Month of June, and on my list of things to do for WED & things to source - parts:
- Wheels : make/buy/3D print ?
- Speed controller
- Motors
- Tracks : source & buy/make(?)/3D print ?
- Receiver to use with the Flysky transmitter.
- Batteries
- Prime/fill/sand/repeat for the wood base.
Ordered some more primer paint this week.
I drew up a track from the plans in CAD. This was to add to the 3D build and possibly to 3D print in TPU. But the length is a problem for it to fit on the build plate lol, see picture 😂.
Just to see what it looks like. I may have to make these…..how, I’m not sure….????
The rest of the week was working on the msin base:
- Applied wood filler to certain areas.
- Sanded once dried.
- Primer arrived and so I continued on with spraying up the base.
- Once dried I gave the unit a light sanding.
- Then applied more light coats of wood filler to the areas that needed it, mostly to fill in the grain patterns.
- Once this dried, I gave another light sanding. This repeated for some time lol.
Progress pictures:
The same process was applied to the two lid panel hatches. The edges and wood grain were the focus of the work. The rear panel still needs a lower/inner skin of wood fitted.
Once the filling , sanding and primer painting was dry, I gave the whole base a coat of blue.
The two logic housing top panels that were the wrong size, I cut these down to fit under the mast base. These were primed and sprayed blue and clear coated. They were then screwed into place.
I decided to print off a drive wheel!
I had drawn it up in two half’s months ago, but rather than fit them together, I printed them off together as a one piece wheel. One thing I did add to the design was an angled edge on the inner edges. This is for helping align the inner track guide.
And here it is in a test fitting:
Drive setup:
Been looking at speed controllers & motors.
Just have to decide on 12v/24v and either belt/chain or direct drive of the main drive wheels.
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