Introducing myself

[Royal Gwent Dragoons]

Hi, May names Julian
I've created the user name of The Royal Gwent Dragoons, off course it's fictional, and it sounds more intresting than my name.

I am looking to hook up with other people who are interested in 1/16 or 1/24 Armour, I have both, the 1/24 are the VSpro tanks and are IR my 1/16th collection is mostly a mixture of Heng Long and Torro/Heng Long tanks, with a Hobby Engine M1A1 Abrams. at the moment I only have the one IR functioning tank a Tiger 1 that used to be a dreaded "Pantiger" that I have converted, the rest are BB shooting Tanks.
I do not have any Tamiya 1/16. although I have modelled 1/35 AFVs for years

I have about a dozen 1/16 tanks and 3 1/24.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and please feel free to get in touch.

Regards

Julian

[edpanzer]

Welcome to the forum Julian! You sound like you have quite a fleet there!!! We need pics I hope you enjoy the forum there a good bunch and very knowledgeable.
Eddie

[Royal Gwent Dragoons]

Thanks Ed for the welcome message Ed
I promise as soon as I can I will get some photos of my Squadron of mixed types on here.

Julian

[jarndice]

Good Afternoon Julian, Welcome to the Forum, a lot of valuable information is here, a short cut to finding anything in particular is to use the search box on the top right of the page, enjoy this place, we do. shaun

[Dietrich]

Welcome to the Forum Julian...
Nice selection of tanks......

[AlwynTurner]

And it's a welcome from me too. Sounds like you have quite a collection and I'm sure we'd all like to see the pics. Happy tanking. Alwyn

[PainlessWolf]

Good Afternoon,
Welcome to the forum!
regards,
Painless

[Royal Gwent Dragoons]

Hi Again, thanks for the welcome messages,

The Pantiger conversion is a WIP The rebuilding is done, I'm in the middle of repainting it now. It wasn't that difficult, and there was a learning curve involved, if anyone wants to do the same let me know and I'll give you advice on what to watch out for etc.
I thought it might be a good idea to list my tanks. I am always willing to take advice on board about improving my modelling skills etc and I am happy to exchange ideas and give advice when someone asks.

Julian
1:16
Heng Long Leopard 2 A6 BB.
Heng Long M1A2 Abrams BB.
Hobby Engine M1A1 Abrams.
Torro/heng Long Tiger 1 Late Prod BB.
Heng Long Tiger Early Prod BB.
Heng Long/Torro Tiger 1 Early Prod IR (converted from HL Pantiger BB)
Torro/HL King Tiger H turret BB.
Torro/HL Panther G BB.
HL Jagdpanther BB.
Torro/HL T34/85 BB
HL KV1 BB
Torro M16 Half track AA mount
HL M4A3 Sherman 105mm BB
HL M26 Pershing BB
HL M41 Walker/Bulldog BB

1/24th VS Pro.
M1A2 Abrams IR
Leopard2 A6 IR
T72 M IR

[Saxondog]

Welcome Julian, enjoy the forum. Take some time to review.We have many build threads, and ideas from a variety of hobbyist.

cheers Blake

[Royal Gwent Dragoons]

Hi again, Ref: My pan-tiger conversion , it did have an older board in it, so I refurbished the electronics with an RX18 and bought new switches , leads etc, I bought a upper hull off ebay, then discovered that HL had in fact updated the hull , so I then had to find an older upper hull with the correct retaining screw configuration. I got this from a German supplier along with a new smoke genny, the turret is a Taigen IR with a recoil function in the barrel I got a rear hull assembly from E bay too. I then ended up getting parts to make a third tiger. It was a good exercise for me and I learned a lot as well as gaining confidence to take on further upgrades and refurbishments, not to mention building a full option metal tank. My M26 Pershing and M41 Walker/bulldog also have the older boards in them, but as they work fine, I will leave them as they are for now.