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[Meter Rat]

The only thing Tamiya on my Leopard2a6 is the metal track.

It has a Torro metal lower chassis, Torro plastic upper chassis. The Heng Long turret is upgraded with servo recoil. I used the HL NATO pattern as my painting guide.

This has nothing to do with Tamiya. So I’m not even sure why you felt the need to inform me that yours has Tamiya tracks?
Please! Change those tail lights. Heng Long put the lights where the reflectors are. It is not a difficult job to make the rear end more accurate. Gave mine a function test the other day.

https://youtube.com/shorts/g1Ylc9knTgQ?si=8_soNTfoBWHx1tlv

[MrChef]

By retaining as much as the kit as possible, and using parts from the spares box, all in the cost has been kept to a reasonable £237 including the cost of the kit (Not that the financial controller has been keeping her beady eye on the finances. She’s now asking why others are not as cheap?)
I think I have created an inexpensive, good looking model, and if this mediocre modeller can do it, then anyone can.
It is finished as a “what if”, if the Danish have had a 2A7, converted to 2A7v for evaluation purposes. Just need an amber beacon, and to fit the tow ropes.

I think she looks really good Ian.

Lol, See now she's gonna wonder when the next one is is a few pence more.

I have a beacon that comes with the Torro if your interested? It's just the amber LED bulb though on a metal post, nothing fancy. Might be time for me to send a holiday card your way this year.

[keilau]

The only thing Tamiya on my Leopard2a6 is the metal track.

It has a Torro metal lower chassis, Torro plastic upper chassis. The Heng Long turret is upgraded with servo recoil. I used the HL NATO pattern as my painting guide.

[SoCalBobS]

Looks great! But, I especially like the Scottish sunshine in the background.. Seriously though, the color palette looks like it's been outside, as it should.

[Meter Rat]

All ways Liked the Leopard in this configuration. As a Tamiya one, was out of my price range, I looked for a cheaper version. Converting the Das Werk static model looked a viable proposition. By retaining as much as the kit as possible, and using parts from the spares box, all in the cost has been kept to a reasonable £237 including the cost of the kit (Not that the financial controller has been keeping her beady eye on the finances. She’s now asking why others are not as cheap?)
I think I have created an inexpensive, good looking model, and if this mediocre modeller can do it, then anyone can.
It is finished as a “what if”, if the Danish have had a 2A7, converted to 2A7v for evaluation purposes. Just need an amber beacon, and to fit the tow ropes.

[SoCalBobS]

Time for some more tank glamour shots. These two are plastic display models I converted to radio control:

A Panzer 1b in the east.

A Panzer 1a in the desert.

[SoCalBobS]

Getting my T-34/85 ready for the October San Diego RC Tank event.

[Rubicon99]

M551 Sheridan during testing of recently released metal tracks. The Tamiya stock nylon tracks had a well documented and widely experienced high incidence of breaking, pins walking out and de-tracking.

The new metal tracks solve these issues. Only problem is they are a few years too late coming to the market as the Tamiya R/C M551 Sheridan was discontinued. But for those that have one don't wait to buy these new metal tracks. They turn a tank you have to "baby" into one you can "bash" around pretty hard.

Test videos are available on my Instagram @ Fsttanks if you wish to see more.

[SoCalBobS]

Two ChatGPT backgrounds, for my Coolbank M8 Scott HMC. ChatGPT added a small amount of dirt on the side skirts to what I'd done. Guess I'll have to add some weathering!

[Scott Larkins]

It's raining out, finally, so I can't post outdoor pics of my new HL Sherman. Didn't use the HL provided press-ons, but found some of my own on Etsy to make this Sherman a bit different. This is my second favorite tank. It is a classic tank never-the-less.

[SoCalBobS]

3DP Panzer II C. Good looking tank, wish a company would make a mass produced one.

[SoCalBobS]

Always a great tank.

[onesixteenthscale]

[SoCalBobS]

Just a babe in the woods trying to navigate hobby Squak. Appreciate all the help I can get. Please excuse my ignorance of how to ask a question. I thought this was a site that one could seek help without feeling judged or talked down to. At 76 and having run an incredibly successful Excavation Company for 54 years of my life. I don't really appreciate being talked down to.

If you are referring to me, there's no "talking down" involved. I'm simply stating the preferred way we do things. And, you also got an answer to your question.

[NCO Retired]

Just a babe in the woods trying to navigate hobby Squak. Appreciate all the help I can get. Please excuse my ignorance of how to ask a question. I thought this was a site that one could seek help without feeling judged or talked down to. At 76 and having run an incredibly successful Excavation Company for 54 years of my life. I don't really appreciate being talked down to.

I'm 80 and like you I just joined also but I do have a few more posts under my belt. Being a career soldier I was taught when you enter into a new area of operation one should navigate the terrain with prior knowledge so not to go down the wrong path. My teachers were correct, I'm still alive grasshopper.

[Dugaditch]

Just a babe in the woods trying to navigate hobby Squak. Appreciate all the help I can get. Please excuse my ignorance of how to ask a question. I thought this was a site that one could seek help without feeling judged or talked down to. At 76 and having run an incredibly successful Excavation Company for 54 years of my life. I don't really appreciate being talked down to.

[SoCalBobS]

You should start a separate topic for your question. But to answer, there are no RTR Pz II tracks out there except for the Pz II L, which is completely different.

[Dugaditch]

I need metal tracks (preferd) or plastic tracks for a 1/16 scale RC RTR German Wespe based on the Panzer II Chasis. Would appreciate any information on where to purchase.

[SoCalBobS]

...or, we could add jungle instead:

[SoCalBobS]

A Heng Long M4 in a PTO scheme, on a beach, courtesy ChatGPT:


After I posted the above, I decided the tank traps were out of place. So I had them removed.