A friend of mine is building the new Meng m911 with the m747 trailer.
After assembling the trailer we noticed that it looked too narrow for accepting a tank (we used a m48 for comparison).
According to the m747 TM the width of the trailer should be 139" or 3.97" in scale. The actual width of the trailer is 3.44"
Are we missing something or did Meng screw this one up? Perhaps we understood the real dimensions incorrectly?
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Meng m747 trailer width problem
GTDeath13
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 04:03 AM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 05:36 AM UTC
Hi!
You should take into account that the fladbed is not as wide as the trailer over all. There are a couple of fittings that increase the width over all, as well as the tires.
In the TM it says that the M747 trailer has a maximum width of 137" which can be reduced to 120". 120" is the width of the loadbed itself.
If you look at page 5 of this document
http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/03/in-boxed-135th-scale-m911-c-het-m747.html#more
you can see on the picture the overhang of a M60 on the loadbed which seems to be nearly the outer rubber pad of the track.
Andreas
You should take into account that the fladbed is not as wide as the trailer over all. There are a couple of fittings that increase the width over all, as well as the tires.
In the TM it says that the M747 trailer has a maximum width of 137" which can be reduced to 120". 120" is the width of the loadbed itself.
If you look at page 5 of this document
http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/03/in-boxed-135th-scale-m911-c-het-m747.html#more
you can see on the picture the overhang of a M60 on the loadbed which seems to be nearly the outer rubber pad of the track.
Andreas
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 05:44 AM UTC
The overall width of the trailer is 137 inches, which is over the tires that extend past the deck. The deck is 120 inches wide.
KL
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 06:20 AM UTC
Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 06:54 AM UTC
Horrible weathering technique.
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 07:08 AM UTC
Many many thanks for the replies and the clarification. There were no tires on the trailer model and we did not realise that the wider part is there.
Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 04:24 PM UTC
They hang over, seen it many times. 113’s hung over the m915’s too. A good ground guide is a must
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2019 - 05:01 PM UTC
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Horrible weathering technique.
I really did laugh out loud on this one.