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Open Panzer Help / Re: Assembling Boards by Hand

« on: September 01, 2018, 07:17:53 PM »

Hi Luke

Thanks for the reply, I have purchased the TCB from Hobby King as I did the parts list and it came in at $85AUD and I got the boards made just because they were a $1 for 3 so why not, I can always just use them as borders when I apply the paste on the others (plus I got red boards so maybe I will make one later for fun, but yeah I do this as a hobby because I like to do this so cost is not a real factor within reason.

HK sell the TCB for $78AUD so its not that far off but a machine built one gives me a good base for testing the sound and scout boards which I will build.
The parts list is for the scout so thanks for confirming my list, cant believe the lead times on some of these products.


As soon as I get the boards I will post my progress, the Stug III is stripped down getting a Finnish Army paint scheme while I wait for the boards and full metal tracks wheels etc along with a few more detail parts

Cheers
Paul
 

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Open Panzer Help / Re: Assembling Boards by Hand

« on: September 01, 2018, 03:08:52 AM »

Hi again

I'm hoping that someone can point me in the direction of a component supplier that will have the following:

ERJ-PA3F1001V
ERJ-PA3F1002V
ERJ-PA3F1003V
C0603C103K3RACTU
C0603C104K3RACTU
JMK212BJ476MG-T - I have found a possible substitute but not sure if it is exactly the same - GRM21BR60J476ME15L
IRLML2502TRPBF

I have found that DgiKey, Mouser and RS Components are out of stock and back orders are in with 2019-2020 expected delivery 

any help would be great

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Open Panzer Help / Re: Assembling Boards by Hand

« on: August 31, 2018, 05:10:11 PM »

Luke, your dedication to this project deserves an applause and in recognition of your efforts I'm going to have a go at building these boards by hand! 

My electronics experience consist of building Arduino boards and the like, I've never done surface mount soldering with paste and I am looking forward to this project.

I have placed an order for 3 of each board, at the special of $1 per set of 3 I thought I would get them all and have a go at this.
All going well I will end up with three sets of each board and with only 1 tank I will be happy with a 1 in 3 success rate (trying not to let the smoke out)
My biggest mission is going to be sourcing the components locally (Australia), I will try this before heading to Digi-Key as the shipping is ridiculous.
So I have a budget of $78AUD per TCB (I'm calling it a budget due to this is what HK sells them for so no point making them for more but I think I can halve this cost by doing it myself, not to mention that fact I like to build things not buy them)
I will post my progress but so far I have placed the order on the boards from Seed, and today I will start the component hunt!

One question i have is: using the hot plate do you sit the board right on it or use an old pan? I've seen both.

Cheers
 

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Open Panzer Help / Re: Current status of the TCB and Sound Card

« on: August 30, 2018, 12:03:16 AM »

Hi

Thanks for the update and I'm glad that you are still active with this project, I can wait for sound and if not the new Taigen sound card option is a good short term solution at $25


Cheers

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Open Panzer Help / Current status of the TCB and Sound Card

« on: August 29, 2018, 09:54:49 PM »

Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place but new here and like the look of what I see

1st Question: I can buy an OpenPanzer TCB from Hobby King as they have stock availability but just want to know about the status of the boards with the mention of errors in some components and if they will actually work.

2nd Question: If I do get a TCB when or where can I get a sound Card from you? I have seen them in peoples builds, are they available or are these prototypes?

Looking forward to turning my toy into a model with this system.