Tamiya single motor keep or ditch ?

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Uni150
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Tamiya single motor keep or ditch ?

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Just acquired a vintage tamiya leopard 1 A4 in pieces and my question is should should I keep or ditch the original single motor set up with clutches etc or upgrade to more modern twin motor gearboxes. Is this a rare tank as I cannot seem to find any parts for it anywhere.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Current project T-28 super heavy tank
HL King tiger
HL Tiger 1 x 2
HL Sherman
Torro leopard 2
Taigen Tiger 1
HL Abrams
HL Stug 3
Tamiya leopard 1 modified and upgrade
Taigen sturmtiger
Heng long challenger 2
Sure there will be more! :D
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Re: Tamiya single motor keep or ditch ?

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I've successfully been able to operate my single motor dual clutch Tamiya King Tiger on an IBU2 for several years now. I believe the transmission setup is similar if not the same. Hope this helps

Carl
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Re: Tamiya single motor keep or ditch ?

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Tanks alot.... :wave:
Uni150
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Re: Tamiya single motor keep or ditch ?

Post by Uni150 »

Thanks Carl that's helpful I think my first job is to see if the drive all works ok then decide, I am leaning towards changing to more modern drive arrangement as that will be a fairly cheap solution as I may have all the bits for that already.
Current project T-28 super heavy tank
HL King tiger
HL Tiger 1 x 2
HL Sherman
Torro leopard 2
Taigen Tiger 1
HL Abrams
HL Stug 3
Tamiya leopard 1 modified and upgrade
Taigen sturmtiger
Heng long challenger 2
Sure there will be more! :D
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Re: Tamiya single motor keep or ditch ?

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If you do change keep the bits!
Uni150
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Re: Tamiya single motor keep or ditch ?

Post by Uni150 »

gearbox parts now on ebay if anyone is interested not sure if i am allowed to include link so won't but sure you will find it if you search
Current project T-28 super heavy tank
HL King tiger
HL Tiger 1 x 2
HL Sherman
Torro leopard 2
Taigen Tiger 1
HL Abrams
HL Stug 3
Tamiya leopard 1 modified and upgrade
Taigen sturmtiger
Heng long challenger 2
Sure there will be more! :D
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