Tongde Centurion MK5

[Stormbringer]

Tonight I opened her up and this is whats inside

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After disconnecting and labeling the upper hull leads i changed out the 1800mah lion battery for a 6800mah battery
It was pretty easy as main leads had a Tamiya connector and the ballance lead plugged into a lead extender
I removed the Tamiya connector and put an xt60 on in its place
I was also surprised at the gearboxes installed on this model all metal enclosed

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[Herr Dr. Professor]

There seems to be a bit of acreage up front, perhaps for a bigger speaker or a secret stash of cash, hidden away for more RC AFVs.

[Stormbringer]

The battery fits up front where the square of double sided tape is and the black plastic bar holds the battery in place
Theres another black bar further back that holds the mfu in place as well
but yep a bigger speaker could be fitted in

[Stormbringer]

Well I have painted up the metal parts and put her back together and surprisingly lol she works
How she looked after reassembly

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After that it was time to fit the sprue parts
However this is where I felt the instruction lacked detail also the sprues werent labelled and the parts werent numbered but there were pictures of the sprues which had part numbers
The smoke launchers were a bit of a guddle as most of the bits were shown on 1st page but the main part where those parts fitted to were in steps further on in manual
Anyway got it sorted out i think lol
There was no mention of the rear spare track holders in the manual either but were shown fitted to turret

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All thats left to do before a light weathering is for the cupolla machine gun to be painted up and fitted
Also i need to drill holes in the aerial mounts and fit some wire into them
I also used the Haya tow ropes that jarndice mentioned in the unboxing thread
but thats a job for another day

[jarndice]

Dave @
www.forgebeartanks.com
sells some very nice spring based aerials that look very nice and more importantly very authentic on the Centurions turret.
Look for them on the "Abrams" or "Challenger" sites, £10 each, Bit pricey but they really look the part.

[Stormbringer]

Yeh I do tend to frequent Daves site for bits and pieces and did have a look at them
I may end up getting them but want to try something out 1st
Thx for mentioning it tho mate

[Stormbringer]

Drilled the arial mounts and fitted the ariels I used the Heng Long ariels that they still give you for 27mhz operation

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Also got the cupolla machine gun painted up and mounted

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So all that's left now is to touch up paintwork and give it a light weathering

Reason for the light weathering is that this tank and rest of squadron were based in Berlin 1961-63 and were a show of force in case Russia got ideas
So were kept as pristine as possible and Brittish army bull wouldn't allow them to get dirty

[Herr Dr. Professor]

I can dig it! There are eyes on the prize. And cleanliness is next to ungodliness (or something like that).

[HERMAN BIX]

Clean & squared away .
Looking great now the metal stuff is matched.

[Stormbringer]

Thx guys