RE: TAIGEN FACTORY PICTURES
10-4 Chuck's photos of the HL shop showed that they have a much better organized system...and better looking assemblers..
Posted on: 5/17/2013 7:27 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: TAIGEN FACTORY PICTURES
sure you can stack tanks ...Russians did at Kursk[:D]
Posted on: 5/17/2013 5:05 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Stug with winterketten tracks
not to mention a broken back at the first big hole. [:@] Are those the "new" Wehrmacht issue colors?[8|] Winterketten make any Pz III chassis look good and they run great.
Posted on: 5/17/2013 6:58 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Ole Torpedo Chief
Don, Good to get some news from you. You have had more than your share of problems and Friede & I wish you all the best. We were in your area last week but a very tight schedule left us no time to drop in and do any socializing. Glad to know that you are still into Tigers. Keep up the good fight.. Bill & Friede
Posted on: 5/16/2013 1:58 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: For rust junkies
Those look like pretty decent shape and screaming for restoration. If it wasn't for the terrible shipping cost and customs hassle, I'd try to buy one and restore it,
Posted on: 9/16/2012 8:37 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: My Collection & Your Collection
Rex, used to have a lot more. but sold a lot off and concentrated on Israeli and Korea (my war). I have my hobby/instrument repair room set up for practical storage and museum style display. Wanted to buy my 1;1 scale back from Danville and put it back into original configuration, but my Minister of Finances and war sorta hinted about the prospects of my sleeping in it, so guessed at the answer being no. [&:]
Posted on: 9/13/2012 6:46 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Battlefield Factory Smoke Test
The Seuthe Railroad smoker does great. Only drawback is the 3.6V AA batteries to supply the required voltage to kick off the smoke. Batteries from Ebay...naturally Chinese, but they hold up pretty well. It gives a 25-30 minute smoke time before refills and recharge takes about 30 minutes. Uses standard RR smoke.
Posted on: 9/13/2012 2:06 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Screw Holes on top of Fenders on Tamiya M26
Question is which holes. The Pershing had 4 mounting holes on the right front for the horn bracket and all track guard (fender) end quarters should have holes for the braces which are used on Korean era Pershings, not WW II. (Most of these were welded in place, but some were bolted on.) There should be bolt holes along the sides for the skirts, which in most units were discarded or folded up for MG ammo stowage in Korea.
Posted on: 9/13/2012 4:41 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Battlefield Factory Smoke Test
Don is a great guy and really fighting his health issues, so has had to drop a lot of his tank activities. Got a note back fro, Harbor....says the smoke unit they have is too strong for my application and would probably cause damage to the tank. Guess I'll stay with standard RR smokers. Thankis for thye link. Bill
Posted on: 9/11/2012 8:13 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Battlefield Factory Smoke Test
Thanks Charlie, This idea has been brought up before, to have the DBU actuate the smoker and designate a kill....but looks as if no one carried it far. I don't do electronic work so wouldn't know where to start. Closest I got was to have Don help me installing a smoker set up in my Syrian Pz IV for an IDF target. When the turret traverses with gun over the LF ,2 micro switches are activated, starting the smoker and flashing lights in the turret, It's the same style RR smoker. I have a high volume smoker in my Egyptian T-100 but need more smoke for that huge turret. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7zTzvC2QCU&feature=plcp
Posted on: 9/10/2012 10:39 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Battlefield Factory Smoke Test
Thanks Charlie, I pulled up the website and asked about the unit without the fan and operation with four 3.6v AA s
Posted on: 9/9/2012 4:27 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Battlefield Factory Smoke Test
The RR smoker is great to simulate a dead tank. Only problem is requirement for much stronger AA batteries. I use it with my NKPA T-34/85 and it always gets some nice comments. Here it is with my M-46. Not quite tactically correct, but shows what I wanted to portray and easy to set up. What is the cost of a boat smoke such as you use and power source? I have a high volume smoker in my T-100 and would like more smoke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzvmEK0fwA Bill
Posted on: 9/9/2012 8:57 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Battlefield Factory Smoke Test
Looks good Charlie. Is this a standard model Railroad smoker? I use one in my "burning" T-34 and it looks pretty realistic.
Posted on: 9/8/2012 6:34 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: T-90MC
Interesting tank and very much improved. It seems to have the same problem as T-72 designs.....the driver can get in-out only if the turret is traversed with gun forward and auto loaders are still used. These have been proven to be extremely dangerous to crews as well as being a problem with malfunctions and jamming. Turret is still very cramped which leads to crew fatigue, which makes the crew combat innefective over a short time period. T-90 vs Abrams video is a typical propaganda release with a lot of Bravo Sierra and misinformation. I'd still take the Abrams or leo.
