Good Afternoon,
Welcome to the Forum! Pictures of your new tank when you get the chance, please. We love to chat and kick the virtual road wheels around here.
regards,
Painless
Sorry guys for the late reply, to bring you up to date the place i purchased it from didnt do anything about the problem so I bought a pair of gear boxes on ebay, they are still working fine, but i have submitted a new post in the general forum. Sponghoobtank82 in answer to your question I have built and sailed, 1/128 HMS Sheffield WW2, and 1/96n IJN Yamato which was 9ft long and fully ballasted weighed 9st,. currently I have 1/40 Modern german mtb and also modern german fast minesweeper in 1/40.
cheers