RC Tank Wishlist -- Tell Us What You Want To See in the RC Tank Industry

[SoCalBobS]

I’d forgotten about Takom. I wonder how the Heng Long 1:30 scale tank mechanisms would fit. Oh great, another future project! 🙄

[UltraVargen]

Takom actually does produce a 1/16 Panzer 1 kit! They've been doing a bunch of tankettes and the like lately. It's still quite a bit of work to get the 1/16 static kit into running condition, and you do need a decent workshop or access to to someone who has made some of the conversion parts for ya, but it seems doable.

All this talk makes me wish that a house with garage wasn't so out of reach for someone my age (even working the job I do, where I'm QUITE spoiled!). A small CNC machine and lathe could really give me the ability to take all my half-finished projects to the next level of being half-finished and too big in scope....

I saw the Takom kits, and was wondering if they could be converted. Probably a lot of work, but it opens up opportunities for some cool tanks.

Don't get me started on the cost of buying a house. Here in the Netherlands buying a house has become REDICULOUS and super frustrating. Too few houses and too many people wanting to move made the prices skyrocket. Me and my g/f are looking to move from our rental apartment to a proper house as we speak, but so far get outbid by people who clearly have too much money on their hands. Once we do get a house I'm going to build a proper hobby room, and preferably also a hobby garage. /rant

[fuchstraumer]

A personal soft spot for the Panzer 1. Here's why. It's about the size of a pickup truck!

Takom actually does produce a 1/16 Panzer 1 kit! They've been doing a bunch of tankettes and the like lately. It's still quite a bit of work to get the 1/16 static kit into running condition, and you do need a decent workshop or access to to someone who has made some of the conversion parts for ya, but it seems doable.

All this talk makes me wish that a house with garage wasn't so out of reach for someone my age (even working the job I do, where I'm QUITE spoiled!). A small CNC machine and lathe could really give me the ability to take all my half-finished projects to the next level of being half-finished and too big in scope....

[UltraVargen]

That's it, now you HAVE to do one, right. But yeah, expensive all added up. And no idea how difficult it would be to build.

[SoCalBobS]

A personal soft spot for the Panzer 1. Here's why. It's about the size of a pickup truck!

[SoCalBobS]

Actually, after applying Google Translate, I see that motors and tracks are sold too. However, adding all that up makes for a really expensive proposition!

[UltraVargen]

What work, but what a cool project to make!

[Vaseline]

For those with a 3D printer here is a 1/16 scale Hetzer (note it uses a custom drive unit using G2 pulleys and belts). Presumable you could use the lower hull to do something like a Marder III that also uses the Pz. 38T chassis https://cults3d.com/en/users/50koruny/creations Looks like he also has a 1/6 version now too

[SoCalBobS]

They probably all take a lot of work though, I don't think they use an existing chassis? The whole thing is probably made of sheet styrene. It would be really nice to have something that small though.

Heng Long makes some smaller scale tanks, 1/24 or 1/30 I think. Might be feasible to use their mechanisms. Maybe someday. What I don't see is track links. Hmm.

[UltraVargen]

And the Panzer 1, and the Panzer 2, and and and...!

They probably all take a lot of work though, I don't think they use an existing chassis? The whole thing is probably made of sheet styrene. It would be really nice to have something that small though.

[SoCalBobS]

@ Vintage racer Nick Aguilar makes a jumbo kit as does Ludwig. The nick kit can be made to fit a henglong or taigen. The thicker nose was made to fit a Tamiya so I had to build up the taigen nose with no do and add a bolt strip over the metal one.
ludwigs kit fits a henglong tank. They are not for someone that is an armature at modeling and bashing.

Rich, you need to get your camera back outside. With just a little perspective manipulation, you could make it look like your tank was full sized parked on your street!

[SoCalBobS]

I see a Hetzer on that Ludwig site. Interesting.

And the Panzer 1, and the Panzer 2, and and and...!

[UltraVargen]

I see a Hetzer on that Ludwig site. Interesting.

[RichJohnson]

Nick sells through his email only. His kit requires a Tamiya Sherman traverse unit but with some work can be modified over to the henglong style.
the Ludwig makes his kit to take a henglong traverse system.
I have a Ludwig kit I have not used yet. Th bottom of his turret fit on kinda weird and I wasn’t sure how he intended for it to be installed so I never got around to building it, but no surprise, I have about 10 Sherman after market hull kits sitting around to build along with 5 half build Sherman’s lol. If I pulled it out and decided to build it I would just figure a way to mount the floor in it that suites me but I haven’t felt like building a second jumbo so far. So many IDF Sherman’s to build, finish my other projects and this M32 that is just killing me.

[Vintage Racer]

Found this, I presume this is the Ludwig you mentioned...

https://www.ludwigs-hobby-seite.de/Sherman%20m4A3E2%20Jumbo.html

No luck with the Nick Aguilar conversion other than images and old threads of other people trying to find the conversion.

[Vintage Racer]

Do you have a link? I have tried searches in the past with zero success, as I have heard of these conversions.

However, wouldn't it be nice to just be able to buy a JUMBO Sherman?

Between employment, race cars, firearms, and flying RC, not to mentioned our Samoyed dogs, I would like to just like to place it on my shelf.

Example shown in your post is awesome. I have been a plastic modeler most of my life, but as I became older, I sold my collection, and ventured "out of my shell" so to speak. I belonged to the IMPS for a number of years in St. Louis, Mo.

[RichJohnson]

@ Vintage racer Nick Aguilar makes a jumbo kit as does Ludwig. The nick kit can be made to fit a henglong or taigen. The thicker nose was made to fit a Tamiya so I had to build up the taigen nose with no do and add a bolt strip over the metal one.
ludwigs kit fits a henglong tank. They are not for someone that is an armature at modeling and bashing.

[Vintage Racer]

M4A3E2, Please. Or even a 1/16 scale upgrade kit to convert a normal A3 to the Jumbo variant. I have been hoping for this for sometime. Tamiya, and some other have done it in 1/35. I have even seen some scratch built 1/16 JUMBOS. I have seen 3 real ones in my life. Love to model one from the 745th Tank Battalion.

VR

[oldwolf]

Yes, but that is the AA version with the quad .50. Imho, too specialized. I much prefer an M3 set up as used by armored infantry units. I could just set aside the quad .50 and modify the basic body for armored infantry but would rather have something purpose built.

[SoCalBobS]

Torro makes a 1/16 M16 halftrack, or used to.