Posted on: 9/8/2012 6:25 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Off topic - rant
Unfortunately it's a geographical quirk. Here in SC, people seem to have a need of pronouncing everything in contradiction to the Webster dictionary. They sell IN-surance, not in-SHUR-ance, you eat an ERnge, not an orange, a popular name in Michaelis, normally pronounced Mi-kay-les is MIKe-a -lis , Kinnard, normally Kin-NARD is KIYE-nerd, Geiger, a very well known German name, pronounced GUY-ger, is here, GEE-ger. THE, when preceding a vowel or vowel sounding word is THEE, but here, it's THUH apple, THUH Earth....etc. The school system is rapidly deterriorating so no corrections are made, if even it is known to the teacher. Family school help is all but gone, outside of families who choose to home school their children. If the child learns in school; "I don't have any", and all he/she hears at home is "Ah ain't got none" where are we heading? [:'(] Check it out....these children want to grow up and be managers or CEOs. [:@] Maybe they will get a job writing assembly directions in China or Pakistan.[8|]
Posted on: 9/6/2012 9:10 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Cool Panther variant
There are lots of old Wehrmacht stuff in France. A few years ago one farm in 20 had a Kettenkrad. If it's sitting there unclaimed and they can get it running....someone will put it to use,
Posted on: 9/6/2012 7:48 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: My Collection & Your Collection
My collection has shrunk and now comprises tanks of Israel or Korea. The exception being the T-25 which is now a T-23. Change seen in the last photo. The Avatar collection is my guard unit. The unassigned dioramas take up more room.
Posted on: 9/4/2012 7:25 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: ISU-152 found in Ukraine, running
Fantastic find. looks like it had been sitting there in the field for years and they just decided to see if it would crank. I'd like to see it when they have it completey refurbished. Shame they had to de-mill the gun, but I can't believe that moron welding with no eye protection at all.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 8:46 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Off topic - rant
Jerry, you hit it. Some of the posts show a dire lack of English schooling. Bad enough to listen to Radio-TV announcers speaking about "THUH atmosphere" or selling "IN-surance". However, American on the other hand, is a very difficult and overly complicated language due to the thousands of foreign words incorporated into the former English language, combined with the sad fact that our schools and under qualified teachers are down grading everything with very little emphasis being on speaking properly. The integration of so much slang and accepted "street language" phrases into daily speaking and parents unable or unwilling to make corrections puts many younger people in a very awkward situation when applying for a higher level job. Now, they have to go to special schools or seminars to show them how to properly formulate resumes and how to speak. It's not a personal thing, but rather our modern society. There are so many differences between English and American, most European countries offer seperate language courses. I hope your post has made people aware of some common mistakes without injuring personal feelings. As if English/American grammar isn't intricate enough, try German or Hebrew.[:@]
Posted on: 9/2/2012 9:01 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Tanks vs. evil balloons
Really cute, with movie very well thought out and made. How 'bout that... a Taliban Tiger...
Posted on: 9/1/2012 11:44 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Cheap Heng Long's Disappearing?
Never could stand those Airfix 1;72 things. Rubber band tracks that never seem to sit right or lock together. Had to build a couple dioramas on that scale and it was twice the work as with 1;35. They do make good targets for a 22 or 177 pellet gun.[8|]
Posted on: 8/30/2012 6:21 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: T-34/76 & T-34/85 Showcase
nice try.....guess no one is interested in T-34s. [:o] Know there are some nice ones out there, but seem this site is loosing a lot of interest.
Posted on: 8/30/2012 6:17 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Cheap Heng Long's Disappearing?
Modelling has gone through some emmense changes. Modelbob tagged it....what used to be a kids hobby is now the "bigger kids" fun thing. I remember my first model...back in 1946/7??? a solid balsa model of an F-4F Wildcat that cost my dad a whopping 30 cents (Hey, that was standard hourly wage.) and glue for about a nickel. Then a balsa and paper flying Piper Cub that set my dad back around 75 cents. Tanks weren't even thought of as models back tnen, other that the plastic HO size "made in Occupied Japan" or the German made sheet metal wind up Pz II and white metal English Whippets. Later in late 1951-52 I built a wooden Tiger of probably around 1'35-45 scale and I think that cost somewhere around $2 or 3. But to look at the stuff now on the market thanks to or plastic technology, it's unreal. ..as are the prices.[:@] I recently built a diorama with a 1940s wooden/cardboard 60" 1/2 inch "scale" Searchlight kit. The kit did not include the generator or sound amp units, so they had to be scratch made....as about 50% of the wooden kit and hacking up some figures to get them somewhere within the odd scale of the searchlight. The interrior mirror was also not included. It really makes you appreciate our moden kits. Anyone else out there to have lucked out and got any of these featureless older models...or maybe some older guys like me still remember ther "quasi realistic" oddball scale model kits we used to get?
