Review and Discuss: Heng Long 1/16 Scale "M4A3 Sherman" Tank

[761st]

Our HL Sherman is 5 years old. It has been the most reliable, dependable and probably the most enjoyable tank we have. I recall something about the track wheels loosening but a little blue locktite fixed that many years ago.

[Meter Rat]

Change the existing cap head bolts to button head bolts for the drive sprockets, and use a spring washer, or star washer under them to stop them coming undone. They are a slimmer profile. Then use PVA, or rubber solution glue to hold the wheel covers on.m

[quitcherbitchen]

I use Blue Locktite to secure screws

[Rubicon99]

Hello all. I opened my Heng Long Professional Sherman on Monday and I am in love with the tank and feel like a kid again. I'm having so much fun just playing with it and pushing boxes around my basement and running over objects on the floor.

I do have a couple of minor issues. One of the covers for the rear metal wheels is so loose it won't stay on. Also one of the the screw covers for the bogies fell out. What should I use to secure the covers and still be able to remove them when needed?

Now for the front drive wheels. They are also metal and secured to the the tank with Allen screws. The heads of the screws stick out so far that there is no way to even temporarily get the wheel covers to stay on. It seems like Allen head screws should not have been used. The only thing I can think of is to drill out the center hole of the wheel cap a lot bigger so the the Allen screw head passes through the wheel cover.

Anyone else have these issues?

Use a "small" amount silicone sealer to hold the hub caps on. The sprocket hub many of us use thin magnets glued to the cap which then hold the cap in place

[MStreett]

Hello all. I opened my Heng Long Professional Sherman on Monday and I am in love with the tank and feel like a kid again. I'm having so much fun just playing with it and pushing boxes around my basement and running over objects on the floor.

I do have a couple of minor issues. One of the covers for the rear metal wheels is so loose it won't stay on. Also one of the the screw covers for the bogies fell out. What should I use to secure the covers and still be able to remove them when needed?

Now for the front drive wheels. They are also metal and secured to the the tank with Allen screws. The heads of the screws stick out so far that there is no way to even temporarily get the wheel covers to stay on. It seems like Allen head screws should not have been used. The only thing I can think of is to drill out the center hole of the wheel cap a lot bigger so the the Allen screw head passes through the wheel cover.

Anyone else have these issues?

[keilau]

Thanks, found some on eBay with Toucan and got them ordered, he should be back up and running soon as they get here!!!

It usually is cheaper to order from the direct Toucan store. For your future reference,

https://www.toucanhobby.com/products/hl-3898-decal-dzn1?variant=47588072095994

[LostGrunt]

Thanks, found some on eBay with Toucan and got them ordered, he should be back up and running soon as they get here!!!

[keilau]

Hello, my grandson wanted an RC Tank for his birthday so I asked him which tank and he told me a Sherman of course! Got him a Heng Long last month and he’s been having a blast with it. He’s 6 yrs old by the way but loves everything military! He loves watching “Greatest Tank Battles” with me. My being an old retired Infantryman probably has a lot to do with it! To the point we were walking outside and he was trying to carry too much at one time and dropped his tank. It broke part of the teeth off of the front sprocket. I can’t find a replacement for it. They don’t seem to offer replacement plastic wheels just the metal ones if you buy the whole upgrade kit, anybody know where I can get a replacement front sprocket so we can get his tank back up and running? Thanks

You can replace the plastic sprocket with metal ones. While you are at it, consider the idler wheel and track too.

https://www.toucanhobby.com/products/hl-3898-metalidlers-dzn1?variant=47588072161530

[tdriver113]

Toucan Hobby on eBay has them. They also have a listing on Amazon.

[LostGrunt]

Hello, my grandson wanted an RC Tank for his birthday so I asked him which tank and he told me a Sherman of course! Got him a Heng Long last month and he’s been having a blast with it. He’s 6 yrs old by the way but loves everything military! He loves watching “Greatest Tank Battles” with me. My being an old retired Infantryman probably has a lot to do with it! To the point we were walking outside and he was trying to carry too much at one time and dropped his tank. It broke part of the teeth off of the front sprocket. I can’t find a replacement for it. They don’t seem to offer replacement plastic wheels just the metal ones if you buy the whole upgrade kit, anybody know where I can get a replacement front sprocket so we can get his tank back up and running? Thanks

[Dday_tanker]

ok thanks keilau

[keilau]

do somebody know how to remove the sprockets on the sherman? i removed the screw but its not going

After removing the screw, try using an retired steak knife to gentally pry it loose.

[tank_me]

Sometimes they are really tight. Only the screw holds them on.

[Dday_tanker]

do somebody know how to remove the sprockets on the sherman? i removed the screw but its not going

[Dday_tanker]

I don't know: Should I paint the tracks in steel colour?

[Delta_19]

I would agree with Delta's assessment. The Canadians had a Sherman variant called the Grizzly which used them.

for anyone wondering the Churchill on the other side of the field this tank is in, is a pokestop

[tank_me]

I would agree with Delta's assessment. The Canadians had a Sherman variant called the Grizzly which used them.

[Delta_19]

I was researching (surfing the web) and saw this restored Sherman. Of course, the tracks are from who knows where. So, who does know where these tracks came from? Looks like they fit, anyway.

looks like canadian dry pin tracks

http://www.tankarchives.ca/2019/07/c...n-dry-pin.html

EDIT: yeah im pretty sure thats canadian dry pin because of the fact the sprocket is from a canadian ram 2.

[SoCalBobS]

I was researching (surfing the web) and saw this restored Sherman. Of course, the tracks are from who knows where. So, who does know where these tracks came from? Looks like they fit, anyway.

[SoCalBobS]

Welcome RR