opinions needed please

[[ICE]monkey]

hi guys i would like your opinions , i dont want to start the tamiya v henglong battle but what would you go for £700 tamiya panther , which would still need upgrades or the hl panther ir model £100, with all the upgrades plus elmod £ tba, im thinking for £500 you could end up with a nice hl panther, ive got two elmod set ups with a 2.4 ghz futaba 7c so i wouldnt need the tx, plus i dont know how well the tamiya set up would work with the digital trims ?
your opinions please
all the best, cliff

[Matdragon]

hi cliff

you sure the tamiya is £700 ? my actual jagdpanther from HK cost £300 ?

or dont you want to buy from HK ?

cheers,

Matt

[[ICE]monkey]

havent looked at hongkong prices, how much did they charge for shipping and who was it from
regards ,cliff

[Matdragon]

well the guy i bought from stopped selling tamiya tanks about a year after i bought it, and shipping was about £100, but that was only becuase i also bought a transmitter and 2 batteries.

cheers ,

Matt

p.s. if you got the HL one, a ally hull would be good, because thats the main difference bar electronics (which el-mod would probably be better anyway)

[grompix]

I would be tempted to go for a HL Panther and buy Tamiya DMD & MFU for it (Tiger, KTiger or Panther). I think they could both be had for less than £180-£190 from Jason's store on e-bay last time I looked. You could use the HL turret-turn, gun elevation, MG with the MFU and the recoil too if you get the IR version of Panther.
Cheers
Chris

[[ICE]monkey]

not a bad idea, especially as i have a tamiya kt without the dmd and mfu, two tanks one lot of units, cheers

[grompix]

not a bad idea, especially as i have a tamiya kt without the dmd and mfu, two tanks one lot of units, cheers

I've done that with a few of my HL tanks now. You will need a communications cord as well to join the DMD and MFU together. And some compatible plugs and sockets to stick on the HL wiring to connect to the DMD/MFU (or solder the wires directly to the MFU circuit board - I did it once but don't recommend it! .
Cheers
Chris

[grompix]

There you go Cliff.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/7305064-Tamiya-DM ... 519117dfa6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/7305066-Tamiya-DM ... 51904f2643" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Chris