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what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 9:54 pm
by paulc
hi all I have a Tamiya RC Sherman one of the earlier ones before the full option came out. I was thinking of turning it into the T34 calliope but have noticed none of them have the HVSS suspension.
I don't really know what to do with this Sherman as to be honest I'm not that knowledgeable about Sherman's and all the variants. just looking to do something a bit different but not having to spend a small fortune doing so. Has any body got any ideas for me? Thanks
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 10:03 pm
by Estnische
Possibly more than you want to know about Shermans
http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/index.html
See you in a month....
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 10:09 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
"what to do with a tamiya sherman"
Give it to me to look after
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 10:29 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
Would it really bug you to have a T34 calliope with HVSS?
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 10:47 pm
by john1970
Heng long upper hull mato 76mm turret both available from Forgebear spare repair section for mato turret
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 11:35 pm
by Exhibitedbrute
You could always do the m4a1e8. The a1 version of the easy 8. They are quite unusual as models. The only model easy 8s I have seen are a3. but the a1 version did exist
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 11:36 pm
by Exhibitedbrute
john1970 wrote:Heng long upper hull mato 76mm turret both available from Forgebear spare repair section for mato turret
Or Taigen/Torro turret. Not much difference in price really
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 3:22 am
by Estnische
IMHO , the 76mm turret benefits from surgery to correct the poor shape. Someone did it, I can’t remember who - maybe on RC Universe
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 8:06 am
by Ad Lav
Sell it and buy a Heng Long Sherman to make a T34 calliope?
Re: what to do with a tamiya sherman
Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 10:13 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Estnische wrote:IMHO , the 76mm turret benefits from surgery to correct the poor shape. Someone did it, I can’t remember who - maybe on RC Universe
Doesn't Nick Aguilar make the 76 turret to fit the Tamiya.
Ad Lav wrote:Sell it and buy a Heng Long Sherman to make a T34 calliope?
Or how about just the HL bottom hull? Or just swap the running gear? There's even the Taigen bottom hull option.
On this Tamiya kit in question, even though it's not the full option kit, would it still have metal parts like the suspension arms?