what to do with a tamiya sherman

[Ad Lav]

The early ones don’t have bearings in the wheels so it’s plastic on metal. Could be a clutch gearbox or an early nylon ‘speedy’ gearbox.

Takes a bit of dosh to get it working right.

New gearbox potentially. Bushing/bearing re work is a must unless you want oval wheel holes

Swapping the hull out isn’t a bad idea - but I think best bang for the buck is to sell it and buy a new Sherman 6.1.

[Ad Lav]

Nick Aguilar offers the best 76mm turret option currently, seeing as the Schumo isn’t available.

Mato one is a bit meh.

Taigen one is good but it’s too heavy imo and lacks detail like Nicks.

Mick, the suspension arms are metal.

[Son of a gun-ner]

Thanks Adam. Such a shame about the bearing less wheels, sounds like the arms are the only good bit.

I'll be honest, I was considering a parts swap.

[Son of a gun-ner]

Yeah, I can confirm, Nick Aguilar resin parts are top notch

[Ad Lav]

Ideally I’d get some photos posted and then you can both decide

[Son of a gun-ner]

Ideally I’d get some photos posted and then you can both decide

From what you've said, the selling and starting again with a Heng Long may be Paul's best option.

[tomhugill]

If its the original dmd one then I'm pretty sure the wheels were sorted by then

[Marco Peter]

"what to do with a tamiya sherman" ?

Here are some ideas, included are two Tamiya Sherman upper hulls:

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[paulc]

I've been looking and thought about turning it into a M40 gun carriage where would be a good place to get some plans folks

[paulc]

Would it really bug you to have a T34 calliope with HVSS?

it would to be honest knowing its not right