Re: 1944 'Elefant' by Hooben
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:36 pm
Good afternoon,
Mr. Wobbly, Sir, I completely agree. Once I opened the kit up and saw the hull and casemate ( another casemated AFV? what is it with me, have I grown leary of turrets since I had to build then _rebuild_ the Pershing's complicated number? ) I realized that I hadn't worked on anything this big since the 'Palace' and the Porsche King Tiger before it. It will be a Monster once I get my seedy claws firmly latched onto it. ;o) Markocaster, you ask and I have done so! Jtracks, this kit is available in degrees of complexity and price. I asked for the RC-Ready version along with the aluminum barrel as the only Hooben options. This version includes the servos and mounts for the main gun and basic lights and switches but no sound or smoke or MFU or TX or Battery. ( Arc \ Hooben does offer all those things on their site ) Tracks are nylon but the suspension is beefy metal as are the sprockets and gearboxes. All wheels and the gearboxes are set up with bearings. There is a basic track adjustment at the idler sprockets but I think that better exists out there. Same with the MFU \ TX. This will be my first foray into the world of IBUs and TARR smokers and visaton speakers, etc. I waited a long time for this one so I'm going to do it right. Pics:
Mr. Wobbly, Sir, I completely agree. Once I opened the kit up and saw the hull and casemate ( another casemated AFV? what is it with me, have I grown leary of turrets since I had to build then _rebuild_ the Pershing's complicated number? ) I realized that I hadn't worked on anything this big since the 'Palace' and the Porsche King Tiger before it. It will be a Monster once I get my seedy claws firmly latched onto it. ;o) Markocaster, you ask and I have done so! Jtracks, this kit is available in degrees of complexity and price. I asked for the RC-Ready version along with the aluminum barrel as the only Hooben options. This version includes the servos and mounts for the main gun and basic lights and switches but no sound or smoke or MFU or TX or Battery. ( Arc \ Hooben does offer all those things on their site ) Tracks are nylon but the suspension is beefy metal as are the sprockets and gearboxes. All wheels and the gearboxes are set up with bearings. There is a basic track adjustment at the idler sprockets but I think that better exists out there. Same with the MFU \ TX. This will be my first foray into the world of IBUs and TARR smokers and visaton speakers, etc. I waited a long time for this one so I'm going to do it right. Pics: