Building a MAN 5T and 6x6 Pinzgauer

[MarcusN]

Hi Jochen,

Yeah i know the leds and resistors are quite small.

Are you building a driveable front axle or just a normal one and do you have a thread on how to make them?

I will have a look at some electronics stores in England to see what i can find. Thanks for the info about the websites.

Will you be doing a build up thread of your MAN 630?

Thanks
Marcus

[jogs]

Originally Posted by MarcusN

Are you building a driveable front axle or just a normal one and do you have a thread on how to make them?

No driveable axle, just a normal swinging one, made out of brass. No thread planned so far. I always forget to take pictures while I'm working on it ...
But maybe I take some this evening ...

Originally Posted by MarcusN

Will you be doing a build up thread of your MAN 630?

Well, it depends on my forgetfulness concerning the pics ... I have just startet some days ago and I can't work regularly on it, so let's wait some more days and see if I can take some pics and make some progress

jochen

[MarcusN]

Ah ok that axle sounds good. I am not really doing much at the moment thats why i can take pictures but i agree it is quite forgetful when your concentrating on getting something done.

It would be good if you could post pics of the MAN 630, it doesnt have to be a build up thread but just info on how you are doing certain things in the build.

Thanks
Marcus

[jogs]

Ok marcus,

why not showing the progress of the project. It might become quiet boring, my last MAN 5to took me about a year to finish because it's just a hobby and I can't work on it continuously ...

So I will start a new thread with my MAN as this one is about yours. And we should'nt mix it to prevent confusion. Maybe we can bring this board back to life

jochen

[MarcusN]

Its good to see that you have made the build thread about your 630.
Your 5t took quite along time to build, hopefully mine wont take as long.

Do you have any other hobbies that you are interested in?

Marcus

[MarcusN]

Hi jochen.

I am just soldering the leds and resistors to the light panels i got from sol-expert and there is two different diagrams for the resistors. http://store.sol-expert-group.de/media/lbf.pdf and http://store.sol-expert-group.de/media/LUF.pdf
I have bought the LUF ones so should i use the LUF diagram?

Thanks
Marcus

[jogs]

Hi Marcus,

both drawings are more or less the same. The only difference in the diagrams is the two resistors for the headlights. The difference between 22 and 33 Ohm is rather small. If I would be you, I would solder two thin wires to one LED, one resistor to the end of the - wire, and check out the lightness/intensity (?) of the LED with your lipo/battery. It often depends on personal taste, some like it darker, some like it lighter.

Does that answer your question?

jochen

[MarcusN]

Hi Jochen,
Yes that is a very good explanation. thanks

Also i was just looking at my gearbox and i tried to solder 2 brass gears together with the solder i used for the resistors/leds and it didnt work so do i need to use some other type of solder?

Thanks
Marcus

[jogs]

I have never build a gearbox, so I' not sure how to do this, but I think I would rather glue them together to make sure that the gears are close together without any solder between them that could cause an unequal rotation or stick to the cogs of the gear (I'll eat my hat if you understand what I mean ...).

I'm using usual electronic solder that works fine for brass. Do you use soldering fluid or flux to prepare the surface? I think this is essential. It might also be a problem of your soldering iron ... if it has not enough power to heat up bigger surfaces than wires or resistors it doesn't work either. But that shouldn't be the problem with the small gears ...

Hope that helps.

jochen

[MarcusN]

I understand what you mean Jochen. I did try to solder th gears and like you said some solder did get in the teeth/cogs of the gears which would of caused it to not work properly so i have glued them together now.

I am using some soldering fluid but i think i might need to use a hotter more powerful soldering iron.

Would you be able to help me find some brass material as i still havent received any and its taking a bit too long as i really need some to crack on and get it built?

Thanks for your help,
Marcus

[jogs]

Hi marcus,

how do wish me to help you? Should I order the material here and send it to you?

I could do that, of course. But remember that there are the shipping costs to me and again to England. By the way: the cheapest is 4,50 EUR (max. 500g, 5-7 days, not insured) or 16,00 EUR (3-4 days, insured) and it would take about 5 days from the order until I've got it here, and another 3-7 days until it reaches you.

If you wanna do it that way, I suggest that you tell me what you need, I will look for the cheapest supplier, tell you the costs, you send me the money (wich takes again some time) and I'll start the order.

This is a pretty long procedure, but if you want we can do it this way.

If you just need some small pieces of profiles that I accidently have here, I can also send you some of mine ...

jochen

[MarcusN]

Hi Jochen

Thanks for your reply.

I have emailed the person to see what he is doing and if he says that he hasnt ordered it would it be possibly if you could help me out.

I very much appreiciate your help and i will let you know as soon as possible when he replies.

Thanks again,
Marcus

[MarcusN]

Hi Jochen,
Sorry for the late reply. I havent received an email about the materials yet so i was wondering if you had any spare bits lying around?

What i am after is some 1mm brass rod and some thin brass sheet. Also do you have the plastic MAN 5T chassis bit as i had to move the servo and mine is quite flimsy at the moment. If you do have them parts how much would you want for them?

Thanks for your help,
Marcus

[jogs]

Originally Posted by MarcusN

Hi Jochen,
Sorry for the late reply.

Don't worry, we don't have to post every day if there is nothing new

Originally Posted by MarcusN

What i am after is some 1mm brass rod and some thin brass sheet. Also do you have the plastic MAN 5T chassis bit as i had to move the servo and mine is quite flimsy at the moment. If you do have them parts how much would you want for them?

If I understand you right, you need round brass material with 1mm diameter? That's exactly what I don't have
I have 0,5mm brass and 1,5mm pipe material (1,5mm external diameter and 1,0mm internal). But I've got some brass sheets in 0,3 and 0,5mm.

I'm not sure what you mean with the chassis bit? Do you mean the complete plastic ladder frame of the MAN? I could just send you my complete spare MAN that I used as a reference to the one I was building.

So let me know how much material you need. I will look tonight how much of it I have at home, ok?

By the way: if you build a model it's always good to have two. One to work on, and one as reference and for spare parts.

jochen

[MarcusN]

Originally Posted by jogs

If I understand you right, you need round brass material with 1mm diameter? That's exactly what I don't have
I have 0,5mm brass and 1,5mm pipe material (1,5mm external diameter and 1,0mm internal). But I've got some brass sheets in 0,3 and 0,5mm.

Yep thats right i do need the 1mm brass material. Its ok if you don't have any as i might be able to get some of it in the UK.
How thin are the 0.3mm brass sheets?

Originally Posted by jogs

I'm not sure what you mean with the chassis bit? Do you mean the complete plastic ladder frame of the MAN? I could just send you my complete spare MAN that I used as a reference to the one I was building.

Yes its the plastic ladder frame. If you dont need the other MAN truck then your help would be very much appreictated.

Originally Posted by jogs

So let me know how much material you need. I will look tonight how much of it I have at home, ok?

By the way: if you build a model it's always good to have two. One to work on, and one as reference and for spare parts.

jochen

Yep thats ok, theres no rush to look what you have got.

I thought about getting two of the MAN trucks to start with but for some reason i didnt and now i know in future that i should always but 2 of them.

Thanks for your help,
Marcus