Early m4a1

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I have 2 sets of mato plastics. Problem it these are henglong bogies
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Exhibitedbrute wrote:I have 2 sets of mato plastics. Problem it these are henglong bogies
So are Lee's, and he has Mato wheels. And I'll be fitting mine to Heng Long boogers :thumbup:
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I have been sent a screen shot of the early 5 spokes for $6 but not sure of the scale till I find the website my self
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Exhibitedbrute wrote:I have been sent a screen shot of the early 5 spokes for $6 but not sure of the scale till I find the website my self
Wow, that's a lot of money for a screen shot. . . .

I bet they are 1/35th
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As Mick pointed out, I have also used the heng long bogies with a set of mato wheels, I chose to use them as they have rubber tyres and are a little wider which was good as I've also used a set of mato tracks. The first 2 pics show the converted bogies and the last pic show the mato wheels fitted but before I converted the bogies, this doesn't make any difference to how the wheels fit though :thumbup:

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Don't forget to drill out the spokes on the idler wheels also if you've not already done so :thumbup:

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Ok, so I've just taken an up to date pic, this is how it stands now, notice that I've also added a set of lifting rings to the first and last bogies on both sides :thumbup:

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What make of idlers are they Lee?

Mr Model Builder 4, you really need your own build thread. . . . So I can steal all your ideas :D
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They are a set of metal mato idlers Mick but I substituted the front of them with the original plastic piece with a little modding as it was easier to drill the holes in and it still retains its strength as the main part is metal :thumbup:

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My issue with my idlers are they are metal and I have no plastics only the road wheels are plastic
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