Post Your Pictures: RC Tank Gallery

[Rob1970]

So, you have fun outside in the sun and fresh air, -and- you end up with a healthy salad. I call that a win-win situation!

[oldwolf]

Fifteen minutes playing in the grass and ground cover followed by 30 minutes on the work bench cleaning yields the above harvest from my Challenger 2's tracks, sprockets, idlers and road wheels!

[SoCalBobS]

Soane, an easy way to do tracks is to spray them with a matte light brown paint, like ModelMasters Light Earth. Any similar paint will do, even hardware store paint if it’s matte. Advantage over mud is permanance. After you’ve painted, step two is as you noted, run it around asphalt or concrete. Of course, you can run into mud later anyway, that’s a tanks “happy place”. Here’s that method on metal PzKpfw IV and plastic M4 Sherman tracks. The black M4 tracks were sprayed silver first, then brown.

[SoCalBobS]

So cool looking, even thought it is the desert :-) Nice palm trees! Are they decals or you painted them on?

Thanks! The markings are decals from “Star Decals”, from Sweden.

[Soane]

Just a couple of my Heng Long Tiger 1 coming along nicely, slight dry brushing using Tamiya Weathering Master kits, once I’m happy I’ll probably go over those areas again using paint, then a sealing layer of Matt lacquer. The next item on my list are the tracks, I was planning on running the tank through a layer of mud, back onto asphalt to clean the high spots and then just leave them.

[DavidN]

So cool looking, even thought it is the desert :-) Nice palm trees! Are they decals or you painted them on?

[Rob1970]

Finished my DAK Panzer 1A, the Takom kit motorized and radio controlled with Heng Long 1:30 components. I wish I had a Kubelwagen to pose next to it, it’s tiny!

Woah, that's nice!!!

[SoCalBobS]

Finished my DAK Panzer 1A, the Takom kit motorized and radio controlled with Heng Long 1:30 components. I wish I had a Kubelwagen to pose next to it, it’s tiny!

[BluesDragon]

Nothin special... just playin with the Abrams in the back yard..

[Rob1970]

SWMBO; "Uhm... is it me, or did your -one- tank slowly turn into about one-and-a-halve tank over the course of a week?"

Me; "Must be you, sweetie..."




Back on the left a .50cal ammo box that will become my charger box/LiPo safe. Awesome deal from Varusteleka . Ordered on a sunday, delivered on a Teusday. From FINLAND TO THE NETHERLANDS!!!! That delivery guy must have taken ALL the meth...

Next to that some ammo... should last me a while. Next to that a nice bunch of chemicals to glue ABS, assorted connectors, wire and tools. My trusty soldering schtick. Next row; "Suspect #1", my Sherman. Next to that my spare hull, and a spare turret (Thank you, Forgebear!) and a load of ABS stock for alterations. And in front of it all the armoury. .30cal, .50cal barrel, metal engine grills, my Voltage Alarm thingamabob, a metal horn with cover, various plastic spare covers, and a metal .50cal...

Think I have enough stuff for now? You'd think so, but I still have some stuff coming in. The complete plastic accessory set for starters. And still looking for a Firefly barrel and eying some metal commander and loader hatches.... Yeah.... this is gonna be fun.

TTFN
Rob

[SoCalBobS]

I put up a youtube clip of my collection of WW2 German tanks, from the PzKpfw 1A to the PzKpfw Tiger 2.

https://youtu.be/6gkr7CP8_c0

[Rubicon99]

Finished weathering one of my Tamiya M26 Pershing tanks.

[SoCalBobS]

My recent project, details in my panzer 1B thread. 1:16 Panzer 1 B by Takom, running gear from a Heng Long 1:30 M4 Sherman.

[Delta_19]

Oh hey look the tiger has a friend now.

[Zippersnapper]

Both Henglong and Taigne make VVSS suspension which is the narrow track. But I’m sure you meant HVSS which is the wide track ala an EZ8.
I would not hold my breath. Neither cares to produce hvss as their current products sell quite well.
Finding an old Tamiya Sherman and overhauling it is still a viable option, and the hooben is not a totally bad tank, it just can’t be driven hard as is.

Thank you sir, yes I meant HVSS...All I want to do is build a Fury...Crap

[UltraVargen]

Well I'm gonna say this tigers done

Digging it! And the zimmerit really turned out great!

[Delta_19]

Well I'm gonna say this tigers done

[RichJohnson]

Both Henglong and Taigne make VVSS suspension which is the narrow track. But I’m sure you meant HVSS which is the wide track ala an EZ8.
I would not hold my breath. Neither cares to produce hvss as their current products sell quite well.
Finding an old Tamiya Sherman and overhauling it is still a viable option, and the hooben is not a totally bad tank, it just can’t be driven hard as is.

[Zippersnapper]

It’s not a matter of being wealthy, which I am not. I focus almost entirely on Sherman tanks. I have owned every Sherman made in 1/16 and tried nearly every aftermarket option. I just do it slowly on a budget. I like to build more than anything. I have no out of the box tanks save a stock Tamiya Sherman my son drives, my first completed build. I just kept a few hundred bucks in hand and bought used tanks wherever I could and fixed them up for my projects because I never needed the whole tank, just the chassis and occasionally the turret. Of all my tanks, I think I have only bought 3 new and two were used as builds to sell lol.

Didn't mean any disrespect for sure.
It's quite alright to be "Rich"...my last name is Rich, and I'm far from it. I merely said that because I know the 2 brands fetch top dollar....and I applaud you sir. I only wish: 1. I could afford either one or 2. Henglong or Tiegen would make a VVSS suspension on one of thier Sherman's for obvious reasons.

[RichJohnson]

Damn. You really are "Rich" Johnson....

Sweet tanks for sure...

It’s not a matter of being wealthy, which I am not. I focus almost entirely on Sherman tanks. I have owned every Sherman made in 1/16 and tried nearly every aftermarket option. I just do it slowly on a budget. I like to build more than anything. I have no out of the box tanks save a stock Tamiya Sherman my son drives, my first completed build. I just kept a few hundred bucks in hand and bought used tanks wherever I could and fixed them up for my projects because I never needed the whole tank, just the chassis and occasionally the turret. Of all my tanks, I think I have only bought 3 new and two were used as builds to sell lol.