new member from Holland

[Bram de Gruijter]

Hi there,

I used to do a lot with Tamiya 1:10 RC buggy's, have them on sale now, a vintage Hotshot II, Fire Dragon and a Marui Hunter.
When I was younger (now 53) I built many plastic kits like the 1958 Lincoln Continental or the Duesenbergh but static models do not really appeal to me as they have no further function.
And they are not rigid enough to keep for a long time as dust sets in and glue loosens.I do have some metal 1:18 diecast models, the nicest being Christine (1958 Plymouth Fury) with her working headlamps. Oh, well I forgot to mention that I have Märklin digital HO stuff too, from the Kon. Bay. Staatsbahnen to be precise.
When joining World of Tanks, the online tank game 10 weeks ago, I got enthousiastic about tanks specific the German Tiger. So, to commemorate getting my King Tiger and a bit later the
never realised E-75, I decided to buy a 1/16 scale Königstiger with RC onboard. After doing some research into prices of tanks and metal upgrades I decided that going for full option from the start would be the wisest decision, hence the full metal Matorro King Tiger that comes in a nice wooden chest and weighs about 7 kgs, as the upper deck and rear is the only plastic on this model, even the turret is metal. Of course the electronics are not at Tamiya standard, but in Holland this costs as much as a Tamiya kit with plastic wheels, tracks and so forth, so 2 bad, Tamiya. Perhaps I'll throw in Elmod if my perfectionism gets the upper hand, then again there is already a better sound module called the Beier sound module (search Ebay.de) for 130 euros with which the sounds improve remarkably (usb programmable) without throwing the RX 18 and so forth out. You just plug it into the RX 18 and its takes the sound over from there. I landed in this forum looking for a working proportional smoke unit as the pump works remarkably well and aweful loud in the Hl unit as no smoke emerges yet so that's gonna go 1 of these days. The wait is for a proportional model with computer fan which smokes better and operates unnoticed with proportional smoke like te real thing. I'm not an electronics man (ok the Tamiya level is my max) so it will have to be sold ready to plug into the RX 18.
As you see I replaced the toy antenna for a Wehrmacht copy; I repainted the tank and put on ordered decals for the 505 Schw. Panz. Division Übungsgelände Poland, 1944 with the red knights on the turret.
Next step is making the rear mud flaps move, I already bought 1.2 mm nuts and bolts and mini joints to realise that, as the fixed ones hamper the driving action on steep slopes etc.
Beats me why Matorro forgot that as Tamiya made them movable.
Soon I'll get zimmerit for the metal turret from a Tamiya builder who hates the stuff; then that error will be corrected, too. For the rest a very good detailed model with enough power in it and the feels of a real tank (heaven, no 65 tons, lol) Next week I'm going for a Tiger I and already decided for the 90% metal Taigen Advanced Metal with has already zimmerit in the right places and a very nice paintjob, I will have to check the colours for the fitting Panzer division but with a little luck I can stick the green knights on the turret which will look awesome next to the Königstiger. It depends if I will be going foor a GW Tiger and Jagdtiger as well, we'll see!

Bram de Gruijter

[Tankbear]

Welcome Bram de Gruijter.

You sound like you have good grounding of knowledge already. Looking forward to your posts.

I wasnt aware of that sound module which plugs into the RX18 board i'll look into it.

Tankbear

[Bram de Gruijter]

Hi tankbear,

Yes I really dug into it as usual including many photo's from the real action cause that makes it fun!
To keep you from wandering the internet I have the direct link here:
http://www.licmas-tradinghouse.de/produ ... itung.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thks and succes!

Bram

[sparks]

Hi Bram de Gruijter,
Welcome to the forum

[Tankbear]

Hi tankbear,

Yes I really dug into it as usual including many photo's from the real action cause that makes it fun!
To keep you from wandering the internet I have the direct link here:
http://www.licmas-tradinghouse.de/produ ... itung.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thks and succes!

Bram

Thanks. Will look into at the weekend.

