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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Building a T55-A for someone Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:54 pm | |
| any of you build one of these pains in the butt suspension is driving me crazy anyways i was going to post some pics but my USB Stick fell in the water i clean my brushes in finally got it to work so i'm copying all the files when it is done i'll post the pics where i'm having a problem with _____________________________________________ |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:13 am | |
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MikeC Field Marshal
Posts : 3047 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:14 am | |
| Greg I sold mine to Ren already so can’t tell or remember what I did, but I know that if you follow the instruction for the first and last road bogies, they will be more jack up then the rest so you shouldn’t follow instructions on those ones and just make sure they are all leveled. I think I skip mounting the secondary arms to make sure it is leveled with the rest of the bogies. |
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Lincs Winks Wayne Staff Sergeant
Posts : 339 Join date : 2012-03-22 Age : 80 Location : Fort Erie
| Subject: T55 Hooben Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:54 am | |
| Greg: I have built one and I am now in the process of building another one. Looking at your assembly manual front page, bottom left does it say 2012 or 2016 ? There has been 2 production runs the first one was terrible for fit and instruction.
2016 manual
Supposedly the 2016 run is better. ??
Look at page 18 top picture, blow up of the washer,lock washer , nut and machine screw on one side of the casting do not show lock washer on other side where the spring attaches.
Look at page 19 middle of page, 2 blowups, both show right hand machine screw attached with lock washer and nut as shown on page 18 and looking at the right hand blow up with out lock washer. The nut goes on top of the spring loop. I added Gorilla Super glue to the nut connection on both my tanks. It holds well and I know that I can break it loose if I have to.
I am building the second one because the first one is a great runner in battle but it was terrible to build, parts did not fit, or broke easily, every time I use it something breaks off or comes loose. Back when I built the first one I posted on this site that a beginner should not try to build this tank he would become discouraged.
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Renesis Corporal
Posts : 131 Join date : 2017-03-01 Age : 34 Location : Etobicoke, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:41 pm | |
| I dont have any pictures but I mounted those arms on Mike's old T55 and their fully functional and it sits level. It looks like you have them mounted correctly though but I'm at work so cant check my t55 for you.
Tank is on my shelf atm and waiting a rebuild/repaint once I've finished my other builds. |
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Renesis Corporal
Posts : 131 Join date : 2017-03-01 Age : 34 Location : Etobicoke, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:47 pm | |
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MikeC Field Marshal
Posts : 3047 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:54 pm | |
| Such a nice looking tank........ I don't think you need to rebuild/repaint....... |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:10 am | |
| - MikeC wrote:
- Greg I sold mine to Ren already so can’t tell or remember what I did, but I know that if you follow the instruction for the first and last road bogies, they will be more jack up then the rest so you shouldn’t follow instructions on those ones and just make sure they are all leveled. I think I skip mounting the secondary arms to make sure it is leveled with the rest of the bogies.
hmmm mine are not level i hope i don't have to take it apart again......Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr these instructions suck _____________________________________________ |
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MikeC Field Marshal
Posts : 3047 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:53 am | |
| I told you so. If you follow the instruction it will NOT be leveled. |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:06 pm | |
| how the heck are they suppose to go the middle ones have to go up to be level they are hanging lower than the four with the two rear ones and two front ones _____________________________________________ |
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MikeC Field Marshal
Posts : 3047 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:29 pm | |
| The problem is not the middle ones. It is the end ones at the front and the back. If I remember correctly if you don't mount the secondary arm on the front and back bogies it will be levelled with the middle ones. |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:15 pm | |
| you mean don't even bother with the section in red _____________________________________________ |
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MikeC Field Marshal
Posts : 3047 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:46 pm | |
| Yes, I don't think I mounted them on mine in order to keep all the bogies leveled, but it looks like Ren has it mounted and working. I think on the real thing it is suppose to act as track tensioners, but in the kit it just pull the front and back bogies to far up. Perhaps if there was more weight then it would push them down, but otherwise the damn things runs off the middle three bogies on each side. |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:42 pm | |
| been trying to get this done put it away for a while all i get are problems with it instructions SUCK _____________________________________________ |
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Jarlath Field Marshal
Posts : 2442 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 51 Location : Kitchener, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:53 pm | |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
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Jarlath Field Marshal
Posts : 2442 Join date : 2016-06-01 Age : 51 Location : Kitchener, ON
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:58 pm | |
| Don't seem like it be strong enough with just glue but oh well Thanks Mike _____________________________________________ |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Sun Jan 19, 2020 11:44 pm | |
| I have had it with this POS can't do anymore with it _____________________________________________ |
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MikeC Field Marshal
Posts : 3047 Join date : 2013-08-25 Location : Toronto, Ontario
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:55 pm | |
| Is this the old kit or the new kit ? I heard that the old kit is POS but the new one is much better. I built the new one, not great and can't imagine what the old one was like. |
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dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3234 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
| Subject: Re: Building a T55-A for someone Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:39 am | |
| - Airbrushler wrote:
- Don't seem like it be strong enough with just glue but oh well Thanks Mike
If you use GOOP or Gorilla glue it will hold no problem... _____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
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