Scouring the Web for a Mato 1/16 Sherman M4A1
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Re: Scouring the Web for a Mato 1/16 Sherman M4A1
Tanks alot....
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Just passing along the info...nothing more.Son of a gun-ner wrote:Irritates the hell out of me that he states it's the perfect and correct model for a British firefly.tankme wrote:Haya still has an entire tank listed or just the upper hull and turret. https://www.hayaltd.co.uk/ Just put M4A1 in the search box. Two of the 6 results do not have a "sold out" message on them.
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Which was a job well done, I'm sure the OP appreciates ittankme wrote:Just passing along the info...nothing more.Son of a gun-ner wrote:Irritates the hell out of me that he states it's the perfect and correct model for a British firefly.tankme wrote:Haya still has an entire tank listed or just the upper hull and turret. https://www.hayaltd.co.uk/ Just put M4A1 in the search box. Two of the 6 results do not have a "sold out" message on them.
My comment wasn't directed at you, it was just an observation about the listing statement
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Re: Scouring the Web for a Mato 1/16 Sherman M4A1
its nice to have an alternative, but it would save a lot of work to buy Christian's hull and metal hatches.Manu-Military wrote:Have you seen this one?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-16-Sherman-M ... SwfiZczC2a
Re: Scouring the Web for a Mato 1/16 Sherman M4A1
Guiltyc.rainford73 wrote:Did you snag the kit?
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lmcq11 wrote:Guiltyc.rainford73 wrote:Did you snag the kit?
Go Louis
Although I did send the chap a PM on the 10th with Nick's email address, and heard nothing back from him after he read my message, in fact, Mr Dev_Estate hasn't been back on the forum since the twelfth.
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Well done Louis glad its found a great home!
Tanks alot....
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Hi Carl and Son of a Gun-nerc.rainford73 wrote:Well done Louis glad its found a great home!
I did gamble on a ebay buy-it-now auction last summer. Some nice gentlemen in the US, who obviously did not know what he had, was selling a "Tamiya 1/16 M4 Sherman Howitzer R/C Tank for parts or rebuilding" with a few really bad pictures that i could not determine for sure what it really was. I saw part of a hull, some tracks and some sprues. I thought at worst it was probably an old chassis from the 70s that i could use the HVSS suspension. He let it go for $120.
Upon opening the box, i discover a Full Option kit with all the electronics, clean with new gearbox, extra sprues, 2 upper hulls, turret, good tracks, spare parts for suspension... Everything is there, including replacements for the headlights... Oh, one of the suspension bogie is loose... What a deal.
The plan is to convert it to an M4A1 76(w) HVSS with the Nick Aguilar kit. But that Tamiya electronic does not have recoil, so i will probably resell those. All my tanks are now setup and wired for Clark boards.