Armortek

Derek, I agree with the others, superb work on the Stug. It is very beefy and rugged looking already. Great job on the design and fabrication. Is like you are building it from scratch.
Bob

Hi guys
Thanks again for the nice comments.
I am having a great time building the Stug.
I have started to think about the fenders I have bent the angles so they look
more like the real thing but now I need to make new brackets I got some
pictures at the museum and will put something together in the next few days.

Derek

Hi Guys
I have been doing more work on the gun elevation
and I have made the bushes and bearing blocks for the
mount I will post pictures tomorrow if I can.
This will be the last post for a while as I go into hospital for another
big operation on my knee on monday 1st June and will be there for about 10 days. so no Stuging ???? for a while.

All the best

Derek

Hi Derek,
my best wishes to see you on the forum as soon as possible.

Hi Derek

Good luck with the surgery. Best wishes. You don't need your knee to work on the Stug! (joke)

Kind regards
Tim

hi Tim
I an sorry to say I can't use the machines sitting down.
or with both arms in the crutches...so no Stuging for at
least 6 weeks and no work for 3 months
and this is the 5th op in 4 years.

Derek

Derek,

I'm sorry to hear that you are out of action for such a long time. I think I would be tearing my hair out after a week. All i can suggest is planning your way through the rest of the build so you have a clear path to follow when you are up to starting again. A superb model though

Hi Derek,

Great work on your Stug. It will be a little gem.

Don´t rush things after the surgery, take it easy and will see you walking in September.

All the best,

Per

Oye Derek, sorry to hear the knee surgury is putting you out of commission. Best wishes for a full recovery. Are you sure you can stay away from building something for 6 weeks?

All the best,
Bob

Hi Guys
Thanks for the kind words just to let you know
the op went well and I am back home.
With some new great big lumps of Titainium in my knee
it feels a lot better.
I hope that I will soon be posting new bits of Stug here.

Derek

Hi Guys
Some Pictures of the gun mount bearings in place.








Derek

Derek
Just love the engineering thats gone into your Stug build, Its going to be superb when complete.

Steve

Hi Guys
I want to find a gear or half gear to mount on the base plate of the
gun mount for the Stug gun to get the rotation.
It only moves about 10 degrees either side of center.
This in an ideal world would match the pinion on the Armortek rotation motor.
Can anyone (Mark) tell me what the tooth pitch and number of teeth are on the supplied pinion, and also does anyone know where I might
get a matching gear wheel about 100 mm dia.

Plan B is to use a really big servo to get this movement directly under the pivot shaft what do you guys think???

Thanks

Derek

Hi Guys
A couple of pictures of my Stug at Wings and Wheels a few weeks back,
these show a bit more progress mainly on the mods to the side fenders.
I will be making new support brackets but I have cut and bent the fenders to give an improved line.



I have also started the rear vent cover on the crew area.
Robins Tiger in the back ground and Johns Half track and 88 is also on show.
Regards

Derek

Awesome looking Stug Derek! Very cool!
Can't wait to see 'er rolling,
Bob