RC Conversion kit( PART NO. 56001)  for Panda Hobby 1/16 Pz.Kpfw 38(t) Ausf.E/F 

 

 

Part List:

 
 Part Number  Part Name Qty Remark
A1 Geared Motor 2  
A2 Gear Motor Housing Upper Cover 1  
A3 Gear Motor Housing Lower Cover 1  
A4 Driving Shaft Cap 2  
A5 Hub 4  
A6 Hub Screws 2  
B1 Flat Panel Spring Fixture 4 sets
B2 Flat Panel Spring panel 4 sets  
B3 Flat Panel Spring Fram 4 sets  
C1 T shaft 8
C2 Road Wheel Shaft 2  
C3 Idler Shaft 2  
C4 Idler Shaft screws 4  
       
D1 White Light LED for Head light 1  
D2 Red  Light LED for Tail light 1  
D3 Etched prototyping board 1  
       
E1 Power Switch 1  
E2 Volume Control VR 2  
E3 3-P Plug 1  
E4 Tail Parts Fixture 1  
E5 Speaker 1  
E6 Speaker fixture 1  
E7 Magnets 4  
E8 TK35 Fixture 1  
       
F1 Geared Motor for turret rotation 1  
F2 D-Shaft Gear 2  
F3 Geared Motor Housing 1  
F4 Turret Gear 1  
F5 Turret Gear fixture 1  
F6  Turret Gear washer 1  
F7 Lower turret hull 4  
F8 upper hull fixture 1
F9 Slip ring fixture 1  
F10 Slip Ring 1
       
G1 Recoil Servo 1  
G2 Gun breech 1  
G3 Gun barrel recoil adaptor 1  
G4 White Light LED for main gun 1  
G5 Gun carriage 1  
G6 Turret upper hull support 3  
G7 MG Breech 2  
G8 Light guide for MG 1
G9 LED for MG 1  
G10 Elevation Servo 2
G11 Elevation Servo Fixture 1  
       

 

Part Number Annotation in instructions:

<A1>: conversion kit part number

(A1) : 38(t) Kit part number

 

 

Suspension Spring <B Bag>

Fit stacked spring panel<B1> to <B3> with 1.2mm * 10mm screw<B3>, make 4 units

 

Road wheel Suspension Arm

Modify G2 and G3 part, first to remove road wheel shaft

grind machine mark

Drill 1.5mm hole at center 

Trim here a bit to avoid interference when road wheel is running

than to modify G13 part, first to remove hallow shaft

Drill 1.0mm hole at center      

Modify (F5) part, to cut shaft off and grind machine mark

find center point by 2.5 mm drill bit and drill 1.2mm hole at center

 

This picture shows all modified parts

 Install T shaft< C1 > to (G13), first to drill a hole on (G13),

Insert (G2/G3) to T shaft with screw and net

Make 0.8mm hole

Install flat panel spring assembly with screw and washer

Dill  1.0mm hole at both side  and fit (B3) with 1.2mm screw

Fit road wheels

Do not miss washer

 

 

 

Supporting Wheel

Drill 3mm hole( 2mm depth ) on back side of G14,

Drill through (G14) and (G16) with 1.0mm drill,

then drill thought (G16) with 1.3mm drill, 

fit it with screw and nut<????> on the back of (G14)

 

 

 

Idler

Fit idler shaft <C5> and <C6> with screw

 

 

Completed road wheel and idler

 

 

Track Link

Fit track block on fixture, drill thought it with 0.8mm drill, then insert 0.6mm in diameter, 12mm in length steel wire.

Shorten plastic track pin by 1/3 and then fit to track block  with cement( Hint: use T shape  pin on outside, none T shape pin on inside), each track link is made of 91~93 track block

 

 

 Gearbox

 Apply glue to M2 nut

Fit M2 nut to motor housing<A1> before glue is cured

 

Bolt upper cover<A2>

 Tap the hole in front of upper cover<A2>

Solder cable to geared motor and fit to housing, left cables as shown in picture

 

Wire cable and test it, then connect to  CN6CN7 port on TK35 control boar

Make 1.5mm hole on motor housing and hull

Blot motor housing from the bottom

Remove texture on from upper hull armor panel

Make 1mm hole

 Bolt it with screw<???>

Cut PE part

So that you can access maintain transmitter unit

Remove shaft on (B2) and (B11) part, than make 5mm hole for driving shaft

Make 1mm hole on side panel through hub<A5>

Bolt driving sprocket hub to side panel

Tap(M3*0.5) driving shaft cap<A4> and fit hex socket set screw<A4 Bag>

 

