Tamiya 1:16 M26

[gordon11]

A very good tank with very realistic sounds

[Son of a gun-ner]

Hello and welcome to the forum gordon11

Thank you for sharing your tanks
I will move them to "Show Off"

[tomhugill]

A very good tank with very realistic sounds

Absolutely superb! Did you scratch build the fender stays?

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[Ad Lav]

Superb work!

I have a love/hate relationship with my Pershing. Love the sounds, but it’s a bit of a dull tank.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Wow, Gordon! I am working on a Taigen Pershing for my D-Day/Winter Build, and here you come along with this great work. Like tomhugill, I would like to know more about all the detailing you have done and how you done did it.
Then, too, I see that SOG moved your Pershing to the "Show Off" section. But I wonder...(although you certainly don't have to reveal anything compromising security). Might you, as is a custom here on RCTW, post in the introduction section something about your modeling and/or RC experience (or lack thereof), rough location, and anything else appropriate. You sure have skills.

[gordon11]

Wow, Gordon! I am working on a Taigen Pershing for my D-Day/Winter Build, and here you come along with this great work. Like tomhugill, I would like to know more about all the detailing you have done and how you done did it.
Then, too, I see that SOG moved your Pershing to the "Show Off" section. But I wonder...(although you certainly don't have to reveal anything compromising security). Might you, as is a custom here on RCTW, post in the introduction section something about your modeling and/or RC experience (or lack thereof), rough location, and anything else appropriate. You sure have skills.

Thanks. In fact, the details of this tank are quite good. I only did a small part of the details myself and made some details bit by bit based on the photos. It's not difficult. As long as you have patience, I believe you can do it. I drew the stickers based on pictures of tanks and it took me a long time to find the font on the barrel. In fact, although there are not many details, it took me a long time to find the corresponding photos. Once I found it, I slowly figured out how to make it. In addition, the internal space of this tank is very small, and the wires must be arranged reasonably to avoid jamming the turret.

[gordon11]

Wow, Gordon! I am working on a Taigen Pershing for my D-Day/Winter Build, and here you come along with this great work. Like tomhugill, I would like to know more about all the detailing you have done and how you done did it.
Then, too, I see that SOG moved your Pershing to the "Show Off" section. But I wonder...(although you certainly don't have to reveal anything compromising security). Might you, as is a custom here on RCTW, post in the introduction section something about your modeling and/or RC experience (or lack thereof), rough location, and anything else appropriate. You sure have skills.

By the way, the suspension of this tank is high on one side and low on the other. This may be a common problem. Please note this. I ground the rocker arm down a little bit on one side. Until it's the same height on both sides.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

There's a great deal I admire about your Tamiya M26, some of which could benefit my Taigen re-build. I would be grateful for any information or parts sources you might have. For example, as a simple start, where did you get the .50 cal. and especially the two antennae shown in this cropping of your photo?

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Then, too, I have been working to simulate the cast texture on the Taigen, as the Taigen (and probably the HengLong) tanks are smooth. Despite lots of photos, I have not been able to ascertain whether some surfaces should be of cast texture or were forged. In the following cropping of your photo, do you know if the engine cover (with bolts around its end perimeters) is a casting or forging?

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What is more, how did you make the wire protectors over the ventilators. I want to do so, but I am wary of trying to "freehand" bend the wire, lest the four ventilator protectors come out looking as if they had seen way-too-much action.

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Finally I have learned from a couple of my sources (cited at my first entry in [D-Day] M26 Pershing viewtopic.php?t=34857 ) that the first Pershings into Europe and the South Pacific were actually manufactured before the "M26" designation. These are T26E3. From what I can tell, the two ventilators on either side of the hump in the middle of the upper glacis were present on the T26E3 but eliminated on M26 builds. If you check your photo of Alles Kaput, you can perhaps see that these are not present, although certainly they remain on the driver's and co-driver's hatches.