New to R/C tanks

[SprockeTrax]

Greetings from Amish Country (USA)...

I've wanted an R/C tank since the 1980's, and I decided to buy one (my first) this past weekend. It arrived Wednesday, July 3rd. It's a Heng Long T-34 with the metal tracks, sprockets and idlers, but plastic road wheels.

I'm very impressed. It can maneuver at a slow crawl, and the smoke effect is remarkably interesting!

I discovered this Forum just today. I've read a number of threads, and wanted to join right away.

Thanks so much for this resource.

[Meter rat]

Hello and welcome from Argyll and Bute, Scotland. I have no experience with the T34, but I believe it is a solid runner.

[jarndice]

Hi ST, Welcome to the Forum
Interesting first Tank,
I would suggest you go to the Build pages to see what has been done to the T34,
If memory serves there is a simple mod that needs doing to the tracks,
Enjoy this place and feel free to ask questions.

[Jofaur86]

Hello, from the center of France, distant friend... and welcome to this excellent Forum.. T 34 is a great tank, and can be gradually improved, there are metal wheels, and many accessories, for that, look at the different posts on this forum, attached a first link. Have a nice day
https://www.rctank.de/KETTEN-RAeDER-GETRIEBE_16
Also equip all wheels with ball bearings

[MrChef]

Welcome to the forum Sprocketrax from New York. I hope your Fourth was a fun holiday. The Heng Long T34/85 is a solid runner. I've had good luck with mine, zero issues thus far. I'm actually in the middle of rebuilding/refurbishing mine now.

Enjoy the forum, ask questions, post up and get to know everyone. This is a UK based forum but don't let that fool ya after our celebration yesterday. This community is full of some of the nicest, fun, helpful and knowledgeable RC Tank enthusiasts across the world.

[ColemanCollector]

Welcome from Ontario, Canada.
The HL electronics have improved so much since those first releases. They used to be jerky jackrabbits; now they can be tortoises too, as you've noticed.
Are you a modeler, painter, or electronics whiz? Hoping to do lots of outdoor running, or mostly indoors? My tanks are mostly indoor vehicles, with the odd foray onto packed gravel. Great hobby that can be as complex (read expensive!) or as straightforward as you'd like.

Enjoy. Great forum with Master modelers/modifiers/accurizers/improvers/improvisers and artists. And then there's me and Ecam...

Mike.
Mike.

[Ecam]

Enjoy. Great forum with Master modelers/modifiers/accurizers/improvers/improvisers and artists. And then there's me and Ecam...

I'll second that!

Welcome aboard SprockeTrax.

[Herr Dr. Professor]

Welcome from Cow Country, SprockeTrax! I am curious, too, if you have any modeling or other RC experience. Of course, experience is not required at all, but knowing a bit more helps us give better suggestions for how to spend more money.

Oh, MrChef, the holiday must have been stressful for you. I am glad, however, that you have "food luck with [your T-34]." True, with the tank there may be "zero issues thus far." But your brain has been cookin' too much.

[ColemanCollector]

Enjoy. Great forum with Master modelers/modifiers/accurizers/improvers/improvisers and artists. And then there's me and Ecam...

I'll second that!

Welcome aboard SprockeTrax.

Hah! He knows I kid! Check out this bit of Ecam magic-aucity. I'm clam-like in my happness if everything works when I plug it back into the board. And then there's this thing that is plain voodoo magic to me!
viewtopic.php?t=34855

Mike.

[SprockeTrax]

Thank you for welcoming me to this forum.

I've enjoyed reading the above messages...so interesting, from all over the world. I did an inet search to learn more about Argyle and Bute!

I stopped building plastic models back in the mid-2000's, and sent most of my unbuilt kits to auction. I still have my airbrushes and the compressor...I can hardly wait to try them again!