Unofficial Tongde Churchill Mk VII 1/16 Scale Battle Tank Discussion Thread

[Rubicon99]

Hi everybody, I'm new here but not new to RC tanks ;) Thank you for the great review. I'm waiting for mine for another few weeks.

Can hull recoil be turned off on Tongde?

Yes.

[SoCalBobS]

Bearings: can’t tell for sure, but they spin very freely.

Recoil: haven’t tried, but the manual mentions it.

[SoCalBobS]

(Duplicate)

[SoCalBobS]

Weathering gone too far?

[SoCalBobS]

The Churchill is quite a mountain goat! Here it is eating up rough terrain at the San Diego Tank Battles event on April 28th.

[Rubicon99]

The Churchill is quite a mountain goat! Here it is eating up rough terrain at the San Diego Tank Battles event on April 24th.

That Churchill ran beyond expectations. I was impressed at how well it ate up the hill climbs and ravines. It put every other tank to shame.

[DavidN]

I am not as quick and up to date on new products as many of our members. Anyway, my Churchill finally arrived from China yesterday. I am thrilled.

[tank_me]

Just in time for Motion to get them in stock. :)

[SoCalBobS]

Now that Motion RC sells them everyone will have one.....

[DavidN]

Our hobby is growing. I am excited. Our SoCal RC tank club is growing too.

[MaverickTank]

MUST HAVE THIS TANK!!!!!

[DavidN]

I was about to take out the stock IR bulb to replace it with my powerful aftermarket bulb. I then decided to test it. It reached about 50 feet to the target. I will just leave it there for now and play it at the small battlefield in the future.

[DavidN]

I finished. I weathered it a little bit. I will let the fighting weather the rest of it next month. Thanks to Bob, it now has a nice set of decals on its armors.

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

The nice thing is that it doesn't have the BB feature anymore. So the size of the barrel is now more accurate.

[MaverickTank]

Wow, David. That looks great.

[PanzerLoco]

Tank crew removed central section fenders (when deform) on both sides; since it could interfere w/ turret traverse.

Does anyone have done it on the Tongde Churchill VII RC tank?
Picture on the result/ apperance of the tank will be greatly appreciated !
I am reluctant to go forward w/ this light modifiication (accuracy issue)

Thank you RC Tank Hobby Squawk Community !!

[nmcleall]

Hi all new guy here this has been a brilliant thread to read iv got my one coming soon im very fortunate to live 5 miles from Bovington tank Museum I go there regularly and if you guys want photos of the tanks for painting and References let me know and I can try and help. Here are is an example of the tanks there.

[SoCalBobS]

Welcome! You will really like the Churchill.

I am so envious of you - think I'll just pop over to the Tank Museum on the way home, then off for a pint. What a life! By all means, share the wealth. Pictures of their Churchill (or is it borrowed?) would be great.

[nmcleall]

I’m going this Saturday so I will get photos of all of the ones they have for you so you will have some good reference photos.