number1 wrote:Awesome looking Tank, keep it coming!
Thanks, will do!
053Only one brand new part here, the motor that rotates the turret:

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Most of this issue was for rigging the lighting for the rear panel. First, the LED module was assembled using parts from #052:

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Next, the rear panel was attached to the hull. Using parts from #052, plugs for each of the optic cables were assembled and plugged into their respective LED module cavity, which was attached on the underside of the hull:

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The box for the control board from #051 was put together:

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Using the previously supplied battery box and testing board, the new motor was powered up:

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The control box and motor were then attached on the hull underside:

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054A no-build issue, a huge metal chunk of the lower chassis was given:

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055I was wondering when I would see these parts. And so begins the start of the treads:

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I guess I was foolish to think that the treads would be given pre-assembled. I mean Hachette wouldn't expect subscribers to actually build the treads linkage by tiny linkage, right? Those links would have to be aligned perfectly to maximize power output and it would just be a royal pain in the butt to put each segment together with nothing but a hammer and a flat, hard surface, right? Ha, fat chance:

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I estimate the segment I assembled here is just a tenth of what is needed for a full belt. For ONE side. Oh joy.

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