quick release tops for tanks

[mike1268]

Ok, I've heard people talking about quick release tops/shells. My only experience of this is the nasty rods sticking through the top of my old RC car that you put a pin through.

How are you guys keeping the tops on your tanks, I would like some ideas as my little Stug is currently screwed down.

[tomhugill]

Magnets work well. The Taigen metal chassis usually come with a facility for the quick release top with comprises of a latch which holds the top on.

[jarndice]

As Tom say's TAIGEN HULLS come with a quick release, the good news is that it comes as a complete kit including instructions, which means that it will convert a HENG LONG body as well as a TAIGEN body so they are interchangeable, If you are building a PANZER 4 and you are fitting engine bay hatches this requires the removal of the HENG LONG locating points and this is where the use of "NEO-DYMIUM magnets are so useful. You mount them on the stubs of the HENG LONG locating points fore and aft of the hull. The magnets can be found at

http://www.first4magnets.com
Both the magnets and the dealer come with my recommendation. shaun

Mike if you wish to convert your STUG to magnets this is the product numbers I think would be most useful as these magnets are pre-drilled and countersunk so they can be screwed into position, ( I have learnt the hard way that glue alone will not hold the magnets in place)
F102S and F102N -- 10mm O.D.x 3mm I.D.x 2mm

[puramo]

Mike
the magnets looks like a superb idea, I may get round to that myself too,
but this is what I did with my T-34, the rear hinge is made of wire, superglued through the lower hull and a bit of putty to hold it up, has a little flex too,
the front is like RC car style,
I just pop the lid up and swap the batt out, only downside is the smoker sometimes needs teasing back between the motors