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Got this HL Pershing tank for my birthday. I modified it to be a TE263E from WW II. Took a few weeks to modify and repaint. Hope you like.

Good Evening,
It looks Tough like a Pershing should. Thanks for showing us the Pics. They and your Tank are very much appreciated!
regards,
Painless Wolf

I agree with Painless: thank you for following our custom of doing and introduction and then diving right in with photos of your Pershing. So what's up next, I say, twisting your arm.
We are in the middle of a 23/24 Winter/D-Day Group Build here on RCTW, and I am re-doing a Taigen T26E3. I do not know the HengLong Pershing at all, but I chose the very similar Taigen Pershing for my Winter/D=Day 23/24 Group Build fun. As I was working more closely with the Taigen Pershing, which I've had for some time, I realized that it actually is a T25E3, not an M26. That was perfect, as I was building the Pershing recalling my visit over fifty years ago to the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen.

Me likey! Me very much likey. Nice touches, the subtle chipping does it well.

Now. Whats the plan for the tracks?

Awesome! I love me some Pershing! So many little details. I like the rust paint on the tracks, too.

Though, it looks like you've got a broken link on the tanks right track. I can see a missing end cap on the last picture.

MrChef wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:27 pm Me likey! Me very much likey. Nice touches, the subtle chipping does it well.

Now. Whats the plan for the tracks?

Hey Chef, I see you found me here too. If you look at the last pic of my tank in the mulch, I managed to burnish and rust the tracks just like you suggested on the Motion RC site.

Roboticus_Prime wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:44 pm Awesome! I love me some Pershing! So many little details. I like the rust paint on the tracks, too.

Though, it looks like you've got a broken link on the tanks right track. I can see a missing end cap on the last picture.

Thanks, Roboticus. I just took a look at my tracks, and all is in good shape, must just be the angle. But I do appreciate the concern. I'd be really upset if that was true as the tank is only 2 months old, and I've only run it outside once.

scottlarkins wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:19 pm

MrChef wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:27 pm Me likey! Me very much likey. Nice touches, the subtle chipping does it well.

Now. Whats the plan for the tracks?

Hey Chef, I see you found me here too. If you look at the last pic of my tank in the mulch, I managed to burnish and rust the tracks just like you suggested on the Motion RC site.

Ha ha, well I appreciate the nice work you've done sir. I'm glad you've joined up here too. Yes, yes, my mistake I do see the tracks lookin blackened and weathered in the last pic. I went over to the Squawk to compare notes and refresh. Keep on tankin sir.

I like what you have done with this and like me you have come up with a field mod idea for the mg ammo storage. I made a rack for mine but the rope used on yours is just as effective and perhaps better looking

Exhibitedbrute wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:16 pm I like what you have done with this and like me you have come up with a field mod idea for the mg ammo storage. I made a rack for mine but the rope used on yours is just as effective and perhaps better looking

Thank you, sir. I tried to think what the men in the field might come up with if they had limited supplies. I just used some old stretched and waxed rope I had left over from my wood model ships I make.