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Suspension for Heng Long Sherman - now sorted!

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This is a really odd request! I am in the process of respraying my brand new Sherman. Everything is in a nice coat of Tamiya Olive Drab No9 and I have been painting the tyres on the road wheels and idlers in Panzer Grey and spraying the tracks in my favourite shade of dark metallic silver and have then applied a coat of track wash. Great! Yes it is but I have since realised that I have 4 right hand suspension units and 2 left!! Obviously some poor soul at the Heng Long factory wasn't watching what they are doing. Unfortunately, as I've sprayed it, I can't send it back to the suppliers so, a request. Does anyone who may have replaced their running gear with metal units have a decent left hand side unit that they would either sell to me or swap for my 'spare' right hand side? My Plan B is to buy a lower hull but it seems a pity to do that, especially as I'd still be stuck with an odd number of suspension units on the spare lower hull!

If you can help, please PM me,
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Re: Suspension for Heng Long Sherman

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Hi Simon,
Who did you buy the M4 from?
if it was a reputable dealer I feel sure that if you explain what has happened that they will do the right thing and provide the correct suspension unit/s :thumbup:
I think I am about to upset someone :haha:
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jarndice wrote:Hi Simon,
Who did you buy the M4 from?
if it was a reputable dealer I feel sure that if you explain what has happened that they will do the right thing and provide the correct suspension unit/s :thumbup:
Bought via eBay from a company called Wicked Imports in Crewe. They are just a warehouse. They occasionally get returns but normally for electronic faults which they then sell off on Ebay for spares or repair. As it stands, what can they do with a tank which only has 2 suspension units on the left side? Of course I can ask and I can drive over easily enough. If I hadn't painted it then it would have been a straight swap, no problem. What a pain! But it strikes me that there must be loads of spare units amongst the rctankwarfare 'massif' who have upgraded to Taigen metal units? Or maybe not!
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I can do you a swap, as I want to convert a set to M3 anyway, so it shouldn't matter which hand they are when the return roller is going dead centre.

Can you post a picture of the one you WANT, just to make sure no wires get crossed :thumbup:
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That’s brilliant - phew!!
Could you Message me your email address and I will forward a photo- the last time I used a photo service it was Photobucket and it was such a pain to use it that when they decided to charge, I stopped so I don’t post images anymore! I hope that’s okay?
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You can upload pictures on this forum without need of third party service... Just click Upload attachment under post.
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Okay, let’s try!

Problem- it’s 1.6 MiB - not sure how to make it less than 1 ?
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LOL. This is a left hand one.
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Yes, that’s the one Mick!
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Cool :thumbup:

Let's share postal details via PM :thumbup:
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