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I've bought a second hand 1/16 KT from a dealer for a rather low price, though it had some "issues".
But i ran into the problem that the upper half of the chassis wont come lose, even though the previous owner managed to let 2 of the many screws in. The main problem is though, even after removing the remaining screws, the top half is still tightly attached to the lower half. So I've searched for quite a bit on how to open it up, all I'm getting are how-to's for tiger I's.

So...that's how i ended up here, considering the many people with proper knowledge are present here.
So hereby i ask, how does one properly take a Heng Long, King Tiger with a Porsche turret apart? Am i truly missing the obvious screws?

Secondly, another thing i noticed with the tank, is that the controls are.....unique. I also own a second hand Mato Sherman, which i bought as a project as the electronics were malfunctioning. But with this tiger, some buttons on the controller are, well, duds, and the other does next to nothing. The gun elevation is also somewhat the opposite of what one would expect it to behave.

If one could send over some information about this thing, i'd highly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance,
Fooks

hi have you taken the 2 screws out from under the rear idlers in the back panel dave

Woa, thanks for the quick reply.

As far as i know, these should be still there, so i shall check it, i'll post the results in a bit.

ok good luck dave

Dang Dave ..you beat me to it

ALPHA

yep looks that way LOL

Alright, the idler wheels came off pretty easily (the caps did with a terrible noise though ) and yes, the screws are still present. Taking these out now.

Are there any others i should be knowing of?

*edit*
By the way, you guys rock.
I have not seen any forum respond this quick with actually helpful answers so far.

ther should be 2 in the base each side and poss 2 at the front
that should do it
dave

thanks we do try

I wonder, is it a smart idea to keep these screws behind the idlers absent?
Considering the thing will be assembled and disassembled a few times within the next few days, it would only be time consuming. Though during testing, will it be rigid enough for normal, flat surface driving?