Vintage Tamiya King Tiger running Ibu2

[Tiggr]

Great looking battered KT Carl.
The red primer sort of grates for me personnally, but I realise that a few tanks turned out that way

[c.rainford73]

Great looking battered KT Carl.
The red primer sort of grates for me personnally, but I realise that a few tanks turned out that way

Thank you Paul I appreciate you checking it out I'm still a few bits to finish up on her but it does run very nice I really like the fact that I have a nice sounding functional unit in the Vintage tiger

[PainlessWolf]

CR73,
I have always loved those old Tamiya King Tigers with the single motor clutches. They are mechanical artwork. Yours is a wonderful example of the type and shows the care and detail used to bring it to life.
regards,
Painless

[c.rainford73]

CR73,
I have always loved those old Tamiya King Tigers with the single motor clutches. They are mechanical artwork. Yours is a wonderful example of the type and shows the care and detail used to bring it to life.
regards,
Painless

Thank you Mr Painless I greatly appreciate your kind words. For a while I did contemplate removing the gearbox assembly and installing a dual motor ( modern gearbox setup) but just couldn't bring myself to do it. I'm glad I didn't and now that she is running ( and I've had this tank for a very long time) it's very rewarding

[Raminator]

That's the thing about mechanical systems, with a little bit of attention they'll go forever. Nothing electronic will last, but a decent bit of metal will work for years and years and years.

Beautiful bit of kit there Carl, you've done a fantastic job restoring it and bringing it to life. The volume pots hidden behind the skirts is an especially nice touch.

[c.rainford73]

That's the thing about mechanical systems, with a little bit of attention they'll go forever. Nothing electronic will last, but a decent bit of metal will work for years and years and years.

Beautiful bit of kit there Carl, you've done a fantastic job restoring it and bringing it to life. The volume pots hidden behind the skirts is an especially nice touch.

Thank you for the compliment Raminator