[Bram de Gruijter]

Hi again,

Hereby my e-mail request for more info to Mathias Lickel, the Ebay.de shopkeeper for RC tanks and tank supplies;
then you can look a bit further at the site of Beier Electronics for all details and sound and video regarding the matter.
I hope you can read German as well (as sergeant of a German 3-tank squad, you should, LOL!)
Here is the direct link to the Beier sound Moduul, fitted for the RX18 as fitted in most RC 1:16 tanks. They can provide sounds for a range of German Panzers, like the newer Leopard I, but also the Panther I & II, Tiger I&II and even the Sherman. It saves a minimum of 200 euros form the ELMOD solution where the RX18 is dumped and all the other electronics as well
(except the electro motors of course). You also hook ik into your PC via USB 2.0 and you can order a CD with sounds as an extra, furthermore downloadable upgrades are free from the website from Beier Electronic.de.
http://www.beier-electronic.de/modellbau/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Kind regards,

Bram

"hallo herr de gruijter,

für das soundmodul gibt es bei beier elektronik div. sound zum anhören und downloaden. auch im heng long panzerforum wird es einen extra bereich geben, in dem mann die sound downloaden kann.

wir haben auch ein proportionales rauchmodul in unserem shop. hier ist der link...

http://www.licmas-tradinghouse.de/produ ... nther.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

sonst gibt es leider noch nichts besseres.....

das soundmodul ist für die rx-18 ausgelegt, mit der motorro technik wird es nicht funktionieren.
(fasle answer as Heng Long, Matorro and WSN/Trumpeter all use the same technic, for the newer models also the RX 18 Platine.

viele grüße,

matthias lickel

----- Original Message -----
From: Bram Hugo de Gruijter
To: info@licmas-tradinghouse.de
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 8:04 PM
Subject: Information zum Produkt


Geëhrter Matthias Lickel,

Ich bin sehr interessiert um meinen Matorro full Metal Königstiger mit den Beier Soundmodul USM-HL auf zu rüsten,
Leider ist ein Bild vom Modul nicht so gut verkaufend als einen Sounddemo oder ein Beitrag auf Youtube wo einen mit diesem Modul ausgerusteten
Panzer demonstriert wird. Tamiya hat da schon die nötige Beitrage ge upload um den Originalen Maybach Sound zu demonstrieren.
Auch wird nicht deutlich, ob Mann irgendwo Sounds downloaden kann für den passenden Panzer.
Na also, wären da Möglichkeiten, es würde Mich sehr helfen bei der Kaufentscheidung (und damit einen Haufen Geld sparen im Vergleich zu Elmod wo Mann alles
ersetzen muss und sogar extra Zahlt für die USB Schnitstelle, LOL). Andere Käufer wird es natürlich auch eher begeistern!
Da neben stellen sich Fragen wie Mann die extra Lichtfunctionen der Module ansteuert, z.b. braucht Mann dafür einen 6 Kanal Zender oder baut Mann
Modüle in den bestehenden Matorro Zender um das zu aktivieren?
Neben einen besseren Sound habe Ich noch interesse in ein Funkionierendes Rauchgerät der auch Proportional (mehr Gas -mehr Rauch) arbeitet, bis jetzt
fand ich nur bei ein Australisches Geschäft diese HL Unit http://www.ozarmour.com/store/heng-long ... -unit.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; und daneben bei ein Englisches Geschäft
eine ganz andere Unit wie auch hier http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_58065 ... ey_/tm.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; demonstriert wird, asgerüstet mit einen Computerfan.
Der Unit wird dabei mit 4 Kabel an die beiden Motoren angeschlossen.
Der Pumpe der Hl ist nämlich so Laut das es der Idle Running Sound übertrifft!! Und dabei auch noch keinen Rauch aus den Metall Auspuffen rofl.
Vielleicht gäbe es da schon ein besseres Produkt was sich mit der RX18 Platine integrieren lässt?? Auch dass würde vielen interessieren denn es wird viel
diskutiert auf den Modellbau Forums über die mangelhaft functionierende Hl Rauchunits.

Mit Freundlichem Grüss,

Bram de Gruijter / Niederlande