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adding washers as per nick. different way same result.
moving on to the gearing.

here's a tip. make sure everthing fits bvefore greasing the gears and trying to put them in the gear housing. doh. the other thing to note is that the top 2 bolt holes are left empty other the glacis plate go on, which brings me to point 2. if the glacis plate isn't fitted before putting on the gear housing you'll have to take it off to attach glacis plate. i was hoping to mount glacis plate later. pictures to illustrate this to follow.

i had to take the son to cricket on saturday so i thought why not take the track links & pins and put them together to kill some time. well 4 hours later i'd completed 1 side of 98. here's the result.
couldn't help myself. nice contrast.

I see you have found a use for chicken stock powder. Does it add texture or just flavour.

Have you painted it white?

grease flavoured chicken stock. yes, i've been using etch primer grey with a matt white spray over the top. i may have to touch up with airbrush. snow cam in sydney....lol

Looking good Ray

> snow cam in sydney....lol

I was there a couple of weeks ago and it sure was cold and wet - not quite snowing though

Adrian.

Hello Ray
now thats coming on a treet those tracks do look good it looks like you had the same trouble with the bump stops as me, easy fix though looking good keep your progress coming and like i said, dont worry about the odd hickup it happens to us all thanks for posting
regards to you nick

Did you get the bearings bonded to the drive gear. Took me a while to work out what that was about.

g'day john. i greased the gear before trying parts for fit. i had to sandpaper the gear shaft and inner gear housing a bit. i didnt bond the bearings to the drive gear or gear housing because it was a tight fit anyway.

With the tiger the bearings had to be bonded to the shaft with permanent thread lock. Keeps the gear wheel from rubbing against the hull plate.

Here is the link to the instruction. Was not clear from my build instructions. Permanent thread lock is what you need to attach the bearings to the shaft. If you don't do this the shaft will have too much sideways play and rub against the hull side.

http://www.armortek.co.uk/Forum3b/viewt ... f=3&t=2210

thanks mate. didnt know that. will fix them when i take em off to secure the glacis plate.

added some sealant along all the join gaps. hope to keep the water out.

key for the sproket as Nick stated needs to be cut.
after cutting with the ryobi

theres a small gap that needs filling to prevent water and crap getting into the gear housing. what did you do for this Nick? i'm thinking of using a small peice if metal cut and bolted on. would this be the right way?

prepared the running gear. all the wheels insides, return rollers and shafts painted.
return rollers fitted and operating well.
draped the track over the rollers, sprocket & idler for a sneak peek of what's to come. the reference to the last return rooller being to high and should be lower whilst correct, i don't think is possible. i think the distance it needs to drop is maybe 3 or 4mm which maybe isnt far enought to redrill. i may be wrong.