Tamiya 1/35 PZW 4

[jarndice]

Somewhere under a number of unopened boxes of large scale Aircraft kits is an unopened Tamiya 1/35 box of a Panzer 4,
Plus an "Eduard" PE Pack for it.
I think I bought a pair of metal tracks as well.
I bought it years ago before R/C Tanks had infected me.
Is it possible to convert it to R/C or is it truly a static build ?
Shaun.

[c.rainford73]

Somewhere under a number of unopened boxes of large scale Aircraft kits is an unopened Tamiya 1/35 box of a Panzer 4,
Plus an "Eduard" PE Pack for it.
I think I bought a pair of metal tracks as well.
I bought it years ago before R/C Tanks had infected me.
Is it possible to convert it to R/C or is it truly a static build ?
Shaun.

I think Ferny built a beautiful 1:35 Tiger conversion to rc

[c.rainford73]

A 1 35 RC conversion kit for a panther or something else from thier website maybe converted I would assume. I also have a Panzer iv 1:35 kit in my workshop I've been eyeing. Sometimes these smaller scales keep my modeling skills sharp

I'm currently thinking of ordering thier 1:16 Panzer 38t Rc conversion kit. I just bought the Panda kit today

[jarndice]

Oh Carl I was hoping someone was going to say that it was much too challenging so that I could forget about it or give it to the Churches Christmas gift box,
After all why should I be the only one who has suffered with poor eyesight and shattered nerves working with PE ?
Thanks anyway my Friend it looks like I shall be sorting through my pile of Kits yet to do,
The trouble is I will have to pass a large scale B24 and a large scale Avro Lancaster amongst others and I am not sure I will be able to resist the temptation to just have a look inside,
Shaun.

[jarndice]

That's a coincidence, I was just looking through Axels newly refurbished website---
www.axels-modellbau-shop.de
and they are selling 38T Upgrades, it might be worth a look.
Shaun.

[c.rainford73]

That's a coincidence, I was just looking through Axels newly refurbished website---
http://www.axels-modellbau-shop.de
and they are selling 38T Upgrades, it might be worth a look.
Shaun.

Will do! I was so excited with Mr Alwyn Turner's nashorn kit that is nearing completion I have to admit the need to build and "make something" came back kinda like hooking up the transistors on Frankenstein!

Or just building a model....

Much more fun than opening a box and adding batteries. When I'm not feeling creative then I will order the ready to run beasts.

Thanks so much for the lead on those parts.

[43rdRecceReg]

I never visualised you as a kit hoarder, Shaun I recall a documentary some years ago about an aged hoarder in North London (WW2 polish emigre, I think). He had to do the breaststroke, way up by the ceiling, across a mountainous pile of newspapers, and collected debris, just to go to his kitchen. I don't know why he bothered 'swimming' into that place either, as even the cooker had not seen the light of day in many years.
Should you wade though emporium of virgin kits (some I imagine priced in £/ shillings/ and pence! or maybe even groats ), and manage to focus on the Tamiya Pz 4 1/35, you might find this article interesting.
This Russian guy is simply a genius. This thread follows him customising a Tamiya 1/35 Cromwell model, using PE parts so minuscule that even a swiss watchmaker might be impressed. Never mind the eyestrain...get inspired..
Roy
http://www.militarymodelling.com/forums ... =64582&p=1

[jarndice]

Roy, Thanks for the tip off about the 1/35 Cromwell,
I cannot help wondering if you are referring to cousin Kasimir,
He rented a basement flat in a 7 storey apartment block , some years later the fire brigade had to lift him out of the Loft, he was taken to hospital with a double hernia having just carried his bed there over his worldly goods,
Shaun.

[43rdRecceReg]

Roy, Thanks for the tip off about the 1/35 Cromwell,
I cannot help wondering if you are referring to cousin Kasimir,
He rented a basement flat in a 7 storey apartment block , some years later the fire brigade had to lift him out of the Loft, he was taken to hospital with a double hernia having just carried his bed there over his worldly goods,
Shaun.

Hmmm..I've been testing the memory circuits again, and some still function That character- for a character he was-, whose life then spawned a TV glut of OCD/hoarder documentaries, was actually called Mr Trebus. It took several weeks for the council just to clear the accumulated c**p out of his garden; before they could even approach his front door. Anyway.......
Do give us all a decent commentary on the Pz IV build, unless you're seduced by the Lancaster By the way- without checking myself-..does anyone do (functional RC ) scale Zeppelins, I wonder? I went to the old factory in Friedrichshafen, now a museum,
a couple of years ago, and was really impressed with the displays there. It's easy to get to from Zürich, where my son lives, and should you even visit Switzerland, or Southern Germany (Bodensee district) it's really well worth a visit.

[jarndice]

I possess two great memories from the early 60s,
We were on exercise in Germany on a big field, We were flying a British Army DHC2 Beaver from it, primarily for us to get bespoke training in freefall,
Amongst the goods and chattels that were in the trucks was a BSA M20 dispatch bike,
The Sgt Major asked if anyone wanted to show the non riders how it was done,
A "Friend" suggested I was just the fellow, along the lines of Please sir Mr Clarke can ride a bike sir, I was, to use a modern term "Shafted",
I pulled on the obligatory gauntlets and my metal hat, Kicked it over and pulled in the clutch,
The last thing I needed to do was stall the blo*dy thing in front of my section so engine wide open I dropped the clutch,
Since then I have ridden thousands of miles on hundreds of different motor cycles But I wheelied that Beezer between the trees and for the first 100 metres I just hung on,
This was the most exhilarating thing since leaving the tethered balloon at Lyneham for the first time.
I was on a track which bought me to a small road, I turned right and started to learn the gears, another right turn bought me to the field, through the open gate to the now congratulatory crowd who had decided that if Mr Clarke can do it so can we,
I fell in love with Bikes and biking from those few minutes of exhilaration ,
A love I have never lost,
Shortly after a white Jeep pick up came into the field, the suited driver went to the boss and the next we know a Unimog was coming onto the field towing a long metal lattice frame, we were asked to help pitch this tower and about 30 minutes later a "Good-Year" Blimp came toward us at low level trailing two ropes from the nose,
I had learnt years before to not touch any ropes or cables hanging from Helicopters until they had first grounded the static out of them, We hauled it onto the pylon and shared a few bottles of beer while one of our fitters changed the plugs on one of the "Lycoming" flat 6s which were pretty much the same engine as powered the Clockwork Mice (Bell 47) in service with the Army Air Corps.
Yes I have a few bad memories of my service but also some truly life enhancing ones as well.
Shaun.