Early Tiger 1 no*3818

[blimp]

[stevie_hendo]

anyway, on the other hand. is the asiatam metal hull worth the buying or is there another full metal hull thats better ? and what all do i need to go with it ?

[stevie_hendo]

or am i better with a mato metal hull ?

[blimp]

Hmm , I have the Asiatam hull , it comes with torsion bar suspension a la Tamiya + track tensioners . The Mato one is basically the HL - but made of cast alloy . They don't have much in common with each other . Trying to cross pollinate parts can mean reworking them to fit .

Mato - same as HL , but in metal . ( An all metal Tiger 1 is in the pipeline )

Asiatam - SIMILAR upgrades to Mato , but often has better detail i.e. working hinges etc. - possible fit issues .

You can see in the vendors section what's available , by all means ask questions - then decide .

[stevie_hendo]

ok so if i was willing to put in the time, i could make the tensioners fit the mato hull ? and what wheels can i fit the the mato hull i want metal wheels but not sure what ones and i want the metal idlers ! i think metal idlers with tensioners on a solid metal hull will stop the twisting and will stop the tracks from being allowed to run off

[stevie_hendo]

what are the aero mate metal parts like ? i know there chinese but i got there website translated on my laptop and the parts look good and there not a bad price, there meant for the full metal tiger but they would be possible to fit to a plastic wouldnt they ?

[[ICE]monkey]

this is the one blimp was on about , it comes with the tensioners installed
http://www.welshdragonmodels.co.uk/asia ... -512-p.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[stevie_hendo]

yeha i was looking at that and at the price its superb, just id rather have the full metal for shere weight and rigidity, if i get creative it will end out with torsion bars etc in time, i hope its not too hard to make the tensioners fit the mato hull !

[blimp]

Stevie - The Asiatam tensioner can fit the Mato hull , as it's identical dimensionly to the HL one - just a case of drilling and cutting metal instead of plastic , the main advantadge of the Mato metal hull is that it is rigid and more waterproof .

[stevie_hendo]

yeah i thought this might be the case, the metal shouldnt be too hard to drill/grind/cut should it ?

i have sorted the problem with the idlers for now a very easy simple fix, this video is me arsing around with ti to see if they would slip again