Hey all, just a quick shout out to everyone.
As the title says. New to the forum, but thanks to Panzermechaniker for the mentioning of it, yet another tank forum to join! Can-Am RC Tank Club FTW!
Was into RC cars back in the 80's, put away when I got serous with school and engineering. Got back into it around 2010, damned battery tech improved! I love tachnical stuff so rebuilding RC's and upgrading them has always been fun for me.
Got completely hooked with 1/16th armour via the Can-Am RC Tank Club just under a decade ago. Started making my own 3D printed parts for enhancing tank internals. Also started rebuilding the drivelines and electronic systems for other club members.
I am not a modeler! I have rudimentary painting skills that are nearly 40 years out of date for usage and techniques. I do however like to build things and tinker!
A fellow RC Tanker asked me to fix his old worn out Comet with broken recoil system and old HL IR receiver mount.
Since the entire turret was from a Styrene kit and epoxied together, I decided to scrape the upper turret panels off (cause they had broken off previously...)
And put in a bunch of magnets that would hold the upper turret panels securely, but also take the pressure of installing a Tamiya style apple.
The red box on the bottom of the image will hold the main power On/Off switch, accessible from the turret hatch.
With the upper panels installed. Again, I'm not a modeler and I am not correcting the sag of the turret's front "casting" that mounts the mantlet. IR emitter will be via a barrel clamped setup from a tamiya kit.
As the title says. New to the forum, but thanks to Panzermechaniker for the mentioning of it, yet another tank forum to join! Can-Am RC Tank Club FTW!
Was into RC cars back in the 80's, put away when I got serous with school and engineering. Got back into it around 2010, damned battery tech improved! I love tachnical stuff so rebuilding RC's and upgrading them has always been fun for me.
Got completely hooked with 1/16th armour via the Can-Am RC Tank Club just under a decade ago. Started making my own 3D printed parts for enhancing tank internals. Also started rebuilding the drivelines and electronic systems for other club members.
I am not a modeler! I have rudimentary painting skills that are nearly 40 years out of date for usage and techniques. I do however like to build things and tinker!
A fellow RC Tanker asked me to fix his old worn out Comet with broken recoil system and old HL IR receiver mount.
Since the entire turret was from a Styrene kit and epoxied together, I decided to scrape the upper turret panels off (cause they had broken off previously...)
And put in a bunch of magnets that would hold the upper turret panels securely, but also take the pressure of installing a Tamiya style apple.
The red box on the bottom of the image will hold the main power On/Off switch, accessible from the turret hatch.
With the upper panels installed. Again, I'm not a modeler and I am not correcting the sag of the turret's front "casting" that mounts the mantlet. IR emitter will be via a barrel clamped setup from a tamiya kit.
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