WSN Tiger 1/ hl tiger mod....

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WSN Tiger 1/ hl tiger mod....

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I just picked up a hollow wsn tiger and the detail on it is really good. I have a hl tiger 1 and I was looking at all the mods needed to correct the turret and alike and it looks like a lot easier job to just take the wsn upper hull and mount it up with the wsn upper hull....Has anyone done this?
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Not done the hull top swop. But the WSM is a mid or late production and the HL is early so you probably need to change the HL wheels also.
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The WSN is mid production and the wheels are way better than heng long ones what do you want to keep the heng long bottom end for?
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NickDonitz wrote:The WSN is mid production and the wheels are way better than heng long ones what do you want to keep the heng long bottom end for?
the lower hull is pretty thin and the suspension arms have the springs and stops inside the hull so using hl 3:1 drive units would require changing the suspension on the front 2 wheels on each side to something like the hl suspension...
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Mine is the WSN Torro Tiger one like yours. Its standing up to use very well, its way more accurate than the Heng in fact Id say a pretty close second to the Tamiya accuracy wise. (Ive just bought another one as well) I am putting an SLU into it when they come in to Dave's ive not thought much about using the Heng Long ratios in it as the gears run really smoothly once the SLU is in i'll see how the thing runs before modding the hull many of the battlers have suggested keeping the plastic tracks etc as the lightness of the tank offers greater mobility. Ive not battled seriously but I cant see the point of changing things yet purley for the sake of it.
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I bought wsn as a stadic model, no guts for less than $100 bucks shiped.....I have a tigen tiger late model tiger( the wife bought it for me) with asiatam hull, wheels and tracks that I have added mato 3:1 gears. I picked up a asitam recoil unit and was going to convert it over and add a dbu.....The wsn has the suspension arms inside the hull so I can't add the gearboxes with out changing the suspension for the first pair of road wheels on each side......getting working wsn's boxes is not really an option as the plan for this tank is to be a loaner for new members that show up to club battle days without a tank. It needs to be n00b proof....I guess I could just set up the tigen tiger and leave it at that but to me the screwed up turret makes my head hurt when ever I look at it.....besides, n00b's should get to drive a mean looking tank if for no other reason than they will want to get one of their own.
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Welshdragon Models has a cracking new hull asia tam i think about 49 pounds it takes the heng boxes
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you can make a wsn tiger look even better, just look at this one i have ( built by oz ) im going to refit it with h/l rx18 as the wsn electrics are crap with the barrel going up & down when you fire the mg :crazy:

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I am kinda looking for someone that has done it....If I am the first, I might do a build thread....
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If you do end up doing a build thread. I might be able to help with the wiring (stop laughing won't be another recoil job :S )

I've a WSM T34 and at some point going to change to HL electronics so will need to do some rewiring to the hull top so should be the same as your conversion.

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