Discussion Thread: Heng Long 1/16 Scale "Panther G" German WW2 Tank

[desertdrifter7]

Oops, part number 8 on the left is the rangefinder and part 9 on the right is the periscope.

[desertdrifter7]

Forgive my ignorance. I have received my admiral 3500 mAh battery to replace the stock battery in my Panther. I have a nice battery charger. I do not see a setting for a lithium ion battery. Can the LiPo setting be used to charge this battery? Until I get a reply I am using the charger included with the tank but it is a very slow charger.

[Beeg]

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New Admiral Li-ion batteries charger requirements

[dai phan]

Hi all,

My 5th and 6th tanks have arrived. When I got the Panther G with black tracks, I thought Toucan sent me the wrong one as I ordered metal tracks. But actually the tracks were painted. I scraped the paint and saw the silver metal underneath. So looks like HL starts to paint their metal tracks now. Dai

[Rubicon99]

Hi all,

My 5th and 6th tanks have arrived. When I got the Panther G with black tracks, I thought Toucan sent me the wrong one as I ordered metal tracks. But actually the tracks were painted. I scraped the paint and saw the silver metal underneath. So looks like HL starts to paint their metal tracks now. Dai

Usually painted tracks are part of that tanks color package otherwise it would be TO white. This is not an indication of HL starting to paint all metal tracks.

[dai phan]

Usually painted tracks are part of that tanks color package otherwise it would be TO white. This is not an indication of HL starting to paint all metal tracks.

I see. All my 6 tanks have metal tracks and only the Panther G is painted. Dai

[Rubicon99]

I see. All my 6 tanks have metal tracks and only the Panther G is painted. Dai

Yes because it is a “Snow Panther”.

[GregH]

Hi guys, i seem to remember that it was either Toucan or Matomart who mention the metal tracks have a special treatment so they are darker than the "silvery" natural finish from HL.
And there was another squawk member who mentioned he used a cold gun blueing solution on the raw metal tracks from HL.
Also, please remember the Germans used a steel manganese alloy for their tracks which has a natural medium-dark gray color.
HTH

[Cascabel]

Hi guys, i seem to remember that it was either Toucan or Matomart who mention the metal tracks have a special treatment so they are darker than the "silvery" natural finish from HL.
And there was another squawk member who mentioned he used a cold gun blueing solution on the raw metal tracks from HL.
Also, please remember the Germans used a steel manganese alloy for their tracks which has a natural medium-dark gray color.
HTH

The cold blue solution produces a nice dark gray, almost black color. Works very fast. You probably should flush them off with water after treatment because I think it's some type of acid solution, Also works nicely on sprockets and idlers.

[Vaseline]

Its an acid solution as well as being pretty toxic, so yeah rinse them in hot water.

[dai phan]

Hi all,

Can you please tell me where these parts go? Unless I am wrong these are for the fantasy Panther? Dai

[Sureshot]

I think the one on the left goes on the LH side of a Panzer IV. Not sure about the others.
Steve

[dai phan]

Hi all,

I just test drive the new Panther G I got from Toucan ( version 6.0/6.0s ). However the driving was so very poor that made me look further. Underneath the tank does NOT have the sticker 6.0S like my other 5. However I open up the tank and the board is 6.0. I cannot do a left turn as the pushing the stick to the left makes the tank goes backward. Also the right turn is at a crawl. Please advise. Dai

[dai phan]

I found out the right track does not move regardless of input. Looks like the right motor is dead. What is the next step? Dai

[dai phan]

The right motor turns but does not turn the wheel. Also now the turret does not turn 340. All connections are secure ! Dai

[Rubicon99]

The right motor turns but does not turn the wheel. Also now the turret does not turn 340. All connections are secure ! Dai

Make sure you did not inadvertently engage the “optional” second stick set up that is activated by pressing the “G” button and moving the left stick down at the same time. Some 6.0 and 6.0S MFUs come with this feature activated. They are not supposed to but some do? This makes the TX have the same control set up as stock Tamiya systems.

[dai phan]

Make sure you did not inadvertently engage the “optional” second stick set up that is activated by pressing the “G” button and moving the left stick down at the same time. Some 6.0 and 6.0S MFUs come with this feature activated. They are not supposed to but some do? This makes the TX have the same control set up as stock Tamiya systems.

Tell me what to do now. The turret stops turning too. Thanks Dai

[Rubicon99]

Tell me what to do now. The turret stops turning too. Thanks Dai

As simple as this sounds unplug the turret rotation motor from the MFU and plug it back in. Sometimes this works sometimes it does not. If not you could have a bad turret motor or bad MFU.

To test this I would remove a good turret rotation gearbox from another tank, plug it into the slot on the new tank and see if it works. If it does you know it it a motor issue, if not you know it is an MFU issue.

[dai phan]

As simple as this sounds unplug the turret rotation motor from the MFU and plug it back in. Sometimes this works sometimes it does not. If not you could have a bad turret motor or bad MFU.

To test this I would remove a good turret rotation gearbox from another tank, plug it into the slot on the new tank and see if it works. If it does you know it it a motor issue, if not you know it is an MFU issue.

I have inserted and re-insert w/o results. The channel for turret movement is CN3 so I need to jump my Tiger turret cable to the Panther 's MFU to see what happens. In either case of bad MFU or bad turret motor, I am waiting to see what Toucan can do for me. The right front wheel is not moving although the motor is. Dai

[Cascabel]

If the drive is not working on one side but you hear the motor running, you may have the same problem I had with one of my tanks. The shaft for one of the gears came out, and allowed a gear to fall out of the gearbox on one side. It happened two times, I developed a simple repair if that is the problem. You will need to open up the tank to check for this.