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MikeC
Field Marshal
Posts : 3047
Join date : 2013-08-25
Location : Toronto, Ontario
 |  Subject: And Now for Something Completely Different  Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:56 pm | |
| Always been curious about this and notice price has gone down some what and Twin Horse (a la Hooben) says it has stock again so bite the bullet. Could have gotten it a bit cheaper if I leave it in my cart but cheap enough for me. Showed up in a week from China. The trick to buying from Hooben is 1. Never buy pre-order from them. 2. Try to buy from dealers. 3. Only buy when they say they have it in stock. Basically dates mean nothing to them. Lastly, you can always try you luck with Amazon. You would be pretty safe there but you do pay a premium, upwards of $100 CAD more. So far I have never had any issues whatsoever buying directly from them, always free shipping but always have to pay in USD. Thought about building this but then saw the number of bolts you have to put on it yourself. Chain drive BTW.  Nice graphics but Dean already said no yellow ! Funny enough none of the colour scheme in the box has yellow .............  Metallic look would make it look really SteamPunk ish. No, MFU is not included.  Plastic tracks and all servos are included for the rotation and elevation of the two main cannons. Yes, I did say cannons....... Actually they are 6 pdrs, so it is already got twice the fire power of a Churchill/Crusader/Cromwell.......LOL.
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MikeC
Field Marshal
Posts : 3047
Join date : 2013-08-25
Location : Toronto, Ontario
| | Subject: Re: And Now for Something Completely Different Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:04 pm | |
|  Lots of PE parts and the main body is pre-build. Plastic bogies.  Metal sprockets and also the metal gear for the chain drive as you can see in the parts box. Four sheets of the rhombus shape sides where the tracks will run. |
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Hammertime999999999
Lieutenant
Posts : 790
Join date : 2017-01-09
Location : Waterloo ON
| | Subject: Re: And Now for Something Completely Different Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:29 pm | |
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dgsselkirk
Field Marshal
Posts : 3242
Join date : 2013-02-12
Age : 64
Location : Kitchener ON
| | Subject: Re: And Now for Something Completely Different Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:02 pm | |
| Can't wait to see it run! :-)
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MikeC
Field Marshal
Posts : 3047
Join date : 2013-08-25
Location : Toronto, Ontario
| | Subject: Re: And Now for Something Completely Different Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:10 am | |
| Scared to build it right now so not going to be anytime soon. PE parts and small bolts. Not my strong suit. |
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Wilky
Private
Posts : 11
Join date : 2023-09-30
Location : Thedford
| | Subject: Re: And Now for Something Completely Different Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:28 pm | |
| Interesting! I must resist, I must resist.......... |
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Shoveler74
Second Lieutenant
Posts : 583
Join date : 2017-03-23
Age : 49
Location : Prineville, Oregon
| | Subject: Re: And Now for Something Completely Different Wed Nov 22, 2023 5:00 pm | |
| That looks excellent! All those little details are worth it in the end!
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MikeC
Field Marshal
Posts : 3047
Join date : 2013-08-25
Location : Toronto, Ontario
| | Subject: Re: And Now for Something Completely Different Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:42 pm | |
| I asked Hooben what the cost is to upgrade all the rivets and bolts to metal and it was $225 USD. I thought they were joking and I started looking into it. After some searching it turns out $225 USD is actually a deal for the rivets and bolts on this tank. 2000 rivets and 600 bolts would cost me about $600 USD.
So that was a hard NO since the tank is only $450 USD. |
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