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Originally posted by DavidN View Post
I knew you would figure out the side skirt ERA mounting. Are you also going to add the "Trophy" APS to the turret. DKLM has a nice 3D printed kit for it. I have the "Trophy" APS kit on my display Abrams but will be moving to my Tamiya Abrams soon it just looks to cool to never be seen.
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That looks outstanding, I got the tusk 2 kit,for my Abrams., no instructions pictures nothing, I emailed toucan and they just said put them wherever you want. These pictures are really giving me a better understanding of how the placement should be. I have a question, my set is a little heavy would anyone recommend a good gearbox and motor assembly, right now I have the basic steel gear assembly with the brass bushings not bearings. Also has anyone tried the Mato gearbox in a Heng long tank? I know that they are expensive but what I’ve read about them they are tough gearboxes. It I can’t see paying that much . I’ll probably just go with the steel gearbox with bearings and what would be a good set of motors?
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Originally posted by SoCalBobS View PostIf you end up cutting out your own from a sheet of clear styrene (craft stores?) you can tint them green with Tamiya translucent spray or acrylic.
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Originally posted by Rubicon99 View Post
Looking goodđź‘Ťđź‘Ť.
I knew you would figure out the side skirt ERA mounting. Are you also going to add the "Trophy" APS to the turret. DKLM has a nice 3D printed kit for it. I have the "Trophy" APS kit on my display Abrams but will be moving to my Tamiya Abrams soon it just looks to cool to never be seen.
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Originally posted by DavidN View Post
From the picture that I found, they are quite thick. I hope to find a clear styrene that thick heheh.
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Originally posted by wsouza View PostWhat’s the best way to cut the clear styrene plastic
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The 12V rotary tool is too heavy and too much vibration for modeling work.​
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I'm a major tool geek. With the amount of styrene, ABS sheet, and acrylic that I cut I picked up one of these:
It's definitely not perfect as the fence is very limited to the size of the piece, but I've learned to work around it's limitations. It does save so much time though as the cuts are clean and require very little clean-up. I like the single screw for the fence on the Proxxon as there is no need to make sure the fence is perfectly straight. There are mini table saws all the way up to over $500, but don't buy the Harbor Freight one. It's junk. I returned it.
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The imported mini table saw or mini miter saw from China lowered the price to that of a Dremel tool. They are good investment if you do enough scratch building. For hobbyist like me, a rotary tool is a good investment at a lower price point. They work equally well at 1/3 the price of a equivalent Dremel tool.
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I use a bandsaw with a fine metal blade for cutting acrylic or plexiglass. I use a lot of it in my tanks that have urethane casting hulls for bracing and support. I use it for servo mounts and brackets and such. For the thinner sheets of stuff like plastic card thickness I just score it with an exacto and snap it.RC tank parts and accessories I make
www.RichardSJohnson.net/id28.html
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