I got my first Tamiya in the mail today!!!

I' m just waiting on some upgrade parts to come before I start my build, so your going to have to wait to see what it is.
And Stinger no telling them what is.

Tamiya?!
don't tell me it is leopard 2

Sweet!

I'll give em a hint...
the country of origin is : !$##%*&^#$%!
The barrel length is : !#$^%$&%^$
and it is a ^%#$E&^%$&^%$ duty tank

hmmmm...everytime I try to write something, it gets edited...weird

Actuallly, the barrel length is incorrect.

But what will Captain Action have to say about this.

Now you will have something few of us here have, full acceptance on RCU

Congrats on the new toy , it will be interesting to see the build thread.

SPLITTER.... ya GD SPLITTER !!! Ya RCU flunky !!! Ya bunch of Tojo Stooges !! Next you will be telling us about a cute dress you seen at the mall ... and how you are in need of a spa day ! Did it come with a nice purse to carry it in ?
That's It the Pan-Tiger is getting a new Hedgerow cutter this summer Sooo, go and pritty up your Tamiya toys, it's all cat food for the PAN-TIGER !!
And Glen don't you get any ideas I got my eye on you !
CAPTAIN { PAN-TIGER ,THE tamiya CAN OPENER} ACTION , Dat's ME !!

You just wait until you see what I do!

Stince says...( The tamiya kit's are suppose to be quite well done , bla bla bla) and so it starts ,Ho boy......
So you like building tanks Eh ? Just make sure you order lots of extra parts...LOTS... I will give you the JOY of rebuilding your tamiya every month! Bring a dust pan and a broom to the battle days !! you are going to need it !!!
Im going to ask MatoMart to sponsor my Tamiya killer !!...
PAN-TIGER THE TAMIYA KILLER !! Yumm......

If everything goes to plan, it will be carrying the Pan-Tiger off the battlefield.

Pan-Tigers seem a blood thursty bunch. I'll be needing to bring mine next time just to learn it the ways of the Pan-Tiger

Just check my tracking numbers, I should have my aluminum upgrade parts tomorrow and hopefully the new road wheels by the end of the week.
Looks like I'll be able to start on it this weekend, and the mystery will be revealed.

King Hauler ...

With dual overhead howitsers... 6 on da frame and 8 on the sunvisors. You lil panny is screwed.

Started the build today!

I'll try to post some pictures up tonight, if not tomorrow.
It's fitting together very nicely. I hope to have most of it built this weekend, still waiting for the road wheels to come in.

And NO, Captian Action it's a King Hauler.

Sorry I didn't post up any update guys, got hit with a really bad flu on Sunday and I'm just recovering now. Anyway I promise pictures and here they are!


And those who thought it was a tank, sorry it's a a UniMog!?!


What is a UniMog you ask?

This is a Mog!





The Kit comes nicely packaged.




The parts with some of the upgrades.



First upgraded parts, an aluminum motor mount and a motor with more toque.



Second upgrade was a metal spur gear which all ready comes assembled.


I also upgraded the plastic bearings to some rubber sealed ones.



A little tip! A good way to spread the grease on gears, use an old paint brush! Just don't use it for painting after.

Here are some more pictures.

The rear axle.



One of the nice things about this kit is it gives you the choice to leave the rear differential unlock or locked.
I decided to lock mine up, i hoping it will give it some pulling power.


Under the chassis.


Mock-up with the tires. This are not the stock tires that came with the kit.



This is really a nice kit and could easily be done in a weekend if one want too.
(and was my plan if I didn't get sick )



But why I'm I posting this on a tank forum you ask?

Well my plan is to convert this over to a Canadian CMP truck with hopes that it will be able to pull a trailer for some tank recovery battles.
I know it might be on the large end of scale, but it should be close. Our field is not like Danville with smooth hard ground, ours is rough and needs a beast of a truck if it going to pull tanks.

Here is a mock-up of a cab I was doing for a Bruder truck.






I know the tire are over-sized, but it has to move across a grassy field.

OOOoooooooh, I have a trailer with no truck....yet !
That might be the ticket !

That is going to look pretty good . Nice video too

THIS IS SO AWESOME!!

What is the wheelbase roughly? How many different armored cars can we make from it?

The wheel base is about 6.5" wide and front to back centers about 9".

Went to finish up the Mog today, took some more pictures but I'll have to wait until upload them on the computer. ( using the wife's iPad at the moment )

I got the chassis all put together, but I had to wait for a battery to charge up before I could test it.

So while I was waiting I thought I would start on the body that came with the kit. Cut off the excesses plastic from the body was probably the hardest part of the build.

Finally with a fresh battery a got to test it! Some what.

The receiver binded easily, the steering works, but I've got no go.

First I saw smoke from the motor, yikes! So I took it after it cooled off and looked it over. One of the connentor wires was touch up against the side, so I bent it back and tested it again.
Motor is working fine but as soon as I hook it up to the gears - nothing.

So tore all the gears out and replace them, double checking the manual each step. Still nothing.

Tore the whole front end apart to see if something was jamming and put it all back together. Still nothing.

After some thought, I think it might be the transmission cover. When it's tighten down the gears seem to bind up, but if I loosen it up the gear pop out place, the cover is meant to hold the gears in place.

Can you hear the motor "trying" to go?

I mean its attempted to deliver torque right, so not a speed control issue?

Yes its try to go. The motor runs fine when it not connect to the gears.