[QUOTE=DavidN;n338823]I followed you lead and put a taillight in my KV-1. I already used LED3 slot in my board for the IR receiving light. Therefore I used the LED6 as the brake light. Thanks again!/QUOTE]
Your Tami KV actually has the tail light, right? I originally used LED6 but ended up going with LED3 (always on). BTW, I used 5mm LED's, and with the cavity in the HL KV-2, all I did was slip a clear silicone tube (excess from smoke units) over the bulb and the assembly fits inside perfectly.
David, it was a good idea to enable the rear MG. I might eventually get a Taigen/Torro lower, still think their torsion bar suspension is better.
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Sorry to be off with the KV-2 subject. For your information, the KV-1 also has a machine gun at the back of the turret. I connected the the wire from the MG at the front of the chassis with another red LED light for the MG at the rear of the turret. Then pin them together into the LED5 slot of the board. So when I press the MG button, both MGs in my KV-1 light up.Leave a comment:
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It is off initially. It is also off when the tank is on the move. When I bring the right stick back to neutral, the brake light turns on for 2 seconds then off.Leave a comment:
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I followed you lead and put a taillight in my KV-1. I already used LED3 slot in my board for the IR receiving light. Therefore I used the LED6 as the brake light. Thanks again!
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Bob, went ahead and did the tail light + removed the fake pipes with the hair dryer, soon as our pipes get here....
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SoCalBobS Found some from Dominique (Germany), I think shipping is another ~8 Euro though. He quoted me 12.85 Euro, then there was another $0.99 PP fee.
https://www.rctank.de/KV-1-exhaust-made-of-metal-2-pcs
The other source is from Dave in UK, cost about the same. I can check w/ Dominique and see if he can just add another set before shipping if you want. Let me know here or PM.
Just to be clear, you only have to cover me 3.95 Euro for the parts, the $0.99 PP fee, and US postage depending on how you want it shipped (I'm in L.A.) when I receive, I am assuming another set of these won't add to the int'l postage.Leave a comment:
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Looks great! I highly recommend rerouting the exhaust. You can get fuel tubing at any hobby store. I've done that with my T-35. There's an added benefit; gravity will run the smoke oil down resulting in a more reliable burn. by the way, "mega steam" and "mega smoke" are model railroading products that put out a lot more smoke even with the stock smoke unit. oh yeah, and if anyone says "tanks don't smoke", they haven't discovered Youtube yet!Leave a comment:
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To address the squatting and diving change the first two and last two suspension springs to the higher setting. This will help greatly.Finally got some time and decided to work on the tracks and metal wheels. Was contemplating redoing the pale green from HL but decided just to match it for now. Used mainly Tami's cockpit green, drops of NATO green and finished with slight hint of NATO brown.
I ran the tracks with little slack instead of full tension from factory, other than added noise, she hasn't thrown any track. May need to add holes to suspension, already tightened up the front 2 & rear 2 road wheels, but she squats on fast start and dives on stop.
Hopefully can find exhaust pipes in the U.S. to re-route the smoke so I can use the tail-light spot for red LED.
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Finally got some time and decided to work on the tracks and metal wheels. Was contemplating redoing the pale green from HL but decided just to match it for now. Used mainly Tami's cockpit green, drops of NATO green and finished with slight hint of NATO brown.
I ran the tracks with little slack instead of full tension from factory, other than added noise, she hasn't thrown any track. May need to add holes to suspension, already tightened up the front 2 & rear 2 road wheels, but she squats on fast start and dives on stop.
Hopefully can find exhaust pipes in the U.S. to re-route the smoke so I can use the tail-light spot for red LED.
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KV-2 1st Impression
Always wanted the Torro KV-2 but IMEX doesn't bring it in so I picked up an upgraded KV-2 when it was available. This one is fully upgraded with metal + barrel recoil running 7.0. When I first removed it from the carton, there was zero suspension play, it just sat there at near max compression, must have been the weight of the metal parts and all the wheels are on the softest suspension. Ended up setting the first 2 & last 2 road wheels on each side to the stiffer setting, installed output shaft bearing, BTW, it is the same 8x12x3.5 as the T-90 & Abrams.
Now the suspension sits a whole lot better. The tension adjustment is a simple use of socket head screw pushing onto the idler arm, it feels fine when under tension, but by itself, the screws do wiggle. This got to be one of the cleanest fitted HL, MFU is hot-glued, wires are reasonably tidy. Came with 1x2s with XT60 been though the bay is large enough. It runs reasonably well so no complaint there.
Will probably keep it stock till I have more time, need to at least work on the bare metal parts.
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