Reasonable Advice Needed

[Espeefan]

I'd like to help you out, but this is sort of unfamiliar territory for me, and probably most of the other guys on this forum I'd suggest you take a look at Tamiya's TLT-1 axles. Or at least consider them. I'm not sure how they'd scale out for a 1/5 scale model like this, but they are pretty common and have plastic housings. I wouldn't worry about running them in water. Just run the cheap bushings so you won't have bearings rusting up. The gears will be fine with the water, but you might want to tear them down once in a while for maintenance, like greasing. Here's a link to the axles. You'll have to decide if they might work for you. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVBT9&P=7 Not sure if you want solid axles, or if this model is to have independant suspension? If you intended to run the plastic wheels and tires that came with the model, you'll need an adapter hub of some kind to drive the wheels off the axle. Not a huge deal.

Here is a pretty cool build you might enjoy. It's not much what you are after, but maybe you can find something of interest in it. http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52119 It's on a different forum, that might well be worth your time to check out and ask the same questions you asked here. The crowd is a little more diverse and possibly someone might have good advice.

[george]

Hi Espeefan,

Thanks for the link, I have already looked at that axle But it seems a little bulky. Is there any slim body version out there in plastic as well made to be on working suspension like the real schwimmwagen had? Also my conversion project, 1/6.

Thanks for the info so far.

Keep the tips coming please.

George

[george]

Hello Again,

I tore open the schwimmwagen to see how much room I have inside the 1/6 beasty. From inside wall to wall for both axles, I have 5" max. Between front and back axles, I have 12 1/2" length.

I figure the axles should be shorter, for connections and adapters. The drive shaft, I was thinking of mounting a gear on it and another one on the motor and use a toothed belt to drive the drive belt which would drive both axles to give me 4wd. Both axles would also have working suspension BUT keep it realistic to WWII times. Also this is NOT a speeder or rock crawler. So the handling should reflect that.

I hope that you can point me to some axles and gear that will help me with this. I have looked at Tamiya 1/14, I think, TLT-1 I think it`s too bulky for the confined internal space I will have it in. I need slim, narrow, plastic body axles etc.

Since I am a Newb, I don`t know the proper names of each part OR how they go together, PLEASE expect alot of beginner questions and take a deep breath before answering me.

Any links / pictures would be GREATLY Appeciated. And I have already posted on another site 4x4, Sorry, Can`t ever get too much help.

Thanks Again for All Your help.

George