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[Rubicon99]

TongDe M113 built into a fictional upgrade "airspace defender" variant.

Its mostly done except for some minor weathering to the wheels.

This will be used primarily for IR tank battling at the L.A.Tank club where I suspect it will do well in the CQB city environment of the battle field. Oh and its tank killing ability comes from the anti armor missile and launcher located on the left side of the main auto cannon.

[SoCalBobS]

Coolbank's M8 HMC "Scott", ready for IR battle.

[Rubicon99]

Photos from the L.A.Tank club November battle day.

[Geiser100]

Welcome. I see you took your photos where they should be; outside! Since you're coming from a modelling background, you are going to have twice the fun. Building, painting & driving, along with the fun/frustration of maintenance and repairs.

Let us know where you are from if you like. Many of us are in California, but there are members here from many states and countries.

I am from Pennsylvania in the south-central area close to Gettysburg.

[SoCalBobS]

I'm brand new to RC tanks. I previously only collected 1/32 and 1/18 tanks (Forces of Valor and 21st Century Toys). When I couldn't find a suitable 1/18 T-34/85 I settled on an RC Heng Long despite being slightly larger. Never *needed* an RC. Only wanted a static model. Now I'm hooked. I'm ready for my next addition. Most likely a Sherman. Here's my T-34. I actually ended up changing the turret number three times 😆. First was 457, then 97, now it's 58 and staying that.

Welcome. I see you took your photos where they should be; outside! Since you're coming from a modelling background, you are going to have twice the fun. Building, painting & driving, along with the fun/frustration of maintenance and repairs.

Let us know where you are from if you like. Many of us are in California, but there are members here from many states and countries.

[Elbee]

Geiser100

Wecome to Hobby Squawk, Sir, glad to have you onboard.

Seriously great photos and one good-lookin' tank.

Best, LB

[Geiser100]

Had to upload pictures to different post. I couldn't edit my first one. Got strange error messages.

[Geiser100]

I'm brand new to RC tanks. I previously only collected 1/32 and 1/18 tanks (Forces of Valor and 21st Century Toys). When I couldn't find a suitable 1/18 T-34/85 I settled on an RC Heng Long despite being slightly larger. Never *needed* an RC. Only wanted a static model. Now I'm hooked. I'm ready for my next addition. Most likely a Sherman. Here's my T-34. I actually ended up changing the turret number three times 😆. First was 457, then 97, now it's 58 and staying that.

[SoCalBobS]

My M113 ACAV with a M40 Recoilless Rifle. The M113 is from Tongde, the rifle and backpacks are from Rich Johnson's Models n Stuff. A 3mm IR emitter is installed in the rifle, which traverses about 45 degrees. The driver's hatch was removed for a LegoDEI IR receiver.

[RichJohnson]

From the L.A. Tank 2025 Octane event.

That was when I particated in Reforger’79

[Rubicon99]

From the L.A. Tank 2025 October event.

[MrChef]

What paint colors did you use Chef?

The basecoat is a mix of Tamiya for a bright RAL8000-
4x XF4, 2x XF52, 1x XF60





The Green Camo Olivegrun is a 50/50 mix XF 55&71



What warms it up and brings it together is a brown filter

Then there was a little bit of oil work for dirt, then it was chipping, washes and pigments..

[quitcherbitchen]

What paint colors did you use Chef?

[MrChef]

Panzer III project slowly wrapping up.

[Elbee]

Two of my TongDe M60s (highly modified) at the L.A.Tank 2025 October battle day event. They performed well in the tight streets of the new European village but hand their hands full deals with the smaller more nimble tanks when they got to close.

Incredible work, Sir.

Best, LB

[Rubicon99]

Two of my TongDe M60s (highly modified) at the L.A.Tank 2025 October battle day event. They performed well in the tight streets of the new European village but hand their hands full deals with the smaller more nimble tanks when they got to close.

[DavidN]

Wrong post! Sorry!

[LostGrunt]

My tiger is close to being done, it was just to clean and needed some weathering! Got a little carried away but that’s ok! Now if my decals I ordered from Peddinghaus ever shows up I can finish. Been a month now is that normal for them!

[DavidN]

The recoil unit was the high end metal recoil set from HL (if I remember correctly). The board is from Sbus Clark TK-50. The gearboxes are just the regular metal Henglong HL 59. And you are right; the metal tracks from this tank are so nice.

[keilau]

I found a rare Taigen M26. I took me a whole day to rip out its "guts" and replaced with the Clark's board, recoil barrel unit, barrel elevation motor, barrel muzzle flash, metal gearboxes, DAK IR receiver and the powerful IR emitter. I kept the barrel short so I can battle with it easier. I had extra decals from my Tamiya M26 so I used them on this beast.

I will love to see the inside of your refined Taigen M26. I have a 2005 Heng Long Snow Leopard that is 20% Taigen with the Taigen Gen2 metal gearbox.

The original HL M26 came with plastic gearbox and a short barrel. I made several upgrade of the radio and ended up with the HL 2.4GHz 6.0S.

I upgraded the gearbox to Heng Xin steel gearbox. The mounting approach of Heng Xin limited it to 380 motor. I ran it for about year and want it to run faster than the 26 mph scale speed. The Taigen Gen2 metal gearbox allows me to pair it with the 390 motor. The resultant 40 mph scale speed is too fast for the M26. But it is fun and you will need the metal tracks.

I added barrel recoil using the HL recoil unit that comes with the long barrel. I like the look of it.