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HvyCgn9
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G'day from Oz!

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G'day All,

I normally build rc Warships (1/72 scale) but recently purchased a basic version Heng Long M1A2 and over the last week or so have stripped it down to try and work out why the BB unit won't fire but ended up doing a full repaint in the Australian Army's AUSCAM camo scheme.....which has been a fun!(I will do a build thread on it) Its going to get the works, metal road wheels,tracks, better gearbox/ motors and eventually will replace the RX18 board with a TK20 and proper rx so I can use my good radio.

Our army's M1's are the M1A1 AIM SA version modified to our specs... @) @)

Cheers Bruce
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Hi! and Welcome.
Sounds a good project so I'll be interested in progressive pics as and when :thumbup:
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alamein wrote:Hi! and Welcome.
Sounds a good project so I'll be interested in progressive pics as and when :thumbup:
Thx mate !! Some stuff up in the heng long modern tanks spot
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G'day Mr Hvy, great to have another ANZAC rep here :thumbup:
Where are you from in the burnt continent mate ?

Sure have set a high bar for entry, great version of the M1 for sure.
Keep the pics coming
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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G'day Mr Hvy, great to have another ANZAC rep here :thumbup:
Where are you from in the burnt continent mate ?

Sure have set a high bar for entry, great version of the M1 for sure.
Keep the pics coming
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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G'day mate,

South Oz, Adelaide...

Most of the time I am busy building 1/72 rc Warships (I have been a member of Task Force 72 for last 7 years...)

I have a few big ship models most still underconstruction (or refit) with only one currently fit for operation. A few of my builds can be found in the scale ships section on the rcgroups site...

Currently building a 3.5m long model of a USN LHA the USS Saipan LHA2 which will have a 1/72 landing craft deployable from the well deck with my Dragon 1/72 M1A1 able to drive off (if I can get the little bugga to work again!!)

Here are a coupla pics of the fleet gathered on the back lawn during a recent shed tidy up!!!!
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from front to back: USS Saipan LHA2, hull for USS Albany CG10, then USS California CGN36(currently the only one on active duty), USS Long Beach CGN9 (in refit), not quite visible is USS Shark SSN591 my Skipjack class sub (awaiting parts for busted airpump), and finally my Arleigh Burke class USS John Paul Jones DDG53 (underconstruction)
from front to back: USS Saipan LHA2, hull for USS Albany CG10, then USS California CGN36(currently the only one on active duty), USS Long Beach CGN9 (in refit), not quite visible is USS Shark SSN591 my Skipjack class sub (awaiting parts for busted airpump), and finally my Arleigh Burke class USS John Paul Jones DDG53 (underconstruction)
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Wow that's an impressive fleet you have there! Greetings from the United States

Carl
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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