It's all new to me but Hi!
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:23 am
Hi RC.TW,
My name is Andy and I hail from Somerset, UK.
I have been drooling over 1/16 tanks for a few years and decided for Christmas this year I would treat myself. Was thinking of a Taigen as my airbrushing skills are non existent, and haven't done much modeling since my teens (a long time ago now!). Whilst looking on the bay of thieves I came across a couple of local tanks newly listed, did a deal and plunged in!
This is what I bought:
Both are basic sound/smoke Heng Long versions but fairly new and to my untrained eye were well painted and weathered all for the price of two new basic versions. Better batteries too!! Thanks Mark for the hours you must have put into them.
So here is my thinking.. I can have some fun straight out of the box with the Tiger whilst the Panzer IV will make a great present for my son for Christmas. There are some upgrades i want/need to do to the Tiger.
So the bug has set in and whilst I thrash these two I can learn hopefully from you guys how to do it myself a little more accurately on a new project that I wont rush 'cos I have something to play with.
Have load of questions to ask but wont bore you with them all 'till I have time to look right through the forum. Have found some frustrations already mainly being the lack of stock tanks and accessories we seem to have in the UK! Has the import of parts and tanks into the UK gone dead!?! It's also no wonder so many peeps own Tigers as the variety of ready to runs seems soooo limited!
Anyhows I look forward to picking your brains as long as you don't mind the surgery!!!
Oh and just one question ... If I upgrade to a Taigen 2.4GHz system do I need to replace the wiring as well as the module or will the stock wiring just need to be plugged into the new module? Many thanks.
My name is Andy and I hail from Somerset, UK.
I have been drooling over 1/16 tanks for a few years and decided for Christmas this year I would treat myself. Was thinking of a Taigen as my airbrushing skills are non existent, and haven't done much modeling since my teens (a long time ago now!). Whilst looking on the bay of thieves I came across a couple of local tanks newly listed, did a deal and plunged in!
This is what I bought:
Both are basic sound/smoke Heng Long versions but fairly new and to my untrained eye were well painted and weathered all for the price of two new basic versions. Better batteries too!! Thanks Mark for the hours you must have put into them.
So here is my thinking.. I can have some fun straight out of the box with the Tiger whilst the Panzer IV will make a great present for my son for Christmas. There are some upgrades i want/need to do to the Tiger.
So the bug has set in and whilst I thrash these two I can learn hopefully from you guys how to do it myself a little more accurately on a new project that I wont rush 'cos I have something to play with.
Have load of questions to ask but wont bore you with them all 'till I have time to look right through the forum. Have found some frustrations already mainly being the lack of stock tanks and accessories we seem to have in the UK! Has the import of parts and tanks into the UK gone dead!?! It's also no wonder so many peeps own Tigers as the variety of ready to runs seems soooo limited!
Anyhows I look forward to picking your brains as long as you don't mind the surgery!!!
Oh and just one question ... If I upgrade to a Taigen 2.4GHz system do I need to replace the wiring as well as the module or will the stock wiring just need to be plugged into the new module? Many thanks.
However I have been fortunate not to have parted any money with them! So Mark has done me a big favour selling me his tanks as it saved me buying from Nitrotek! I am also glad that I am not the only one who considers TankZone overpriced and the site has bad links all over the place with little or no information about the spec of their items! I shall post my Nitrotek customer service experience in the relevant thread.
Enjoy & play. 
