Intro

[Rob59]

Hello Tanking Community.
My name is Rob and I am from the Netherlands, Europe.
I am in this 1/16 hobby since 2018, when I bought my first RC tank: a Taigen Tiger 1, Frühe Version in Panzergrau.
My collection did only grow since then.
Saw several members on here, which are also active members on the English RCTWF forum, so these guys might know me.
CU around guys!
Rob.

[keilau]

Welcome to the forum.

I will enjoy seeing some pictures of your collection. We have a friendly group with a few very knowledgeable people who are very helpful.

[Rob59]

Here you go, one of my Panzer IV‘s.
A Taigen metal version, home made detachable alu Schürzen, brackets and hangers made out of brass.
Winterketten, maingun recoil.

[Rob59]

My Winter Panther, packed with 18 figures.
Schürzen homemade out of alu with brass hangers.

[Rob59]

My StuG III in a worn White Wash, with 7 figures.
Again, detachable Schürzen made out of alu, brackets, hangers and stowage rack made out of brass.
Added a Saukopf Blende and Winterketten, metal idler- and sprocketwheels.
Raised the return rollers from front to rear with 3-5-5 mm.

[Rob59]

This is my very first RC tank, bought back in 2018.
Taigen Tiger-1, Frühe Version, metal version, Befehlswagen III packed with crew and Winter Fallschirmjäger.

[rb67mustang]

Rob, nice detailing, and figures! Duckbills were added to Sherman tank tracks for use in snow and mud. I've never seen anything like that on German tanks until now. BTW, I'm new here as well.

[Rob59]

Yes, they even had 2 types of wider tracks.
The so called Winterketten, like the ones shown on my StuG and the Panzer IV, only useable in Winterconditions.
And they had Ostketten, suitable for all year use.

[SoCalBobS]

....also called Ostketten...

[Rob59]

What do you mean??

[SoCalBobS]

Didn't see your post #8. My post was saying the same thing.

[Rob59]

Here you can see the differences between the normal P-III/ P-IV tracks and the so called Winter-and Ostketten:

Winterketten on the left, normal Ketten on the right:

Winterketten on the left, Ostketten on the right

[MrChef]

Hello Tanking Community.
My name is Rob and I am from the Netherlands,

Wellll hello there sir. Glad you joined up here too.