I need help picking a Tamiya Tank

[DavidN]

The accessories for the M26 arrived yesterday. It is now complete.

[DavidN]

Morning sun pics

[DavidN]

Side by side with the HL for comparison. The HL seems to have a bigger and shorter barrel. Its muzzle brake is also bigger. Overall the Tamiya is better in details. And of course it has the right engine sound and right timing on the recoil.

[Rubicon99]

Side by side with the HL for comparison. The HL seems to have a bigger and shorter barrel. Its muzzle brake is also bigger. Overall the Tamiya is better in details. And of course it has the right engine sound and right timing on the recoil.

The bigger gun barrel of the HL is to facilitate firing airsoft BBs through. It is rather simple to replace the HL barrel with the Tamiya barrel which provides for a more accurate look.

Both are actually very good tanks.

[DavidN]

Thanks for mentioning that. I will look for the Tamiya barrel to replace the one on the HL.

[DavidN]

From the side view, the HL barrel looks very short.

[DavidN]

I finished doing some weathering to my Tamiya KV-2. Not as colorful. I will just put it into the next battle and let the action does the weathering for me.

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

And the collection for Tamiya tanks continues. I am skipping the introduction and going straight to the work :-)

[DavidN]

I painted the tank and got the road wheels weathered.

[DavidN]

These are the work before the paint job. I thought I uploaded them up yesterday but they did not show up on my post.

[DavidN]

The work for this afternoon.....Tracks are on for run test.

[RichJohnson]

Wait, did you just get a panther?

[DavidN]

Yes I did. And I am almost finished working on it :-)

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

Outdoor shots of my panther this morning before heading to work....

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

I hooked up the TBU. It is now ready to enter the battle in LA on 3/12/22.

[DavidN]