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Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:08 am
by SafeAirOne
Hi All,
Recently 3D printed a 1:10 King Tiger II from
https://www.3dprintedtanks.com/english/ for my grandson. Not sure why a 6 year old has a favorite tank, but this one does, and it’s the King Tiger.
Printing/assembling it was easy; I’m still working on the electronics end of things though.
Admittedly, my sole purpose for joining this forum was to learn from/stand on the shoulders of, folks here on these forums who are much more knowledgeable than I am, on the subject of RC tanks.
I’m sure I won’t be disappointed.
—Mark
Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:54 am
by tankme
Welcome to the forum. Some of us have experience in larger tanks. I've got some 1/6th scale projects with home grown or piece mail installs. Jib has been working on his 1/8th Abrams as of late. I have a 1/10th Jagdtiger I've been working on, but haven't touched it in quite some time. We even have some Armortek builders, but those electronics are definitely more tailored to their products and more custom.
Anyway, ask away and I'm sure someone will know at least something about it...

Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 6:07 am
by michaelwhittmann
North America. That narrows it down. Panama to Baffin Bay.
Welcome from NJ, USA.
Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:02 am
by SafeAirOne
michaelwhittmann wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 6:07 am
North America. That narrows it down. Panama to Baffin Bay.
Welcome from NJ, USA.
Hahaha--Thanks for the welcome! This'll help narrow it down:
I just paid $50 in tariffs to convince Radiomaster to send me $130 worth of radio transmitter, receiver and a couple batteries.
(I'm 200 miles up the coast from you, in New Hampshire)

Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:16 pm
by PainlessWolf
Good Morning From the (Rainy) Southern Rockies of Colorado,
Welcome to the Forum. Pics of your King Tiger please. We love to chat and kick the virtual Road Wheels around here.
I've been working for the last few years, off and on with a 1/6 Stuart M5.
It will be finished sooner rather than later now that I have more time for Hobbies.
regards,
Painless
Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:45 pm
by SafeAirOne
PainlessWolf wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:16 pm
I've been working for the last few years, off and on with a 1/6 Stuart M5.
I thought my 1:10 King Tiger was long, but there’s a lot of gun length…that 1:6 Stuart will be almost as long with no gun stickout!
If I’m not mistaken, a Stuart is what greets visitors to our local WWII museum:

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Here’s my rather unadorned Tiger II. I’ll finish adding all the details once I get the radio channel mixing figured out, but that’s a topic for another post/forum:

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Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:23 pm
by Herr Dr. Professor
Hello from southern Wisconsin. Your questions will likely get response from some wizard(s) here. Clearly you know what you are doing. I suspect you already checked over the "Larger Scale Military" section:
viewforum.php?f=80. I read 'em all, even if I have concentrated on 1/16 as the scale I have long favored for other models.
Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:11 pm
by tankme
Yes that is a Stuart, but it is an M3 Stuart. Painless is working on an M5 Stuart. Same basic lower hull with different upper hull and turret.
Re: Hello from North America!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 2:01 pm
by PainlessWolf
Good Morning and Thanks for Posting the Pics
The Museum looks Solid! ( Solid = Fun ) Your King Tiger has the goods already!
Here is a Pic of How far I have gotten with the Stuart ( I dust it once a week now and have the Upper and Turret just waiting there for more work.
regards,
Painless

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