older tamiya tanks

[Blitzmgg]

Hello advice needed, are the older Tamiya dual clutch single engine tanks worth buying second hand. If I get one that doesn't have radio gear is this a problem or is the older radio gear easy to come by. Cheers Mark

[tomhugill]

I don't think they are, one will cost about £100-130 give or take. Now you can pick up a second hand full option tank for £200-250. By the time you've sorted said clutch drive tank there's not masses in it.

[Tankbear]

Depends on the tank if it's one like the Leo 1 or Geopard which are no longer available then yes. But like Tom says with others like Tiger or King Tiger probably best waitng for newer version.

If your really want a Tamiya contact Forgebear, he can probably help or keep eye for one for you.

Ian.

[hawkeye3guns]

hi mate
it depends on your skill set. I have 3 tamiya twin clutch tanks, (King tiger, Gepard and a sherman they are all on the original clutches and motor gear trains. All you need is a 40m radio set and a electronic speed controller of about 15amp capacity. This will give forward /backward motion and you then use a decent servo to control the clutch arm for the steering. The turret ele and training is where you will need to be a bit of an engineer to make your own design's for controlling them. I have used a hl turret ring and motorgearbox for training and using 2 micro switches on a servo to give lh or rh turning and a servo mounted directly on the ele to give up and down. if you want engine sound there is varies way's the cheapest is probably a company called MTRONIC who do a pretty good diesel sound unit for a air start multi cylinder boat engine (but put it in a tank and its not bad) last one I brought was £52 including P&P and that includes a matching waterproof 50mm dia speaker, a simple servo operated switch can be used to start and stop the engine sound
regards Denzil

[billpe]

I'd just watch ebay for 2nd hand FO kits. I wouldn't even consider buying an older one unless it was a Leopard which can be rebuilt so it's near the same standard as the 2A6 but at quite a cost.