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Wow they look amazing!

I have to ask, when you guys go to SO much time and trouble to detail these R/C tanks to this level do you ever take them outside and still run them or are they shelf display models only at this point? I can't imagine these fine scale details could hold up if you took them out and ran them, hell I have problems with just the tanks themselves I couldn't imagine this type of stuff surviving at all!

Hi jackalope,

Yeah I do run these outside, not only that but I IR battle with them too.

You do have to accept that sometimes a piece of detail is going to get knocked off the tank.

Details like these MG34 AA mounts I usually build so that they are removable for battling, but I do run them with the detail on when I am just driving. Putting them back together is part of the fun for me.

My Late Tiger did a complete roll recently whilst I was driving it about at an old quarry. It had the commander figure in it and everything.

jackalope wrote:Wow they look amazing!

I have to ask, when you guys go to SO much time and trouble to detail these R/C tanks to this level do you ever take them outside and still run them or are they shelf display models only at this point? I can't imagine these fine scale details could hold up if you took them out and ran them, hell I have problems with just the tanks themselves I couldn't imagine this type of stuff surviving at all!

That thought runs through my mind as well... basically boiling down to the "Point of Reason" of a build... as at times it does seem things can go too far..also reason I don't have BUCKETS hanging off the rear of my tanks

ALPHA

scalawag wrote:Hi jackalope,

Yeah I do run these outside, not only that but I IR battle with them too.

You do have to accept that sometimes a piece of detail is going to get knocked off the tank.

Details like these MG34 AA mounts I usually build so that they are removable for battling, but I do run them with the detail on when I am just driving. Putting them back together is part of the fun for me.

My Late Tiger did a complete roll recently whilst I was driving it about at an old quarry. It had the commander figure in it and everything.

Is that the one you just did all the PE work on ...Dang Scalawag...you are the adventurous one

ALPHA

Paul,
Excellent work as always. The MGs look perfect and realistic as can be. I'll definitely follow this thread on my upcoming Tiger 1 build.
regards,
Painless

Alpha, I haven't lost a bucket (yet) *chuckles*

ALPHA wrote:

scalawag wrote:Hi jackalope,

Yeah I do run these outside, not only that but I IR battle with them too.

You do have to accept that sometimes a piece of detail is going to get knocked off the tank.

Details like these MG34 AA mounts I usually build so that they are removable for battling, but I do run them with the detail on when I am just driving. Putting them back together is part of the fun for me.

My Late Tiger did a complete roll recently whilst I was driving it about at an old quarry. It had the commander figure in it and everything.

Is that the one you just did all the PE work on ...Dang Scalawag...you are the adventurous one

ALPHA

Yep both of my Tigers have the PE work done on them.

PainlessWolf wrote:Paul,
Excellent work as always. The MGs look perfect and realistic as can be. I'll definitely follow this thread on my upcoming Tiger 1 build.
regards,
Painless

Alpha, I haven't lost a bucket (yet) *chuckles*

Glad you like them Painless No lost buckets here either

scalawag wrote:

ALPHA wrote:

scalawag wrote:Hi jackalope,

Yeah I do run these outside, not only that but I IR battle with them too.

You do have to accept that sometimes a piece of detail is going to get knocked off the tank.

Details like these MG34 AA mounts I usually build so that they are removable for battling, but I do run them with the detail on when I am just driving. Putting them back together is part of the fun for me.

My Late Tiger did a complete roll recently whilst I was driving it about at an old quarry. It had the commander figure in it and everything.

Is that the one you just did all the PE work on ...Dang Scalawag...you are the adventurous one

ALPHA

Yep both of my Tigers have the PE work done on them.

You have to be Honest Scalawag...when that Tiger rolled... did your heart stop for a moment

ALPHA

ALPHA wrote:

scalawag wrote:

ALPHA wrote: Is that the one you just did all the PE work on ...Dang Scalawag...you are the adventurous one

ALPHA

Yep both of my Tigers have the PE work done on them.

You have to be Honest Scalawag...when that Tiger rolled... did your heart stop for a moment

ALPHA

Yep it did but then I looked at it and thought "actually thats not to bad" and one evening of work and you would not know it had happened. :thumb up:

What can I say I like the detail and I like to drive and battle them too

ALPHA wrote:

jackalope wrote:Wow they look amazing!

I have to ask, when you guys go to SO much time and trouble to detail these R/C tanks to this level do you ever take them outside and still run them or are they shelf display models only at this point? I can't imagine these fine scale details could hold up if you took them out and ran them, hell I have problems with just the tanks themselves I couldn't imagine this type of stuff surviving at all!

That thought runs through my mind as well... basically boiling down to the "Point of Reason" of a build... as at times it does seem things can go too far..also reason I don't have BUCKETS hanging off the rear of my tanks

ALPHA

All my tanks go outside and some even battle. When I build the photo etch I solder and try and bolt through the hull where possible to improve the durability . If they are to sit on a shelf I wouldn't bother with RC!