Reshod Abrams M1A1
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:36 am
Good Evening,
Another Oldy-Goldy brought back to life today thank to the meritorious assistance of our very own TankBear. While waiting for parts to arrive to begin the Panther G , I was itching to do something tank related. After the successful rejuvenation of my vintage Pershing last month, I knew it needed to be something from the beginning of my large scale Tank hobby (fixation). I had already been searching for a while for replacement tracks for my Hobby Engine M1A1. This tank was the very first 1/16 RC Tank I ever purchased and provided many fun hours of rushing around at high speed over almost anything. I had purchased it gently used from a fellow in Arkansas for the then princely sum of 69.00 US back in 2003. I took it apart in 2004 and fixed the barrel recoil and lubed all of the gears and moving bits inside and out. That Christmas, the Devil that was Heng Long's first Tiger 1 showed up under the tree and bewitched me with it's near perfect self, pinned tracks, firing air soft cannon, etc. Since I had already been forced to hot glue the tracks on the Abrams together once, I cleaned it and sat it on the shelf and returned to my new Wunder-Tank. Well, ten years flew by with newer and better tanks being added to my collection and altho' the Abrams did get taken out and charged up and ran carefully ever once in a great while, those times were sporadic. Over the last five or six years, I would have to say, not at all. Feeling the need to fix up my tanks and not add so many new ones the last couple of years (HA!). I renewed my track search recently and enter The Bear of Tanks with his threads on rebuilding the newer Hobby Engine Abrams. He graciously hooked me up with new rubber and they arrived last Friday. There was a slight worry because the newer Abrams have active suspensions while mine are molded on but the tracks fit perfectly. I opened the Abrams up tonight while the original battery trickle charged and the insides were spotless still, everything ship shape and even the dreaded nylon gear boxes still in one piece with no splits. The Abrams is doing much better than my original Heng Longs so far in that department. Tracks installed, I took a couple of pictures to show the results and what had been on the tank originally. It's not a great and detailed build but it means something to me to be able to put my very first 1/16 RC tank back on the prowl. Thank you again, TankBear.
regards,
Painless Wolf
Another Oldy-Goldy brought back to life today thank to the meritorious assistance of our very own TankBear. While waiting for parts to arrive to begin the Panther G , I was itching to do something tank related. After the successful rejuvenation of my vintage Pershing last month, I knew it needed to be something from the beginning of my large scale Tank hobby (fixation). I had already been searching for a while for replacement tracks for my Hobby Engine M1A1. This tank was the very first 1/16 RC Tank I ever purchased and provided many fun hours of rushing around at high speed over almost anything. I had purchased it gently used from a fellow in Arkansas for the then princely sum of 69.00 US back in 2003. I took it apart in 2004 and fixed the barrel recoil and lubed all of the gears and moving bits inside and out. That Christmas, the Devil that was Heng Long's first Tiger 1 showed up under the tree and bewitched me with it's near perfect self, pinned tracks, firing air soft cannon, etc. Since I had already been forced to hot glue the tracks on the Abrams together once, I cleaned it and sat it on the shelf and returned to my new Wunder-Tank. Well, ten years flew by with newer and better tanks being added to my collection and altho' the Abrams did get taken out and charged up and ran carefully ever once in a great while, those times were sporadic. Over the last five or six years, I would have to say, not at all. Feeling the need to fix up my tanks and not add so many new ones the last couple of years (HA!). I renewed my track search recently and enter The Bear of Tanks with his threads on rebuilding the newer Hobby Engine Abrams. He graciously hooked me up with new rubber and they arrived last Friday. There was a slight worry because the newer Abrams have active suspensions while mine are molded on but the tracks fit perfectly. I opened the Abrams up tonight while the original battery trickle charged and the insides were spotless still, everything ship shape and even the dreaded nylon gear boxes still in one piece with no splits. The Abrams is doing much better than my original Heng Longs so far in that department. Tracks installed, I took a couple of pictures to show the results and what had been on the tank originally. It's not a great and detailed build but it means something to me to be able to put my very first 1/16 RC tank back on the prowl. Thank you again, TankBear.
regards,
Painless Wolf
