January TOTM submission, now voting thread.

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January Poll

Poll ended at Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:11 am

1. 1942 DAK Panzer IV
4
8%
2. Early version SU 152
13
27%
3. Pendenschürzen Stug 3
13
27%
4. SU-85
2
4%
5. Vietnam era Sheridan
10
20%
6. Ostfront Tiger 1
7
14%
 
Total votes: 49

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Son of a gun-ner
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January TOTM submission, now voting thread.

Post by Son of a gun-ner »

Hello and a Happy New Year to you all :wave:

And what better way to kick off the new year than with a Tank Of The Month competition :thumbup:

Although all RC military vehicles are welcome to join in with the fun, next month as promised will be solely dedicated to Trucks only, therefore you may want to take that into consideration when submitting your entries.

As you have probably noticed, I prefer to stay neutral with my opinions of submitted models, but this time I'm going to break cover and mention what would really impress me this month, especially as it's winter here in Britain, any winter weathered or camouflaged vehicles would get extra admiration ;)

Thank you for reading this post. We look forward as always to see what models are submitted :thumbup:

This month's TOTM chat thread can be found here:
January TOTM chat thread. - RC Tank Warfare
viewtopic.php?f=203&t=31008
Mick - The grit in the underpants of life!
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TOTM needs YOU :thumbup: support YOUR TOTM competition, I'm doing my part, are YOU?
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Re: January TOTM submission thread.

Post by PainlessWolf »

Happy New Years, Mick!
I don't have any Winter cammo'd Vehicles so you will have to deal with the 'Polar' opposite. Here is my Desert War 1942 DAK Panzer IV, 'Freda'. This tank was built out of Heng Long, Taigen and Tamiya components with a little scratch building and a lot of eye fooling detail added on. The Panzer was built and painted by me and is a culmination of a 'Want' kept for a long time on the dusty back shelving of my mind. Stock Heng Long gearboxes were smoothed and the suspension beefed up by modded Taigen metal components and running gear. Better electronics and lighting were added along with some hard to find as 'Hens teeth' detailing and crew figures. A lot of research and poking Jarndice with questions went into the paint and unit markings and I ended up with a fantasy version of an actual tank. Here are the Links to the Build and Show Off threads and a short Counter Top video on the 'Tube'. Enjoy! PICS: ( Click to Enlarge )
regards to all,
Painless

Build: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20380
Show-Off: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=30683
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ6PjNglInQ
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Weathering Complete...Rolling away from the Docks into the Blue..jpg
Alpha would love it...Panzer Vor!.jpg
Alpha would love it...Panzer Vor!.jpg
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Storch-eye View.jpg
Signs indicate a long drive ahead to catch up with Rommel....jpg
Signs indicate a long drive ahead to catch up with Rommel....jpg
Required Bucket....jpg
Required Bucket....jpg
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Drivers turn to ventilate.....jpg
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Funker Operator catching the breeze from 22 tons in motion.jpg
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Re: January TOTM submission thread.

Post by HERMAN BIX »

I will have a go this round too.

Early version SU 152, Battle of Mius River, September 1943.
Old Taigen lower hull, H/L upper hull with very old Jukenburg conversion kit.
V3 Taigen electronics, metal running gear, steel gearboxes, and glorious metal barrel from a club member’s surplus pile!
Loaded with pigments and wash from MIG .
Build link : viewtopic.php?f=23&t=29570

All pics will enlarge & enable zoom.
Thanks for looking in & very happy new year to you all.
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HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Re: January TOTM submission thread.

Post by xhelfix »

Good evening,

at the moment my time here at the forum is a bitt limitet because of a bitt stress at home, but taking part is always nice and worth it :thumbup:

So i will join in with an german piece of an stug 3 with "Pendenschürzen".
I build it 6 jears ago, befor i was here at this forum, so sorry, no building report.

Ist an HL plaste chassi, a bit optimiced.
The Zimmerit is milliput and stamps.
The Pendelschürzen are the kit from Tank-Modellbau.
The Crew is from Licmas-Tank.
Inside is working an Taigen electrik bind with my Flysky.

Here is is:
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Here you can see it at the start of the video:

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Greetz, Andy
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Re: January TOTM submission thread.

Post by Exhibitedbrute »

As it’s shaping up to be an unofficial TD month, why not.
Here’s my su-85.
This has been entered before but since then I have improved the weathering added some cables a tarp and a bundle of logs
As before it’s running on the IBU2U with elevation recoil and flash
Standard smoker at the moment but will likely be changed when it burns out
No battle system on this one though as it’s more of a show tank than a battle tank
Also sports metal tracks and gearboxes. It doesn’t really need them but it has them because, well it can I suppose
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Re: January TOTM submission thread.

Post by lmcq11 »

Hi,

To warm up the winter, here is a Vietnam era Sheridan. Its the Tamiya static version converted to RC with Clark control board, Mato gearbox, Vietnam modifications, etc. The figures and accessories are conversions from Sol Models, Verlinden, Dragon and other. Pictured in my wife's garden last summer.
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Tamiya 1/16 Sheridan Vietnam
Regards, Louis
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Re: January TOTM submission thread.

Post by Rob59 »

Hello guys.
Due to this wintertime of the year, I want to throw in my Ostfront Tiger 1, Befehlswagen III
It is just another Tiger and in fact nothing special compared to most amazing tanks shown in this topic, but I just like the entire scenery setup, I made the pics in.
The Tiger is a metal one from Taigen and its weight is 7,9kg's, with the old RX-18 board inside, stock out of the box electronics.
The crew and Tankriders are from China
Enjoy the pics.
Cheers from across the Channel,
Rob.

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