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My official in service "glamour" photo. I shoot one for all my tanks. From this point on they just get dirty, scratched, oily and all around naturally weathered.
Heng Long Merkava MK IV fresh out of production. Show here in a "depot" fresh clean look. The dirt and grime will come naturally with use.
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My latest Heng Long RC addition is a Heng Long 3898-1 Sherman M4A3.
I got the Sherman for $115 shipped from NJ from one of the Toucan seller. I got the basic plastic version with TK-7.0 MFU which has all the functionality and programming I need. From recent experience with Leopard 2A6 and T-34/85, HL metal parts do not meet my expectations and I ended up throwing them away.
I added a Mato metal track T-74 with duckbill set for $120. It is heavier than I would like, but the casting of the track, sprocket and idler wheel are very good. My first choice would be the Taigen/Torro metal track at much lower price. But the Taigen/Torro were out of stock for many weeks when I tried to buy.
I got an open box Heng Xin gearbox from Toucan Hobby and some surplus Tamiya380 motors on e-bay. The saving kept my total hardware purchses under $300 which is cheaper than the equivalent HL metal version at much higher quality. The Heng Xin gearbox is an easy dropin to the HL Sherman. The Tamiya380 runs 20% faster than the HL grey380. It gives very good scale speed for the later model Sherman.
I added a HL metal recoil BB shooting unit that I described elsewhere on this forum.
The build is a straight forward build using HL parts and decals. I used the Tamiya 1:35 RC Sherman manual as my buildup guide which has slightly more detail instruction than HL manual.
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Originally posted by Meter Rat View Post
Im very much into Tamiya leopards though I don’t really post the builds here, they are on RC Universe. I’m building 6 more of them right now all modernized mechanical upgrades I designed.RC tank parts and accessories I make
www.RichardSJohnson.net/id28.html
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Originally posted by RichJohnson View Post
Nice Tamiya leopard in there. Which era is it? Clutch drive, motorized plastic hul 1980s or the late static model RC’D?
Im very much into Tamiya leopards though I don’t really post the builds here, they are on RC Universe. I’m building 6 more of them right now all modernized mechanical upgrades I designed.
Regards Ian
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I have modernized a few of those with ball bearing wheels, taigen tranys, full upturn turret function, IR battle and pretty good fabricated tracks or the metal ones with rubber pads. I have several spare sets of those proper metal ones with rubber pads.RC tank parts and accessories I make
www.RichardSJohnson.net/id28.html
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Originally posted by SoCalBobS View PostRC tank parts and accessories I make
www.RichardSJohnson.net/id28.html
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