Hi from Axis Commander

[axiscommander]

Hi there from sunney surrey.

I am relatively new to tank modelling. after the neighbour bought a tiger tank for his son, i thought i could do with one of those so i purchase a bulldog for my 'son'. having upgraded the gearboxes because the old ones were collapsing, i bought myself a 'customised panzer III from ebay ( after i has a cheap abrams tank which now needs a motor for the turret rotation because all its gears have split. any suggestions????)
My latest purchase is a H?L Jagdpanther which i am starting to detail. just need to find some good pics which seem hard to find, although there is a book coming out later this month , according to amazon anyway, about the jagdpanther so may get some good info from that.

I tend to drive abut the garden with my son, but we do travel as a column across to the green we have opposite the house, where there happens to be a buried air raid shelter covered in grass which makes a good 'landscaped' area for driving around on with 1/16 scale hills!

[happytanker]

all sounds like good fun to me! welcome to the forum buddy!

[mt 1]

Welcome to the forum,
                              Has the tank BUG BITTEN YOU,it did me when i got a heng long tiger for my Grandson,have purchased 3 more to mod up. .

[axiscommander]

Welcome to the forum,
                              Has the tank BUG BITTEN YOU,

well, yes. having uprated my boys bulldog to metal gearboxes have now gone and bought him metal tracks......jagdpanther has new etched grills and antenna moved, mantlet to sort next then tools to move.....what next???? try to sort out the abrams if i can find a suitable turret motor/gearbox

[littletankman]

Hi Axiscommander,
Welcome to the site . My children are the same , my son has my old converted Pantiger but Im going to get him the new HL Panther when it comes out , My daughters not got a tank yet but she will be using my old Tamiya Sherman as soon as its a Firefly .

All the best Littletankman

[[ICE]monkey]

welcome to the site
all the best, ice

[tankman]

Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy yourself here
Alan

[axiscommander]

well thank you all for the warm welcome. i think this forum will end up costing me money

[axiscommander]

well, here are my tanks. all heng long except the abrams, and technically the bulldog is my sons.....

the abrams is being rebuilt, there is a topic onit in modern tanks
the Jagdpanther is what i bought when i said to the wife 'but the abrams is knackered and will probably end in the bin' . i have fitted metal grilles and moved the aerial to start with, mantle and welds next.
the bulldog has metal gearboxes and now metal tracks, painted and driven in mud!
and the panzer III is stock other than weathering etc and is how i bought it

[tankmad]

Hi Axis commander welcome to the forum I like your bulldog ita well done im sure you will have the jagdpanther looking the part soon.
Stevie