Matorro Jagdtiger? What's it like?

[Plumbguy]

Hello everybody! I'm thinking of getting a matorro Jagdtiger but I'm not sure whether to get it, I can't find any reviews and I can't find it on amazon.Can someone give me the pros and cons with it and maybe where to buy it from? I'm kind of stuck

[MichaelC]

Plumbguy,

I bought mine from this guy a year and a bit ago. This is the link to his KT but you can try asking him.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Built-1-16-Walte ... RTM1793562

He seems to have one once in a while, and he usually custom paint them and charge more for it. When I bought it off him it was stock and more reasonably priced. It is a pretty basic tank, the electronics looks like Heng Long but it doesn't work with them even if you use the right crystal. Gearbox are okay, and you have to find specific metal ones for them as well as the metal sprockets. I also got Impact tracks for mine and converted it to IR battle, servo recoil and Clark electronics.

The stock suspension is pretty sucky, and to this day I still can't figure out how to remove the road wheels. The bigger issue if you are are bolt counter is that the length is the same as their KT which is not accurate (In real life JT is suppose to be 26cm longer than a KT). The problem is that the JT has a clear gap between the idler and the last roadwheel to account of this difference but in the Matorro JT you don't see this. Secondly, the slope of the superstructure angle is wrong, as in the real JT there is no change in angle when you transition from the lower hull to the superstructure.

I have mine for about a year and then sold it and decided to do a proper one with the right superstructure and the length. I also have the Matorro KT which uses the same lower hull but I replaced the lower hull with the new Taigen one which is much better. This is the link to my new JT just in case you are interested with the proper hull angle and length.

viewtopic.php?f=33&t=13100

MIchaelC.

[Plumbguy]

Thanks! That helped massively, I might convert a KT

[ALPHA]

One vendor that says they have them in stock is HobbyRaw.... they are kind of shady.. I don't like to recommend them... items take a long time to get to you..and communications are terrible
http://www.hobbyraw.com/item.jsp?id=311&cid=56 it's a risky venture since they say "low stock"



and this isn't the Mattoro

Good Luck

ALPHA

[Plumbguy]

At the minute i'm looking for A Jagdtiger, they seem so rare!

[ALPHA]

At the minute i'm looking for A Jagdtiger, they seem so rare!

Yeah they are... at one time I did consider ordering that on...but after my first dealing with them on the T34 I said to myself it wasn't worth the headache...with that said... they did come through with the tank I had ordered...but it took three months of prodding

But if you must have it... there it is... seems like something Heng Long might have done awhile ago...but probably not.... I forget the other brand that did make them.. but there was a bump on the lower hull glacis plate that needs attention

ALPHA

[MichaelC]

Thanks! That helped massively, I might convert a KT

If you want to do it for cheap this might be an option. I only have his SU-100 and it was okay.

http://www.an-bri-rc-modellbau.de/epage ... rumbausatz

Juckenburg upper (The one I have now) is the only one I know that is to scale.

MichaelC.

[PainlessWolf]

Good Morning,
Go to the 'For Sale' Sub Header here on the Forum. A Member named Painkiller might still have one for sale out of his collection.
regards,
Painless

[ALPHA]

Good Morning,
Go to the 'For Sale' Sub Header here on the Forum. A Member named Painkiller might still have one for sale out of his collection.
regards,
Painless

I think it was Painkiller that had the problem with the humps on the glacis .... I do recall him finally fixing it

ALPHA

[Plumbguy]

I've found one on a French website, a Matorro JT usual accessories for £139...... I'll have to find some reviews about the website, I'm not quite sure if it's a good or dodgy site.