Elefant Ferdinand Tank Parts 1/16 scale RC

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I created these 3D prints on FreeCad and Cura for my 1/16 RC tank build. These scale prints come from my measurement compilation of multiple sources including Gunpower #23 Ferdinand, Museum Ordnance Special #4 Elefant, and Spielberger's Heavy Jagdpanzer hard copy prints, as well as a few other book sources. The base Elefant kit (aluminum chassis and styrene superstructure..modified to my requirements) comes from Ludwig Hobby, purchased back in Oct 2010! Finally finishing this project.... The commander cupola hatch and vision ports is a panzer III version you can get from Heng Long/asiatam. It is not part of this print. The cast cupola lift, front driver hatch flat sun guard, and tool box also included. The castle square center vent is made a bit extra tall, shorten height if needed. Don't forget to lay everything flat, especially the commander cupola lift! Print at 0.1mm for best resolution of small parts. Most of the prints are good to go, but a few need some minor scaling. For example, the rear convoy light needs to be printed at 12mm longest dimension, the rear electric motor vent cover (guard) is a hair too small and needs to be scaled up +5mm in the longest dimension, the driver and radio crew hatches need to be scaled up +4mm in longest dimension, and the main gun sighting curved hatch needs to be scaled down -5mm in the longest dimension. Front brake drum mounts to front wheel. Rear axle guard mounts to hull. Rear axle guard has to be scaled up +5mm diameter to fit the Ludwig hull. Scaling can be done in your 3D printer program. The other shorter dimensions should follow automatically and be appropriately scaled up or down. The other prints are good as is, or may need a bit of scaling. Most only take only a few minutes to print so easy to make bigger or smaller as you need... I recommend that you print the rear electric motor vent and castle rear radio box with largest flat side down. You will need to print 4 'front track guides' and four 'rear track guides' which go underneath the track guards. Elefant main gun travel lock .stl now available. It is not pretty. I just wanted something as a base to work with. You will have to modify a bit to get it to look good. This is for installation in the 'down' position hanging over the front of the tank. I am installing Open Panzer TCB for control and Benedini mini for sound. You can see the build at: https://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=5988 http://openpanzer.org/forum/index.php?topic=143.0 One of the best all around plastic glues is Devcon plastic welder. Works great for ABS to polystyrene.