mato toys developing new metal road wheels

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a good pillar drill setup will convert them to tamiya axles :thumbup:
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hi rob if you look at the back of the wheels they are a littel longer than the tamiya ones so will have to wait and see what i can do with a set when they come thanks dave
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I bought the asiatam late wheels for my tiger and didnt get any pins so i used M3 allen bolts and drilled the wheels to 4 mm and added a brass sleeve of 4mm O.D/ 3mm I.D

the henglong pins IMHO are way to sloppy and move all over the place
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i have drilled the metal heng long arms and put grub screws in to hold the axels in this is a pic of the wheels just pushed on for a picture
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If you need any taking down to size i could mill some down for you to fit the tamiya tiger :thumbup:
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will see wot i can do when i get the i hope the jagdpanther ones will be ok to we will see when they send me the sample :thumbup:
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i have an asiatam hull as well so could offer them up and see what differences there are :thumbup:
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ooohhhhh did you say jagdpanther ones??????? :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
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yep i did say jsg ones soon i hope :clap: :clap:
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will these wheel sets take ball bearing races
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