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06-14-2006, 06:26 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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|  Next TLT project- Long Term
I've run out of conventional 4-wheeled things to build from the TLT, so I'm going to bump it up a notch, just because it's going to be really hard to do. But before I start on this one, I'm going to clear out all my current projects, because this one's going to take all my brainpower (and considerably more) to pull off. And a hell of a lot of cash, too. So after the tow truck, F-350 Hi-Lift (yes, I consider that a current project)  Stunimog and all the others are done, I'll start on...The TLT-based M3 half-track. Look for the build to begin sometime in 2007. It'll take six months to work out the bugs before I even start on it. |
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06-14-2006, 06:29 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Salt Lake
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I have wanted to build a half track for so long. Good luck on it, it's not going to be easy.
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06-14-2006, 06:31 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MUSE, PA
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sweet!!! does that mean you're gonna drop 1/12 scale for a bit, too?? (speaking of which, check out this tamiya [i think] 1/12th scale i'm currently winning on as a pavement pounder....http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6063569489) |
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06-14-2006, 07:44 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Steel, No, I'll still race, but I won't take on any new builds until this mega-project is either done or aborted. I still have to work out the difference in drive ratios between the wheels and the tracks, whether or not it needs a differential brake on the tracks for steering, exactly how to make that happen and how to mix it with the steering, how to get the suspension working so the tracks stay on the sprockets, and a few hundred other problems that will come up once the build gets underway in '07. Racing will be a pleasant diversion from all that |
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06-14-2006, 07:47 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans
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Wow this sounds like it is gonna be a pain in the arse, but well worth it. What are you gonna use for a body? -Will
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06-14-2006, 07:54 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MUSE, PA
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ahhhhh, very cool!!!! sounds good. hope it comesout nice. i've been thinking about getting one of those blizzard re-releases and doing something with that...
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06-14-2006, 08:55 AM
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06-14-2006, 08:58 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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been done I built a 4x half track about 9 years ago.........was really simple, no brain power at all tamiya sells a dual motor gearbox that drives each track individually, then I used a clod front axle with 3rd motor for the front, with bruiser leafs......sorry no pics but I cna getyou sone part #s if you need
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06-14-2006, 08:59 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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I'll scratchbuild one out of .080 styrene. The only hard part will be the front fenders; the rest is all flat panels. I'm shooting for a finished product about 30 inches long, probably in the neighborhood of 15-20 pounds. rockwerks, that's cheating. Gotta be shaft drive  |
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06-14-2006, 09:03 AM
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06-14-2006, 09:20 AM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati
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If you got your tracks and suspension off of the 1/14 scale tanks.....then used 2.2 fronts you should be fairly scale.... the only thing to worry about is if you plan on powering the front axel.. the gear ratio's are gonna be **** to work out
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06-14-2006, 09:28 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MUSE, PA
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i would suggest using a set of big rig rear axles, and fit the tracks to those. then figure out a braking system from some kind of 1/8 scale buggy...
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06-14-2006, 10:38 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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I'll probably do something like the Blizzard uses, two brakes with a bias bar setup off a single servo, mixed with the steering. I've got 6 months or more to think about it |
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06-14-2006, 10:53 AM
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06-14-2006, 03:37 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rochester
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Rock on! can't wait to hear more... though I guess I'll have to :-P
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