Re: Oh dear look what broke

BREL · Post by **BREL** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:34 pm

one of the swing arms has broken on my Tamiya Jagdpanther Guess I was driving it too hard.
Never mind I have just ordered some new ones off the Bay, so the new ones should be here next week.

971wright · Post by **971wright** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:54 pm

Hi Brel I think Matt had a broken arm as well and he hadnt run it much could be a bad casting .

regards pete

BREL · Post by **BREL** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:03 pm

could be a bad casting, mind you I tend to run the tank flat out so that could have helped it break. I got my Jagdpanther about the same time as Matt, so we both could have had some arms from the Friday batch in our kits

mcevoyi · Post by **mcevoyi** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:15 pm

is it me ?

the after market chaps are sloww to follow up this time with metal replacements >??

and very very few other goodies like correct gun mantle

BREL · Post by **BREL** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:25 pm

no it is not you, I should have said that it is a Tamiya tank that the swing arm broke on.

you are right about the after market boys, but then there is a lot of stuff out there that they have to try and make upgrade parts for, as for the gun mantle I believe it is the HL Jagdpanther that you are referring to.

hopefully the 3:1 boxes that I have ordered should cure my flat out driving style (hint hint Steve)

Post by **Matdragon** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:37 pm

yes the same thing happened to me then i was assembling the kit, i didnt buy new arms, i used JB weld and pinned i, and its stronger than new

if you look closely at where it brokem you will probably see a bubble, a weak point to which it broke on