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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

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

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

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

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

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

Good Afternoon,
Welcome to the forum!
regards,
Painless

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

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

cheers Blake

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.