My 1/6th MkII Carrier a WIP

[Ron Pier]

I agree Richard. It depends what Harold actually means. The floor pan to ground is just a measurement. The ground clearance, I assume is the lowest point under the vehicle to the ground. Ron

[pzrwest]

Update:
Now I have the rear drive sprocket made I turned my attention to the rear road wheels and rear suspension units. For springs I went to my local dollar store and picked up 8 dart guns and removed the springs from them. The metal rods are just coathanger wire with the nuts from old video and audio card soldered on the ends. When finished a nut will be soldered to the opposite ends as well. Here are a couple pics of the 2 suspension units. One assembled and one just the componants. When these are finished I will move onto the front units

[Aidan]

Hi, is all this work going to build a 1/6th scale model bren carrier just templates until the real build? Very Nice job on the wheel assemblys and the spring and fork parts. It would be really cool if you could cast the fork assembly from lead and the Hull and frame made from sheet steel. but the lighter the model the more fun it is carrying her around. Regards Aidan

[pzrwest]

This carrier will be my carrier. I made card stock templates of the hull and suspension pieces so I can make another one in the future.
Update:
Work continues. Here I have made the front road wheel suspension system, and temporarily mounted the track and suspension parts to the hull.

[RichardT10829]

seriously cool ! how long do you think the sprockets will last ? wonder if you could make an IC version ? would need some sort of diff assembly though.

[pzrwest]

What is an IC version? Is that a MkIC?

[RichardT10829]

sorry rather than it being powered by electric motors you could use a 4 stroke engine out of a model plane, i have a large scale P47 which uses a 4 stroke and she sounds amazing on full throttle. IC being "internal combustion"