Fit driving shaft cap to driving sprocket

Bolt driving sprocket from the opening on the hub

Fit track and adjust idler to set track tension

Remove idler and make 1.5mm hole on side panel

 

 

 

Install idler

 

 

 

Back Panel  

Fit switch, Volume control VR、3P charge port, magnet and speaker(E1~E10) on Tail Parts Fixture<E4>

Wire 2P cable to switch, then plug to SW port on TK35,

Wire 3P cable to Volume control VR, then  plug to CN4 port on TK35

Wire 2P cable to speaker, then  plug to CN5 port on TK35

Wire 3P charge port to another 3P port, then  plug to battery

Fit back panel assembly and fasten with screw

 

glue two magnet on (C19) part

 

TK35 Control Board Installation

Fit TK35 holder<E8> with screw<????>

Fit TK35 on holder with screw

 

 

Machine Gun

Drill through with 1mm drill

 

 

insert light guide(43mm in length)

 

Install MG as instruction manual

Glue MG Breech<G7> to (F3), wire 2P cable to 3mm, white-light  LED, put LED in holder and then plug cable to CN9-1 port on TK35

 

 

Turret rotation

 Fit lower turret hull <F7> to (C17) 

Put on upper hull                       

Put turret washer<F6> on upper hull 

Fit (F5) and then turret gear

 

 Fit <F4> on <F5>

 

 Fit turret front amour panel and machine gun as instruction manual

Bolt the gun carriage<G5> to lower turret floor (C17), then glue turret front amour panel(B4) to carriage<G5>

 

Fit and glue 1.5mm thickness magnet<G Bag> to the hole pointed by YELLOW arrow<G6>, 2.5mm thickness magnet<G Bag> to the hole pointed by RED arrow

Apply glue to the surface that will contact upper turret hull.

fit upper turret hull to proper position  before glue is cured

turret hull can be removed when super glue is cured

Fit D-Shaft Gear<F3> to geared motor<F2>, wire 2-P cable to motor lead and then plug cable to CN9-5 port on TK35

Put two nuts on turret motor assembly and bolt motor assembly from the bottom

 bolt slip ring<F10> with Screw<???>

Fit turret motor assembly to tank chassis upper hull

 make sure turret gear can be driven smoothly

Glue turret motor assembly to tank chassis upper hull by super glue; also glue four magnets to four holes on   turret motor assembly.

Glue four magnets to four holes on upper hull fixture<F8>

 

 fit to turret motor assembly; apply super glue on the bottom and fit to tank chassis lower hull before glue is cured.

when glue is cured, make 1.5mm hole and bolt it

 

車尾接合:利用排氣管固定卡接合

 

 

The way to fit upper turret hull

 

 

Main GunGUN ELEVATEGun ElevationMachine gun

Drill through gun barrel with 1.0mm drill,

Fit gun breech<G2> to gun mantlet(D12), not glue is required, glue gun barrel to gun barrel recoil adaptor<G3>

Insert <G3> to gun breech<G2>

 

 

 

Bolt main gun to gun carriage with screw<???>

Fit recoil servo<G1> to gun breech

 Make 0.8mm hole and bolt it with M1.0 screw, plug servo cable to J2 on TK35

 Insert slip ring cable to cable guide opening

Solder SMD white light LED for main gun flash, and  connect to J3 on TK35

 Like main gun, drill thought machine gun barrel, insert light guide

 Make hole on gun breech,

Bolt MG breech to main gun breech

 Insert 3mm white light LED, solder 2-P cable and plug cable to CN9-1 on TK35

 

 Bolt M1.2*7 screw to elevation servo arm

 

 Bolt  elevation servo<G10> to holder<G11>

 

Bolt  elevation servo to turret lower hull, then plug servo to J4 on TK35

 

 

Make 1.0mm hole on turret floor and bolt etched prototyping board<D3> on it.

 

 Wire all positive node together, such as main gun LED J3 (+),machine gun LED  CN9-1(+)IR LED_CN2-2(+)

 Wire all 5V node together, such as barrel recoil servo (+)gun elevation servo J4(+)IR battle receiver CN2-1(+),

Wire all ground  node together, such as barrel recoil servo (-)gun elevation servo J4(-)IR battle receiver CN2-1(-).