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Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:37 am
by jtracks
PainlessWolf wrote:Evening, Joe,
I'll tell you what did catch my eye there. The bolts and nuts that hold the road wheels on the bogies! HL's Sherman has been needing those since day one. As soon as they are available, 'Maxene' will be benefiting from a set of those. The HL bogie will require a little drilling to make the shafts go all the way through but it will be well worth the extra effort. I don't know about other tankers but I am constantly re-tightening those screws into plastic on the HL Bogie.
regards,
Painless
I haven't had much trouble with either the boggie or wheel screws coming loose. What I've done to many of the screws on my rc trucks is replace the ones that screw into plastic with machine screws. Believe it or not, they seem to hold better. As soon as I start having problems my tanks will get the same treatment.,especially where the screw can't be seen.
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:21 am
by ALPHA
PainlessWolf wrote:Evening, Joe,
I'll tell you what did catch my eye there. The bolts and nuts that hold the road wheels on the bogies! HL's Sherman has been needing those since day one. As soon as they are available, 'Maxene' will be benefiting from a set of those. The HL bogie will require a little drilling to make the shafts go all the way through but it will be well worth the extra effort. I don't know about other tankers but I am constantly re-tightening those screws into plastic on the HL Bogie.
regards,
Painless
Plumbers teflon on the threads will help keep them from backing out...also loctite makes a thread fixer that you can use for plastic...it's almost like elmers but clear
ALPHA
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:47 pm
by brizo58
Does anybody know where we might get one in the U.K. Been on the web don't seam to be one!!. RCTANKDE has the MATO one but not the Taigen!!. Brian...
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:14 pm
by ALPHA
brizo58 wrote:Does anybody know where we might get one in the U.K. Been on the web don't seam to be one!!. RCTANKDE has the MATO one but not the Taigen!!. Brian...
I think they might be in High demand ...even the ones on EBAY were snapped up... hopefully more after Christmas both here and there
ALPHA
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:08 pm
by jtracks
ALPHA wrote:brizo58 wrote:Does anybody know where we might get one in the U.K. Been on the web don't seam to be one!!. RCTANKDE has the MATO one but not the Taigen!!. Brian...
I think they might be in High demand ...even the ones on EBAY were snapped up... hopefully more after Christmas both here and there
ALPHA
They're available here, Artistic Hobbies had some this morning in IR. My local Hobbytown USA has 2x airsoft in stock.
Joe
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:11 pm
by ALPHA
jtracks wrote:ALPHA wrote:brizo58 wrote:Does anybody know where we might get one in the U.K. Been on the web don't seam to be one!!. RCTANKDE has the MATO one but not the Taigen!!. Brian...
I think they might be in High demand ...even the ones on EBAY were snapped up... hopefully more after Christmas both here and there
ALPHA
They're available here, Artistic Hobbies had some this morning in IR. My local Hobbytown USA has 2x airsoft in stock.
Joe
Heck Jt... if I get one ...it will have to be the IR..I want the recoil
It's ok...I can wait till next year
ALPHA
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:20 pm
by PainlessWolf
Alpha,
Give it a year or so. Taigen will have the recoiling airsoft setup in most of their top sellers by then I would guess? Like many, I hope that they offer the guns separate so older tanks with airsoft can be updated.
regards,
Painless
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:26 am
by ALPHA
PainlessWolf wrote:Alpha,
Give it a year or so. Taigen will have the recoiling airsoft setup in most of their top sellers by then I would guess? Like many, I hope that they offer the guns separate so older tanks with airsoft can be updated.
regards,
Painless
I agree Painless...reason I'm not jumping on the early gen releases...as sometimes the companies refine them...not sure any company will combine IR with bb...they get handled too much in the shipping cartons...but there's a good chance there will be upgrade kits by the time there are more in circulation
Jt.. what are the chances of you measuring the width of the Tracks of the Taigen and the Heng Long...
ALPHA
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:55 am
by jtracks
This is what I get= Heng Long 1.019" Taigen 1.024". Not enough to worry about.
Joe
Re: Taigen Sherman
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:35 am
by ALPHA
jtracks wrote:This is what I get= Heng Long 1.019" Taigen 1.024". Not enough to worry about.
Joe
Well one thing I like about the Taigen is the sprockets ....so knowing the track difference helps...so a complete set is in order
Thanks JT
ALPHA