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Chrometitan Recruit
Posts : 4 Join date : 2014-04-13 Location : Burlington ON, CA
| Subject: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 12:12 am | |
| SO. i have been interested in tanks all my life, I looked on ebay and found a 40$ heng long abrams. It looked cool so i bought it. then i found a couple of infrared tigers so i bought them. I live in burlington so there is really only 2 hobby that sell rc stuff/ModelTanks. Then one day i walk into a little store call skycrafthobbys. The FIRST thing i see is some rc tanks. Of course i bought one. (KV-1) It would not turn on or move just made static noise Next day i took it back because it was not working. So they took the broken one and i got a new one.(King Tiger) WHAT DO YOU KNOW its broken.(The airsoft gun wouldent shoot) So once again i take it back and got a new one, we decided to test it to make sure it works before i take it home. (Tiger 1) Works great, tracks where too tight and snapped but i fixed it. A week later i come back in with the intention to buy another tank. Only panthers where left. Oh My God. . . We must of went through 3/4 tanks before we got a working one. Then after another week they got the new tanks in. Turns out they are not all panthers . . . I think they are doing this just because of me lol. Anyways I painted the Abrams and got some more tank models. The 3 M3 Lees can have gearboxes put into them so if anyone knows anybody that sell them hit me up. https://imgur.com/a/bXQLmOh yeah. Forgot to talk about my self. My names John, Im 6'2 and im 15. Hope to see some of you at the ROM on the 31st! |
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tomzag Second Lieutenant
Posts : 624 Join date : 2013-03-18
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 8:57 am | |
| congratulations! serious collection. |
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dgsselkirk Field Marshal
Posts : 3234 Join date : 2013-02-12 Age : 64 Location : Kitchener ON
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 9:45 am | |
| Hi John, Looking forward to meeting you on the 31st! _____________________________________________ "There are things in Russia which are not as they seem..." Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Too many tanks, not enough time....
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Stince General
Posts : 2371 Join date : 2012-03-21 Age : 49 Location : Windsor, Ontario
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 10:35 am | |
| Hi John, welcome to the forum.
Yes, this hobby is addictive.
If you get another tank, don't worry just come to the forum and we will be able to give you an answer to fix it. Everyone at some point has had an issue with a Heng Long, but are usually easy to fix.
_____________________________________________ HL Panzer III | HL Tiger | HL Jagdpanther | HL Panther | Mato Sherman Hooben Elefant | HL Pershing | HL Bergepanzer IV | Tamiya Leopard 1A | WSN T-34 HL "Golden" Pan-Tiger | M16 Halftrack | HL Panzer IV | Tamiya KV-1 | Tamiya Tiger
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Stinger Captain
Posts : 948 Join date : 2012-06-10 Location : Niagara
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 7:41 pm | |
| Welcome... make sure you bring some of that collection to the next battle...targets are always welcome ! As mentioned, there's always people willing to help, so don't hesitate to ask. Stinger _____________________________________________ My Tanks <<== Click hereCan-Am Tank Club <<< Web site linkTiger I | King Tiger | Panther G | PzIII | PzIV | Stug IV | SturmTiger | Pershing/Howitzer | M16 Halftrack | M26 Super Pershing | M48 Patton | M41 Bulldog | Gepard | Leopard | KV-1 | KV-2 |T-34 | |
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Freakydude Sgt-Major
Posts : 454 Join date : 2012-11-25 Location : Barrie
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 7:50 pm | |
| I quit smoking after 30 years, wonder how long the tanking thing will get me....
I keep tellin myself just one more build, you can paint the last one next week lol |
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Chrometitan Recruit
Posts : 4 Join date : 2014-04-13 Location : Burlington ON, CA
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 8:43 pm | |
| Quick question, Where do you guys buy the infared sensors? Also will ANY kind of infared thing work?
The 2 little tiger 1s are infared. I might just take it out of there or just convert it to a smaller ww2 real life tank thats still in 1/16 scale. maybe convert it to arillery? What do you think? |
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Airbrushler Retired
Posts : 2567 Join date : 2012-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Windsor, ON
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 9:21 pm | |
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tomzag Second Lieutenant
Posts : 624 Join date : 2013-03-18
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 9:23 pm | |
| Airbrushler will provide excelent paint job if needed. |
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Chrometitan Recruit
Posts : 4 Join date : 2014-04-13 Location : Burlington ON, CA
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 9:26 pm | |
| I have all of the testors enamal paint and a ton of other modeling paint. I got a airbrush and water based paint. since i hate water based paint i use it was a wash some times. |
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tomzag Second Lieutenant
Posts : 624 Join date : 2013-03-18
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Fri May 09, 2014 10:19 pm | |
| i c, no wonder your tanks look awesome. |
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Chrometitan Recruit
Posts : 4 Join date : 2014-04-13 Location : Burlington ON, CA
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Sat May 10, 2014 1:00 am | |
| It still has blotches of base coat on it, I currently dont have a soddering gun get so i can remove the turret exactly. But just right now im turning the mini tiger into a SPG gun carrier. Fingers crossed it turns out. Ill post pictures soon!
@Tomzag, the pictures did not turn out well in almost complete darkness just with the flash. Tommoro ill post some with them in proper lighting.
(Sorry if you guys are getting email notifications and i am bugging you)
Edit: Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/ZY7yz
Finishing stuff later |
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knispel Retired
Posts : 1318 Join date : 2012-07-01 Age : 72 Location : North of Kitchener
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Tue May 13, 2014 8:19 am | |
| Nice collection .A word about the tank addiction,get another display shelf ,you'll be needing it soon |
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pzkpfw_steve Lance Corporal
Posts : 92 Join date : 2013-07-09 Location : Hamilton, On.
| Subject: Re: This is addicting - John Tue May 13, 2014 4:19 pm | |
| Hey John,
if you need any help in person fixing tanks I'm in Hamilton. we can always meet up and take a look.
I started last year. the internal electronics can be daunting if you don't know where to start but are actually fairly simple. you just need someone to explain it the first few times. _____________________________________________ My Tanks: HL - Pershing, Pz III/IV My Blog |
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