Hello from the Netherlands
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 3:03 pm
Hello all,
New to the site (although i've read a lot of posts here over the years).
Started my journey back in what im guessing was around 2015 when i got my first and only tank atm, a Taigen Early Tiger 1 with metal hull and the zinc gearbox.
Drove it a lot outside with a friend of mine who also bought one, until my Tiger's gearbox broke down in the snow. (very realisitic!)
after that it sat still for a few years, until i decided to fix it up in 2020.
Got myself a Waltersons gearbox,steel sprocket/idler, roadwheels, tracks and metal IR turret and repainted the whole tank.
I took inspiration from the kampfgruppe fehrmann Tigers.
after that it sat still for a few more years until last week.
turns out the recoil mechanism died somehow and the tank wouldn't fire again.
got myself a new recoil unit and the Taigen v3 electronics (quite a nice upgrade from v1)
however for some reason the audio volume is extremely low, tested with old and new speaker, and old and new volume knobs.
anybody got an idea?
My bet is on a bad soundcard but maybe I'm missing something.
Anyway here are a few pics of the tank
New to the site (although i've read a lot of posts here over the years).
Started my journey back in what im guessing was around 2015 when i got my first and only tank atm, a Taigen Early Tiger 1 with metal hull and the zinc gearbox.
Drove it a lot outside with a friend of mine who also bought one, until my Tiger's gearbox broke down in the snow. (very realisitic!)
after that it sat still for a few years, until i decided to fix it up in 2020.
Got myself a Waltersons gearbox,steel sprocket/idler, roadwheels, tracks and metal IR turret and repainted the whole tank.
I took inspiration from the kampfgruppe fehrmann Tigers.
after that it sat still for a few more years until last week.
turns out the recoil mechanism died somehow and the tank wouldn't fire again.
got myself a new recoil unit and the Taigen v3 electronics (quite a nice upgrade from v1)
however for some reason the audio volume is extremely low, tested with old and new speaker, and old and new volume knobs.
anybody got an idea?
My bet is on a bad soundcard but maybe I'm missing something.
Anyway here are a few pics of the tank
Canada!
) Taigen tanks, five of which are Tiger 1s ( 
). Most I have converted to V3 because of the sounds. I have not noticed a volume drop in any of the conversions, although I have always used the new rheostat provided. My next move would be to try an aftermarket speaker. Keep us informed of how it's going.