Posted on: 8/29/2012 9:38 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: T-34/76 & T-34/85 Showcase
I only had 3. One WSN static I got for conversion to T-34/76, which became my OT-34, one HL powered T-34/85 for my former Korean adversary and the scraps from both made up the "burning" version. I did a Pz IV the same way for a smoker, dressed up as a Syrian tank as a mobile target for my IDF tanks. RR smokers are touchy as it requires 4 3.8 V AA batteries (chinese) and a seperate 9V battery for the flashing lights and micro switches that kick off the smoker when the turret is traversed to a specific point over the LF fender. My Egyptian T-100 uses a high volume smoker which is powered by the tank battery and also triggered by a micro switch about the same location, near the light. The HV smoker takes a few seconds to kick out smoke, but the RR smoke chimney is nearly immediate. Don had originally set up blinking lights in the burning version, but it turned out not very realistic so I disconnected them. It would be interesting to see how many variations of the Pz III are out there. I had 8.
Posted on: 8/29/2012 8:55 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: Cheap Heng Long's Disappearing?
Cheap stuff is gone. A few years ago I needed a HL M-26 "bareback" for a chop-up cutaway to build up the interrior for a museum display. I got one damaged-unrepairable from HL in CA with no TX...I paid shipping cost and nothing else. They were happy to sell it and I just had to gut it and make a couple cosmetic repairs. The tank looks as if it was NOB. Now the people won't even reply and they changed the phone number.[:'(] To do this again would run me as much as buying a new one. BigMig is right on...even EBay is off the price scale..if it's cheap, the shipping makes up for any saving[:'(] I think HL is starting to wake up to the value of the tanks for modeling and conversions.[X(]
Posted on: 8/29/2012 8:31 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: T-34/76 & T-34/85 Showcase
T-34 is like the Pz III, lots of possibilities. Here's my T-34/85 modelled after a tank of the NKPA 3d Inf Div Korea 1951 set up with HL and DBU. OT-34 flame tank with flame(water) gun in the bow as was standard for this tank. Gun could reach out 9 feet. Utube video of washing down Danas Sherman. [X(] T-34/85 burning....effects from a railroad smoker, battery operated. Battery pack and smoker chimney placed under the tank so that the smoke rose through the turret and engine compartment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvTv24_l-M0&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzvmEK0fwA&feature=plcp Utube videos show both in action. last photos show damage common to a burned tank..suspension collapsed, anything not steel burned, sheet metal bent upward from explosions. The "burning" T-34 always is a hit, but tends to make the premisis owners a bit nervous.[:D]
Posted on: 8/29/2012 7:46 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: C'est Magnifique!
טוב מ�וד הו� �ותו למכירה? Very Nice....is it for sale?[8|] Not enough emphasis on the old beginnings of tank warefare. That's really nice.
Posted on: 8/27/2012 6:59 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: FRAG Aug 25th Battleday - Vid #1 Grand Tour
Fantastic area you have set up. Obviously has taken a lot of hours and dedication. Miss the dust being kicked up from the lead tank but interval was very proper. Only thing that really disturbed the video was the jolly green giants looking over the hill and the constant idle of the engine instead of revving up. Otherwise very realistic. Guess winter converts everything to the Ardennes?
Posted on: 8/27/2012 11:29 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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M-kniess kinderwelt-de
A while ago, someone asked about halftracks and other tanks on Michael's website in Germany. The problem was that the site was as temporarilly closed due to illness. I just received a nice email telling me that he was now back in business and that new models will be available by the end of this year or begining of next. These include a German and Russian Recon Vehicle as well as various tanks on the Pz 38T chassis. Neue Modelle werden Ende dieses oder Anfang nächstes Jahr zu haben sein. Geplant sind ein deutscher und ein russischer Panzerspähwagen sowie einige Varianten von Panzern mit dem Panzer 38t Fahrgestell. http://www.michels-kinderwelt.de/index.php?page=SN_CustomerInfo Bill
Posted on: 8/26/2012 11:24 AM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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RE: M113 makers in 1/16
Only one I have seen is Tamiya 1;35. Had to scratch make an M-59....there are NO models of it at all. Not even a Brit APC to use as a scratch base. Only thing for 1;16 is to use the HL M-41, reverse the chassis and build up from the tracks. Outside of HL off scale, at least the suspension is there.
Posted on: 8/23/2012 3:33 PM by Author "pattoncommander" in the forum "RC Tanks"
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