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Help with Taigen Sherman.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:55 pm
by moggy4
Hi Complete newbie here
bought a taigen tank from ebay on arrival the control mother board and remote control are henlong and the cables from the turret etc wont fit
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do i need to buy a taigen mother board and remote control or will this setup work somehow???
any help much appreciated
i have edited this post the tank is a taigen not tamiya. sorry for the mistake totally new to this
more pictures
Re: Help with tamiya
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:37 pm
by ColemanCollector
Hmmmmm, a metal turret? That's not Tamiya, plus their Sherman is the 105mm howitzer version, and the one you got is not. Was this a fully assembled Tamiya tank that someone has modified? If you paid Tamiya prices then you need to be contacting the seller. More pics please!
Mike.
Re: Help with tamiya
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:45 pm
by Jofaur86
Good evening,
You would not have omitted the post presentation? which allows other members to know a little more about you, your knowledge of RC models, and it's more user-friendly.
For your question? this isn't a Tamiya Sherman? if sold as is? big mistake!! except important modifications, Tamiya does not make metal turret, and the base support crown rotation? does not correspond to Tam. the barrel recoil / elevation system is an "Asiatam" mechanism more often used on Heng Long, Taigen, or Torro, perhaps Mato? but the metal turret (personal opinion) is not original. When is the electronics? which is very suitable, is Heng Long, it is also equipped with a wiring system for 360 ° rotation of the turret. Other photos would be welcome
Re: Help with tamiya
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:55 pm
by Jofaur86
for information, photos of a Tamiya Sherman, undercarriage, if your not so, no Tamiya
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in view of the 3 small Ball bearings on the turret base, does not exist on Tam, plus Taigen, Toro?
Re: Help with tamiya
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:10 pm
by john1970
The upper hull is as Taigen 76mm sherman IR version with 360 rotation the lower you haven't shown the board is a heng long V7. The taigen wiring is very different to the heng long wiring and the flash wont work with the heng long board depending on what lower hull you have it would be better to get a Taigen V3 board and controller then the turret will plug straight into it.
Re: Help with tamiya
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:38 pm
by john1970
It's not a Tamiya it's a Taigen sherman 76mm ir version get the taigen V3 board and controller everything will just plug in
Re: Help with taigen Sherman.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:02 pm
by Jofaur86
Jean1970, quite right, the simplest, and to use this:
Platinum V3 with sound module, specific Sherman, and its transmitter
https://www.rctank.de/Sherman-Platine-T ... ule-de-son
TX for V3
https://www.rctank.de/Taigen-V2-V3-telecommande-24-GHz
Different wiring diagrams, depending on equipment
https://www.taigentanks.com/pages/manuals-diagrams
Re: Help with Taigen Sherman.
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 10:40 am
by moggy4
Thanks for al your help.
have ordered the necessary parts and will no doubt be back as soon as i mess up
Re: Help with Taigen Sherman.
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:08 pm
by Herr Dr. Professor
"have ordered the necessary parts and will no doubt be back as soon as i mess up": now that's my kind of humor! You will be fine. I have installed over a dozen Taigen V3 boards with sound cards, smoke units, etc., and had no problems. It's a great start for those of us who take tentative steps with electronic. Keep us informed.