Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: kpnuts on November 02, 2022, 04:39:41 AM
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Hi all got this for my birthday ( not built an rc car since I was in my early 20s, over 40 yrs ago)
Things have changed a lot (detail wise I don't think for the better)
(https://i.ibb.co/TY3mQ5p/IMG-2045.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/gtPDpph/IMG-2043.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/CMbZ2XB/IMG-2044.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/wBq24sh/IMG-2047.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/1nx3GBt/IMG-2060.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/PWfV33R/IMG-2059.jpg)
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Looks much better than the Tamiya R/C Leopard tank I built back in the 80's. Some fittings in the gearbox clutches were cast brass instead of machined brass & fractured after very little use - luckily I knew a machinist who made new ones for me.
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Hi all more progress
(https://i.ibb.co/fd0Hfns/IMG-2095.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/sKhYtWX/IMG-2075.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Pz2RbNL/IMG-2074.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/q91CkW6/IMG-2073.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/yX5Zyjs/IMG-2072.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Hh0n13g/IMG-2071.jpg)
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Well she is finished.
(https://i.ibb.co/qBywvKC/IMG-2135.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/S3Wd6wN/IMG-2133.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Qk65s5h/IMG-2134.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/4s1NP32/IMG-2131.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/0VMbWq3/IMG-2130.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/HqsVVdF/IMG-2132.jpg)
And she is very robust (let my grandson have a go) he's 2 got a lot of crashing and rough handling but there is not a mark on it.