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Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:29 pm
by grim_marmazet
Has anyone seen any Mato Shermans on sale anywhere in the UK?

The only dealers I can find on ebay are in Australia or Canada. The Canadian one is RCDynasty. He looks a bit dodgy, has only a 3 day warranty, and doesn't show shipping cost.

Cheers,
Rik

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:59 pm
by fleshpedler
Try and give forebear a pm and see.............
Fleshy................................

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:44 pm
by fv432
Rick
i know Dave has uppers and lowers and last time i heard he was waiting for tracks and sprockets to arrive
as pete said give him a pm :thumbup:

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:50 pm
by septon
i got a lower hull of dave and now fitting the bogies to my tam lower hull


paul

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:39 am
by grim_marmazet
Thanks guys, i've sent Dave a PM. Septon, that exactly what I want to do with my new Sherman.

Are you doing the full mod to get the suspension working properly?

Cheers,
Rik

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:05 pm
by jrc
septon wrote:i got a lower hull of dave and now fitting the bogies to my tam lower hull


paul
hi Paul

what tracks did you use, I'm told the Tamiya tracks are too wide.

cheers

ross

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:36 pm
by [ICE]monkey
grim_marmazet wrote:Has anyone seen any Mato Shermans on sale anywhere in the UK?

The only dealers I can find on ebay are in Australia or Canada. The Canadian one is RCDynasty. He looks a bit dodgy, has only a 3 day warranty, and doesn't show shipping cost.

Cheers,
Rik
thats a better warranty then the 1/1 scale ones had rik, :haha:

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:37 pm
by septon
i will be uesing the mato tracks not doing the suspension mod as i dont think it needs it
heres a link from DAK Desert Armor Korps to how to do it
http://web.mac.com/ethandunsford/DAK_PR ... rothy.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


paul

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:37 pm
by grim_marmazet
[ICE]monkey wrote:
grim_marmazet wrote:Has anyone seen any Mato Shermans on sale anywhere in the UK?

The only dealers I can find on ebay are in Australia or Canada. The Canadian one is RCDynasty. He looks a bit dodgy, has only a 3 day warranty, and doesn't show shipping cost.

Cheers,
Rik
thats a better warranty then the 1/1 scale ones had rik, :haha:
Haha! Very true, well at least mine won't end up a 'ronson'.
septon wrote:i will be uesing the mato tracks not doing the suspension mod as i dont think it needs it
heres a link from DAK Desert Armor Korps to how to do it
http://web.mac.com/ethandunsford/DAK_PR ... rothy.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


paul
I've seen Ethan's excellent conversion. In fact I just bought one of his excellent rotor shields, to go with the 75mm gun and mantlet Nick Aguilar produces.
I'm also going to get Nick's cast hull, transmission cover and split loaders hatch. I hope to do the full whack of upgrades, including recoil, smoker, switching MG's and RC controlled lights (but better than the default Tamiya way).

I want to give the suspension mod a go, and add Tailend Charlie's bearing mod to the wheels and idler. Did you use the original Tamiya sprocket? If so, how much did you cut it down by?

Cheers,
Rik

Re: Mato Shermans in the UK?

Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:58 pm
by septon
im going to use the mato sprocket

paul