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Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:12 pm
by axiscommander
Hi there from sunney surrey.

I am relatively new to tank modelling. after the neighbour bought a tiger tank for his son, i thought i could do with one of those so i purchase a bulldog for my 'son'. having upgraded the gearboxes because the old ones were collapsing, i bought myself a 'customised panzer III from ebay ( after i has a cheap abrams tank which now needs a motor for the turret rotation because all its gears have split. any suggestions????)
My latest purchase is a H?L Jagdpanther which i am starting to detail. just need to find some good pics which seem hard to find, although there is a book coming out later this month , according to amazon anyway, about the jagdpanther so may get some good info from that.

I tend to drive abut the garden with my son, but we do travel as a column across to the green we have opposite the house, where there happens to be a buried air raid shelter covered in grass which makes a good 'landscaped' area for driving around on with 1/16 scale hills!

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:36 pm
by happytanker
all sounds like good fun to me! :D welcome to the forum buddy! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:50 pm
by mt 1
Welcome to the forum,
                              Has the tank BUG BITTEN YOU,it did me when i got a heng long tiger for my Grandson,have purchased 3 more to mod up. 8) 8) .

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:49 pm
by axiscommander
mt 1 wrote: Welcome to the forum,
                              Has the tank BUG BITTEN YOU,
well, yes. having uprated my boys bulldog to metal gearboxes have now gone and bought him metal tracks......jagdpanther has new etched grills and antenna moved, mantlet to sort next then tools to move.....what next???? try to sort out the abrams if i can find a suitable turret motor/gearbox

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:59 pm
by littletankman
Hi Axiscommander,
Welcome to the site . My children are the same , my son has my old converted Pantiger but Im going to get him the new HL Panther when it comes out , My daughters not got a tank yet but she will be using my old Tamiya Sherman as soon as its a Firefly .

All the best Littletankman

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:06 pm
by [ICE]monkey
welcome to the site
all the best, ice

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:01 am
by tankman
Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy yourself here
Alan

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:40 am
by axiscommander
well thank you all for the warm welcome. i think this forum will end up costing me money ;D

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:07 am
by axiscommander
well, here are my tanks. all heng long except the abrams, and technically the bulldog is my sons.....

the abrams is being rebuilt, there is a topic onit in modern tanks
the Jagdpanther is what i bought when i said to the wife 'but the abrams is knackered and will probably end in the bin' ;D. i have fitted metal grilles and moved the aerial to start with, mantle and welds next.
the bulldog has metal gearboxes and now metal tracks, painted and driven in mud!
and the panzer III is stock other than weathering etc and is how i bought it

Re: Hi from Axis Commander

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:54 pm
by tankmad
Hi Axis commander welcome to the forum I like your bulldog ita well done im sure you will have the jagdpanther looking the part soon.
Stevie