Hello from a very new tank newbie!

[midiman69]

Hi Guys

Just a quick introduction to your great forum - I am Dave from West Lancs.
I am currently on long term sick leave and came across a Heng Long Panzer III on Ebay - and thought it may be in interesting project to try and upgrade the basic model.
The one I have is the basic "3 Frequency - 9 band for change" model (No 3848) - no sound or smoke. (apparently the wrong one to start with!!)
It works ok and looks like I could upgrade the gears, wheels , tracks etc and give it a decent paint job over the coming weeks and months.
The electronics on this model seem to be very poorly assembled - would it be possible for me to upgrade the current pcb marked as "Henlo TK01" to say the RX 18 module? (I believe I would have to add a receiver module?) - I am not really bothered about smoke but sound would be good.
If any one could answer the above questions and point me in the right direction I would be very grateful - I hope to get get to know every one during the the coming months.

Cheers

Dave

[Saxondog]

Welcome Dave, I'm Blake (Saxondog) you can upgrade straight to the latest version RX18 and Receiver. The link is to the parts section of Welsh Dragon, the owner is Steve. Excellent guy,and great service.

He can provide you with the parts you require,if you tell him what you have and what you would like to do. Being your first the RX18 upgrade will have sound and all the features if you chose to install them.

The factory smokers are junk,so don't waste your time or money.

Their are other control systems,but being your first I would suggest waiting before taking that step. Enjoy the forum,great bunch of guys we have here and always helpful, skill level is the same for every member,we are all trying to become better RC Tankers.

cheers Blake
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PS The main thing is this addiction does have benefits, FUN

[panzer3]

hello Dave , the Panzer iii is a good tank to start with ,

[midiman69]

Hi Guys,

Many thanks for the replies - much appreciated.
I have carried out my first mod - tracks were on the wrong way round (a common problem I believe!)
I will start getting the parts together and will post progress on here as soon as possible

Thanks again.

Dave

[sparks]

Hi Dave,
Welcome to the forum

[mt 1]

Hi there welcome to the forum Dave