I'm mid build in this KV so I'll start with adding Asiatam metal hull which I did last week.
Assembly time
Track return wheels fitted.
Road wheels fitted.
Idle and drive wheels.
Idle wheels fitted, showing the working tensioner.
Plastic mounting tray added. For those paying attention you notice I've changed the battery strap to a velcro one from a Taigen hull.
Next job is strip parts from the HL.
Now the hull has the switch located at the rear.
Wiring to switch
Now your supplied with a bag of screws of various sizes. So best figure out which goes where.
And now parts fitted minus smoke unit and switch (that's a job for another day)
Now I had already Asiatam 3:1 gearboxes previously fitted so I thought this would be straight forward.
Wrong, turns out that even though I had metal drive wheels before the new supplied ones require a short shaft where as the HL ones needed long shaft.
HL sprocket on left, long shaft on both gearbox and in middle new drive wheel with short shaft.
On the plus side the mounting holes on the plate in the hull actually match the gearboxes (I found on the Tiger they didn't all align up)
Fitted the shorter drive shafts to the gearboxes
The mounting plate.
Decided to add some sound proof foam between the gearbox and mounting plate.
Sounded like a good idea but took ages to fix gearboxes in as couldn't find the holes plus had to squash it down for the screws to bite. Was it worth 30-40 minutes to fit them ???
Drive sprockets fitted.
Tracks fitted. That was fun, not.
Now to say using all Asiatam parts, not certain about track placement.
At front the tracks flare out.
At back nanometers away from hull.
Well that is the transmission fitted, time for a quick spin on garage floor.
Short test drive appears fine drives in a good straight line '8
So back on with transfering bits over to the new hull. Electronics in wiring routed down the sides leaving a clear space for the quick release bracket.
LED tail light added. I kept the one I already had as was wired in with the correct resistance. The Asiatam doesn't come with any resistor or tell you what type or how to wire it up which I think could be addressed a bit better.
Quick release bracket fitted to upper hull.
Add underneath two hex bolts to hold down the hull top. So the lid is actually bolted down unlike the spring catch of the tiger hull.
Next remove the towing eyes
Wow that's a small nut and bolt, not best thing to handle with numb freezing cold hands.
Towing eyes back on with towing rope attached.
Well that's the Asiatam hull fitted. I've still a few other bits to do and today managed to take it for a test drive and not happy the motors appear under powered might be because I'm running powerful 480 in my other build so something else to look at.
Ian.
