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Hey All

Just some pics of a current project. I've been asked / "commissioned" to fit out a KT with Asp and as many bells and whistles as possible. The base unit was an IMEX KT. Quite a nice unit but of course factory electrics.... Anyhow the only other thing was that although the hull was coated in zimmerit the nice metal turret was not. I could not find any examples of such a beast existing so zimming the turret was job no.1. Also what tank to do was an important decision and a 505 KT was the choice.

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So decision made - zimming the turret.

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The electrics I may go into detail with later but I guess the most work involved re-doing the 360° turret wiring. If you are putting a proper controller into your tank then no matter what you will have to redo the wiring as the Taigen control units continue with the gun/recoil and elevation motors sharing the same V+. This job was made simpler with the 360° turret adapters for Asp. The current design was able to be easily modded to accept the Asiatam style motor recoil/elevation unit. The complicated factory wiring is all removed and the much much simpler Asp wiring done.



This project has shown me the need to produce a variant of the 360° board to make conversion of IMEX tanks to Asp control even easier.

Now since this is a 505 a knight insignia is needed. Commercially the best available seems to be the one from Tamiya but even that is not right looking at the photo below.

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Some commercially available decals are just plain wrong.

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So I've designed my own knight decal.

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With the zimm set it was down to painting using the usual same as everyone Tamiya Dark Yellow & Red Brown. Followed by detail wash, dry brushing and some mig pigments.

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I realise the purist out there will note the errors with the front of the turret. This is how the unit comes from IMEX and being a "commision" job we are working to within time and $$ constraints. So time consuming things like fixing the front of the turret or clasps for the tools have given way to other priorities.

This upcoming week I hope to design a custom smoke unit for her and get some decal applied.

Cheers
KG

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rctanksaustralia.com

Wow, great work Kevin!

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HL M41 Bulldog
Torro Late Tiger I
Taigen KV-1

Wish List:
Torro KingTiger
Panther F or G
Taigen T34-85
Super Pershing

Finally done and shipping off Monday - Onto the next one.....

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KG

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rctanksaustralia.com

Great job. Looks so real ☺

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HL M41 Bulldog
Torro Late Tiger I
Taigen KV-1

Wish List:
Torro KingTiger
Panther F or G
Taigen T34-85
Super Pershing