well looks like Murphy of Matomart wont be joining us on battle day

but he did send this in his Email i posted this here just incase he didn't want it all over the place a Can-Am Exclusive



Hi Greg


Thanks for your email. I wish i can attend the tank battle. But this week is a very busy week for me. Today we have new shipment just came in. We will another shipment come to our warehouse Friday. And i will fly to China Sunday. I just receive the Sherman sample sent from my friend in US. I will carry the sample and talk to my supplier in China. If everything goes well. We will see a full metal Sherman tank within this year. Mato Will release the metal Panzer III and Stug III shortly. I talked to my friend John Wilson. We are going to set up a tank battle on the hobby show this year. I will support the battle and give some tanks as prize. Did you go to the show before?


Cheers,

Murphy

Oh my.. metal sherman!!

/collecting pennies

For the noob tanker here.... I don't understand the hype over metal tanks... Can someone explain?

The metal tanks just don't interesting that much, I would rather see them come out with different ones then metal version of the ones all ready out.

I don't get the hype either. They just heavier versions with less detail.

See thats what I don't understand.... with the added weight doesn't that put more strain on the motor or something... as well as the suspension

I would more concern about what the weight would do to the gearboxes!

I've had bad luck with my HL tiger with things ripping out of it, idlers, suspension etc

Heavy tanks climb better I guess, but yea you've gotta upgrade everything :\

Crushing popcans is fun

The weight of it would make it fun to go crash around with, but I don't think you'll want one as battler.

Maybe tension bar suspension is a good idea. but I don't have any interest in metal panzer III and stug...
IMHO, that definitely is not a good direction they should go..

Yea definitively as a battler, it has its drawbacks. Ive yet to upgrade any motors though.

Stince wrote:

The metal tanks just don't interesting that much, I would rather see them come out with different ones then metal version of the ones all ready out.

I completely agree.

For what it is worth, there is my limited experience with rc tanks, for what it is worth (which may not be much).

I have had very good operating characteristics from the following set up with Tiger I's and the KT and panther;

- stock, plastic tracks

- stock wheels and sprockets etc.

- heavier suspension springs

- Mato 3:1's

- track with minimal number of links to prevent "throwing" tracks

These tanks are not "heavy" and they do not have realistic track sag.

I have not had any breakage of any kind in the "running gear" or gearboxes (I realize that may have been bad kharma to type )

These larger tanks do run well over a variety of surfaces and terrain.


My word on this is not the last word, others have different experience and opinions and that's fine, but due to my experiences, I am not interested in metal tanks, right now.




Too bad Murphy can't make it to June 16th

I would be interest to see what the sales look like for the metal Tiger.

It must higher than we think if they plan on coming out a metal Stug / Panzer III and Sherman.

I would like a metal sherman to drive around but may be not to battle with it..

ya i think i would like an all metal stug just to drive and to custom paint and also have a display made for it i like the all metal idea as long as it's affordable my thinking is it's going to be around the same as a Tiger all metal though

Too me it looks like it could be a giant rolling mirror if it was in a battle....