts went together in the hull, nice and easy this time. I Cleaned up the raw parts thuroughly and sanded them, painted them with etch primer. And fitted as Richie grease nipples (copycat yes ofcourse ).
She looks marvelous at the moment.

Freddie

Hi Freddie

Copying , na , just easy serviceing dont forget i the idler bush and drive gear nipple

(do not over pack with grease in the drive gear if you are fitteing one) i drill 2nd hole and fit a rubber plug, this stops you over packing with grease.

Richie .

For those interested I have add some photos with text to my tip how I do the "Kent treatment" in another section of this forum:

http://www.armortek.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... =9984#9984

Scroll down a bit.

Kent

Had some more fun today, thou my back was hurting as hell.
Tried some first time mooves again on the underside of the panniers if it would be awful. So i took that as a training area .

And i assembled the tracks and meeen that was time consuming and my thumbs are numb after it .


Nice pice of Hardcore Tracks!!!!


The locking collar and splitpins wich are small and thumbnumbing.


Last one !!!!!


OMG!!!! Ive been in a Charcoal mine all day and i HAVE already washed 2 times lol


First weld ever made !!!!!


I just kept going.




The weld around the back had to go was too ugly!!!!!


Well thats all for tonite. Hopefully ill do some tomorrow also

Happy trails guys
Freddie

Did some countersiking today when i got home thoose uglies have to go . Hmmmmmm might have to do the treatment IF Kent decided to turn my wagon upside down hehe.




Look at that beauty "Flinks kicks ass". Thats our big rivet warehouse here .


Smooth as a baboons ass!!


And oh, idler wheels just went on in a flash!

Have cleaning day today with wife so not much more to do today .
Might sneak off thou

Freddie

Excellent Freddie! You are moving right along. Those tracks, pins and pin collars are excellent. Well done Mark and Gill.

Keep up the great work and excellent photos.

Kind regards
Tim

the wheels are killing me hehehe.
With a right thumb wich was caught in the saw table 2years ago with no feeling in..........its a nightmare .
6 done and hopefully 3 more tonite.
My sone gave up on me!!!! he thought i was crazy.
He left me and mumbled.....the paycheck aint big enough!!!!
The kids of today have no STAMINA!
Well pics will be posted later as im working hard to get as much as possible done on the hull parts.
And the cleaning, painting takes time.

Tally ho!!!

Freddie

Hi Freddie

The wifes away in belfast this week end , i started the other 17 wheels last night, and lost track of time it was 3.00am when i came in from the garage , but all wheels done i think it was all the koppargurg i drank wow i was rough this morning

Richie

Well finally one side of the wheels are fitted and checked for any clearence problems.
Starting side 2 tomorrow and then i will red prime the whole shabang.
Pic will follow as my weird camera gave up on me.
Need to buy me abetter one ofcourse, so i hope it died forever so i can persuade my wife also.

Freddie

Fredrik Jorgensen wrote: My sone gave up on me!!!! he thought i was crazy.
He left me and mumbled.....the paycheck aint big enough!!!!
The kids of today have no STAMINA!

Hi Freddie

Paycheck!? Doesn't your son realize the reward of his labor is the excellent model itself and that should be enough!? Kids these days. sarcasm

Tim

Okies here are the pics as promised. The camera didnt give up just had to buy new recageble batteries, DAMN!


Rightside suspension mounted, as i have limited space i take one side at the time .


Doesent it look nice with wheels on.




Here Mr.Dremel had to work to get them grooves from the mill away.




Im not done yet with it have to smoothe the surface and do some edge trimming, then polish and then mabey etch prime




Thats how it was from the box.

Well more to come in the week guys.

Good night
Freddie

And this is how they turned out






Time for the red oxide primer!!!


paint still a little wet at the time but turned out great..


Freddie

Looks spot on cast surface - Well done!
There you see - it is not that difficult to create that surface and well worth the effort.
Glad I inspired you into this.

"Who dares wins"

Keep up the good work!
Kent

Hohooo Obiwan im glad i pleased you with my training .
Well i know now why yours will take its time, im gona be stunned by your panther im sooo certain of it.

Its damn fun with the dremel, but have to be careful to not overdo it. And as we know takes time. All in all 1 wheel with all moments and paints etc approx some between 3 - 5 hour:) plus paintdry time.

I missed some spots on the outer rim thou in the upper ovals but im gona fix that and do some of your thing there 2.

The hull sides just needs another sanding treatment and i think ive got them smoothe enough.

And Kent.
The guide will surely help more to be able to do the sweet treatment . Thank you !!!!

Well mates i have another whole side to do tonite so id better be on it.

Bye
Freddie

You've certainly got that finishing technique off to a fine art, it looks exactly like the real thing. I've only just noticed how few teeth the King Tiger sprockets have. When I built the Tamiya 1/16th model I thought that they had compromised on the design to avoid weakining the tracks too much by not putting a tooth slot in the small track link.