Treadwell WED-15-77 build : JamesF

[Jaffa007]

Had a week away to relax, then back on with the build.

CAD working on 3D printable tracks, well….they’ll look good on the model, but as for actually printing them…..maybe not my thinking was that the tracks are not available easily here in the UK.



I did do some slight changes to the main drive wheel file. Originally I had them as a two piece parts, but decided to have a go at printing as a single wheel. I added an inner chamfered edge to (hopefully) help with the inner track guide.



The first wheel came out great, the other three are getting printed over the weekend (in work), 2days plus!!

Next on my todo list, sanding, primer, filler, repeat.
Had to order some more primer. So a few days to wait before it arrived, then gave the base a full coat all over.



Wood filler applied, sanded, filled repeat. Then touched up with primer again and sand.
New coat of primer:


Once happy and fully dried, I gave the whole base a coat of blue paint.



Test fitted parts.
I’ll respray again once dried.

Been looking at how to power WED, motors, and either chain or belt drive???
I was thinking about over power lol scooter motors, but looking at other builds this might be overkill


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