Hello from North Devon
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:57 pm
Hi All
My name is John and I came to this site from a link from forgebear tanks I'm amazed at the amount of friendly advice I've received from members, So to introduce myself, firstly I'm one of the retired (or tired) generation, built RC planes, boats and model railways etc. Now the old eyes are getting weaker and I needed to go up a size? I bought a H/l tiger 1 on a whim, newish board but still 27mg. Had loads of fun with it and decided to do a paint job (hated that grey) so added lots of Taigen bits and set to with the airbrush (not my best subject). Anyway was pleased with the result. Have since added Torro Sturm111, H/l Challenge H/l King tiger. My wife is also interested in RC tanks (I don't have to justify anything when buying bits etc ) and has a H/l Panzer111.
The Tiger 1 now has updated 2.4 ghz electronics as well as the aforementioned paint job. I recently acquired a H/l panther but this seems to be sitting on a tiger 1 chassis? Again 27mg but it runs well and wifey has been using it to get used to RC before the new Panzer. I'm wondering about building something on this chassis like a jagdtiger or a Sturmtiger as I've been building boats in plasticard for years.
Sorry to witter on but I will try to photograph my efforts and post the at a later date, again thanks for all the info and the great ideas this site has given me.
My name is John and I came to this site from a link from forgebear tanks I'm amazed at the amount of friendly advice I've received from members, So to introduce myself, firstly I'm one of the retired (or tired) generation, built RC planes, boats and model railways etc. Now the old eyes are getting weaker and I needed to go up a size? I bought a H/l tiger 1 on a whim, newish board but still 27mg. Had loads of fun with it and decided to do a paint job (hated that grey) so added lots of Taigen bits and set to with the airbrush (not my best subject). Anyway was pleased with the result. Have since added Torro Sturm111, H/l Challenge H/l King tiger. My wife is also interested in RC tanks (I don't have to justify anything when buying bits etc ) and has a H/l Panzer111.
The Tiger 1 now has updated 2.4 ghz electronics as well as the aforementioned paint job. I recently acquired a H/l panther but this seems to be sitting on a tiger 1 chassis? Again 27mg but it runs well and wifey has been using it to get used to RC before the new Panzer. I'm wondering about building something on this chassis like a jagdtiger or a Sturmtiger as I've been building boats in plasticard for years.
Sorry to witter on but I will try to photograph my efforts and post the at a later date, again thanks for all the info and the great ideas this site has given me.
: the greatest of all assets! ) there's no need to be bashful here 
The 'retired' profile is quite common on this forum...so you'll fit right in; along with wifey, of course. Moreover, with your previous experience in modelling, and enthusiasm, I'm sure you'll have a wealth of experience and anecdotes to relate to us.... when you get the hang of things :thumb: That won't take long.