Post Your Pictures: RC Tank Gallery

MrChef · Dec 14, 2024, 01:36 PM

A little winter camo work to get me back into the swing. Just in time for the Battle of the Bulge Anniversary.

SoCalBobS · Dec 14, 2024, 10:54 AM

So many teeth!

RichJohnson · Dec 13, 2024, 09:40 AM

Nice staging and stowage with the scale rope.

DavidN · Dec 12, 2024, 08:38 PM

DavidN · Dec 12, 2024, 08:21 PM

Taigen M4/76 is ready for IR battle

Rubicon99 · Dec 11, 2024, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by SoCalBobS

Tongde's M25 Chaffee, Korean War vintage.

This one took a while, many steps:

Make sure it runs and works for IR battles first. This required replacing the TD electronics with Heng Long & LegoDEI's. The IR LED required a brass tube extending out of the mantlet.
Replace the rigid plastic radio antennas with flexible wire ones.
Treat the tracks with Perma Blue gun blacking liquid.
Masked the LED lights (head, tail, IR muzzle flash) for the duration.
Paint the body overall US Olive Green with a Vallejo spray can.
Mask it so the sections that aren't to be painted are covered, paint the exposed surfaces a white base.
Mask and cut to cover the teeth.
Spray the remainder yellow.
Mask the yellow and spray the black area.
Remove the masking tape and brush paint the red areas.
Spray everything with Clear Flat spray paint.
Flow corners and edges with AK Streaking Grime Effect.
Fill the engine grills with AK Dark Streaking Grime Effect.
Foam dab dark brown paint on high points and flat areas.
Rub AK Iron Paste on high points and flat areas.
Streak the grime with White Spirit on vertical surfaces, dab it on horizontals.
Dry brush AK Vietnam Earth pigment.
Final Clear Flat spray.
The spare track links were painted NATO Black, flowed light rust, and rubbed with Iron Paste.

Original stock appearance:

Looking good👍👍👍

SoCalBobS · Dec 11, 2024, 10:04 AM

Tongde's M25 Chaffee, Korean War vintage.

This one took a while, many steps:

Remove side skirts.
Make sure it runs and works for IR battles first. This required replacing the TD electronics with Heng Long & LegoDEI's. The IR LED required a brass tube extending out of the mantlet.
Replace the rigid plastic radio antennas with flexible wire ones.
Treat the tracks with Perma Blue gun blacking liquid.
Masked the LED lights (head, tail, IR muzzle flash) for the duration.
Paint the body overall US Olive Green with a Vallejo spray can.
Mask it so the sections that aren't to be painted are covered, paint the exposed surfaces a white base.
Mask and cut to cover the teeth.
Spray the remainder yellow.
Mask the yellow and spray the black area.
Remove the masking tape and brush paint the red areas.
Spray everything with Clear Flat spray paint.
Flow corners and edges with AK Streaking Grime Effect.
Fill the engine grills with AK Dark Streaking Grime Effect.
Foam dab dark brown paint on high points and flat areas.
Rub AK Iron Paste on high points and flat areas.
Streak the grime with White Spirit on vertical surfaces, dab it on horizontals.
Dry brush AK Vietnam Earth pigment.
Final Clear Flat spray.
The spare track links were painted NATO Black, flowed light rust, and rubbed with Iron Paste.

Original stock appearance:

Attached Files

Rubicon99 · Dec 10, 2024, 05:48 PM

Highly modified TongDe M60 on IR battle field during a practice day.

DavidN · Dec 10, 2024, 05:21 PM

You have such a rare tank....nowadays in this hobby. It looks mean and awesome :-)

cleong · Dec 10, 2024, 08:21 AM

Originally posted by DavidN

Awesome collection! Thank you for sharing. If possible, can we see the Type 10 a bit closer :-) ? Thank you!

Here you go. It had once had its stock electronics replaced with Clark by the previous owner (who also did the rather fetching digital camouflage scheme), before I bought it and reverted to stock Tamiya electronics. I also bought it Kenny Kong metal tracks for the rubber pads, but it did not run well, so I bought AFV track tensioners to fine tune the track tension better. Despite the track tensioners, the performance of the tank was lacking and it is back on its stock plastic tracks.

MrChef · Dec 8, 2024, 08:00 AM

Awesome collection and cool way to show them off.

DavidN · Dec 8, 2024, 06:34 AM

Awesome collection! Thank you for sharing. If possible, can we see the Type 10 a bit closer :-) ? Thank you!

cleong · Dec 8, 2024, 01:15 AM

Sharing a photo of my entire tank collection. I've since added a Tamiya M4 Sherman 50th anniversary release, but with several tanks needing my attention, I am in no hurry to build it.

Foreground to back:
Tamiya KV-1
Hooben T-55 (converted to Tamiya DMD T-08 MFU)
Heng Long T-90
Tamiya Tiger I
Tamiya Panther G (Danville VA veteran)
Tamiya Leopard 2A6 (converted to Ludwig 2A4 turret)
Tamiya Leopard 2A6 x2 (one to be converted to something else in the future, perhaps a Buffel)
Tamiya Centurion Mk. III (converted with an L7/105mm gun, so I guess that makes it a Mk 5/2)
Heng Long Challenger 2 (pending electronics conversion)
Tamiya T26E3 Pershing x 2
Heng Long M1A2 Abrams (converted to Clark TK22)
Tamiya M1A2 Abrams
Tamiya Type 10

Meter Rat · Nov 26, 2024, 10:47 AM

Took advantage of a day off work, and the wee bit of snow we had, to give the T72 a run out.

SoCalBobS · Nov 24, 2024, 08:00 PM

My Churchill Mk VII in desert camouflage with the fenders removed. Based loosely on photos online. It participated in the San Diego event on November 24th. Acquitted herself magnificently.