- New wiring with ni-cad cell. Tire switch works as stock.
I am getting closer to doing a rrc conversion to the Tamiya Dragon Wagon but first I managed to get another Peerless Max Motorized Dragon Wagon from ebay already built but never run. These kits were designed to be "free running" motorized kits with adjustable steering. They have a on\off switch and are able to run in circles with the trailer attached. Pretty sweet compared to a "static" model that does not move under its own power.
Back in the winter of 1978, when I got my first "motorized model kit", the Peerless Max M26 M15 A1 Tractor Truck with Trailer, It was a thrill to have a motorized scale model which was the first of its kind that I had seen at that time. I snapped it up from the local hobby store for $14.50. That started my model r\c journey that is still in force today 41 years later.
At that time I was a very young man and was eager to get the M26 up and running but not as a free running motorized scale model, but as a full radio remote control 2 channel Digital proportional scale model
Well, that did not work out well (at first) as radio control tech as a mainstream interest had barely began (1977 was when I first started seeing r\c toys in stores. It took a few years of trying different things and experimenting with electronics and learning to get something that looked like a radio control model (1981) but was crude looking and far from scale look. In the mean time I enrolled into a college program to earn a degree in electronics and finally started my career as an electronic technician for a big fancy company called IBM.
I am now retired a little early due to a disability and have the time now to pursue my interest in radio remote control of all types including aircraft.
So anyway, I got a Peerless Max M-26 from ebay recently for cheap and it looks like it never ran as it had multiple build and wiring issues which I have been working on and have restored to working operation as its intended purpose as a "free running motorized scale model". I got such a thrill seeing this Tractor run in circles on my kitchen table
After 41 years, I finally got to see one running in stock form!
Here is the video of a Peerless Max M-26 running as intended. I am pretty sure this is a first lol because no one ever bothered doing a video of one back then because we did not have the video tech.
https://youtu.be/h4eyuyEhfVg
Here is another video showing both of my Peerless M-26 Tractors with trailers
https://youtu.be/fkJByxckHUM