1/35 LIS Chariot, nice little kit with extras

[teslabe]

I had waited for many years and had a pre-order for Moebius's kit that never was and so happy that someone took on the project....
Doll & Hobby did a very nice job with this kit, especially when you consider it's size. It is a simple kit and I just can't build an "out of box"
version and will focus on the mods I plan to add, hope it's of some interest....
I added both headlights and spotlights to build, glad the plastic is soft, had to add a better grill while I was at it.

 

[teslabe]

Here is the next update of my small Chariot build. I can't remember the last time I did a "out of box" build and I wanted this one to move like my 1/24 Moebius Chariot does, you can find that video at the beginning of my "youtube" videos (teslabe7701), I did it 12 years ago.... I could not find wheels to fit the scale and had to print them myself at about 16mm, I think they turned out ok.

 

[Analyzer]

Very impressive!

 

[teslabe]

Very impressive!

Thank you very much for taking the time to look at the post and for the very kind remarks. Some kits are easier to mod then others and some kind of tell you what need the modding, this one was very clear, "make me move!!!", so I did....

 

[dkaniel]

Your motor drive assembly unit is that a custom build or a kit and what type of board are you using to control the motors?

 

[teslabe]

Your motor drive assembly unit is that a custom build or a kit and what type of board are you using to control the motors?

The motor/gearboxes are not custom, I bought a bag full of these off ebay back when I was working on my 1/6 Moebius B-9's
crown animation around January 2014, I believe they came from a discontinued product or an overproduction, I've not seen them again.
The ESC for the motors are from DasMikro, I bought those back in 2018 when I was upgrading my Moebius 1/25 Chariot's receiver/motor drive
and they are not being produced any longer.

 

[tsenecal]

There are tiny esc's available that would work for this application, but i have not found a small 130/180 size 90 degree gearbox that would work yet. still looking.

 

[teslabe]

There are tiny esc's available that would work for this application, but i have not found a small 130/180 size 90 degree gearbox that would work yet. still looking.

Yes, there are tiny esc boards out there, but I think you'll find them to be for single brushed dc motors. This board was only 23mm x 19mm and dual motor with built-in mixing.