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Jap' tiger all plugged in and tested this afternoon, despite being a schmuck and getting the channels the wrong way round and it not working because of that!

She's setup well with my dx6i. Throttle and rudder on left and turret and gun on right, same as the leopard 2a6.

Happy bunny, they'll both be at the meet end of January!
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Japanese Tiger ready for battle :D

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Being shot to bits by ze americans :D

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Seeing as the KV build is pending some special glue and a receiver I thought I'd dig out the spare tow cables for the hull sides and paint/attach them.

Fairly easy job, I had taken them off prior to painting it green and forgot to paint and fit them.

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Aerial fitted on the tiger. Couldn't get any violin string so I got some brass wire until I pop to the music shop.

And here's a shot with its Russian counterpart :D

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Something I've been meaning to do for ages got done today - tracks!

Painted and weathered, after talking to scalawag about what to do I mixed up a batch of paint and did the KV first, followed by Tiger today.

Tiger tracks shown with KV spare links. Fitting tomorrow.

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Tracks back on the Tiger - makes such a difference even though it's a subtle change!

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I'm camouflaged well - you might mistake me for a green ruskie :D
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nice looking tank, very good.
Tamiya leopard C1 mexas armor
home made T26 licht Russian tank
Heng long leopard 2A6 soon to be 2A5
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Bought the old girl back from Paul and giving her a spruce up.

Aber aerial.

K sprue opening hatches.

More to come. Battle ready again.

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