Used ebay Tamiya 1/35 Centurion Mk III with Toy G UM gear
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 3:45 pm
I saw this on ebay last year and snagged it for about $50 used including shipping. I bought it just to get the twin 130 motor all metal gearbox for another project. I opened the box and was surprised at the build of this model with its "wash job" and paint detail with correct decals and decided to "fix it up" a bit a see how it runs with a simple toy grade 2 cell 2 channel 27 mhz radio setup.
First I had to repair the left track and reattach the front track idle wheel which was missing some parts. After some time I managed to get the tracks back on the Tank then added noise capacitors to each motor as they are not installed or included with the "wired remote control system" then wired the motors with 1.5 mm micro JST connectors so I could connect a single 1.2 v Ni-mh batterie to the motors and test them and the tracks after repairs and see what happens.
Well they worked just fine so next step is to hook up a cheap Toy Grade Ultra Micro 2 channel receiver for some radio remote control action!
The TGUM radio gear receiver has 2 ESC's built in the receiver so it is 1 small circuit board and uses a TG 2 channel Universal Drive configuration Transmitter, Cost was $20 2 decades ago. Yes this radio gear is over 20 years old but still performs like new and though it is old Tech, works perfectly fine for Table Top Tank operation 
The outcome was very good and the model runs so well with this cheap setup that I just left it that way for now. Have been running every since and like the simplicity and reliability of this setup.
First I had to repair the left track and reattach the front track idle wheel which was missing some parts. After some time I managed to get the tracks back on the Tank then added noise capacitors to each motor as they are not installed or included with the "wired remote control system" then wired the motors with 1.5 mm micro JST connectors so I could connect a single 1.2 v Ni-mh batterie to the motors and test them and the tracks after repairs and see what happens.
Well they worked just fine so next step is to hook up a cheap Toy Grade Ultra Micro 2 channel receiver for some radio remote control action!
The TGUM radio gear receiver has 2 ESC's built in the receiver so it is 1 small circuit board and uses a TG 2 channel Universal Drive configuration Transmitter, Cost was $20 2 decades ago. Yes this radio gear is over 20 years old but still performs like new and though it is old Tech, works perfectly fine for Table Top Tank operation The outcome was very good and the model runs so well with this cheap setup that I just left it that way for now. Have been running every since and like the simplicity and reliability of this setup.