Hooben T-55 Rerelease Parts Compatibility?
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Hooben T-55 Rerelease Parts Compatibility?
Has anyone got any of those redone t-55 kits? I heard about them a while ago and just saw them on rctank.de, and I noticed the gearboxes are new (and seem much stronger). I was wondering if the new gearboxes were compatible with the old kits, as well as any other changes that may have happened.
Here is the de listing:
http://www.rctank.de/HOOBEN-T-55-ART...c-new-release-
If those gearboxes can be mounted in the old kits I might pick one up, would like to see changes to other systems as well
Here is the de listing:
http://www.rctank.de/HOOBEN-T-55-ART...c-new-release-
If those gearboxes can be mounted in the old kits I might pick one up, would like to see changes to other systems as well
#2
Did we ever find out if we can get the replacement spruce mines an early kit with a lot of flash on them .
Jimmy
Jimmy
#3
In the old kit transmissions Tamiya gears are a drop in. The bearings shown in the road wheels are open, not sealed, therefore a problem waiting to happen. However, it looks like a good kit.
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Yeah, I tried the tamiya gears from the pershing and they fit great but my frame is messed up.
Crisaman, would you happen to have a way to check if they are the same mounting setup as the old boxes?
Crisaman, would you happen to have a way to check if they are the same mounting setup as the old boxes?
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I did a little unboxing with a cell phone camera:
https://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/foru...p?f=23&t=19699
https://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/foru...p?f=23&t=19699
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Thanks! It looks like the holes in the hull are the same, but the gearboxes are definitely different, and they have a mounting/strength plate now..?
Is that also a reinforcement plate in the front of the lower hull?
Also looks like servo recoil and elevation instead of the garbage older units.
I hope we can get some of these upgrades standalone for our older release kits... would be great
DKM and hooben have metal tracks availible too. This is good news.
looks like hooben has the new boxes listed under the t-55, but it doesnt look like it includes the hull brace:
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?products_id=255
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?c...roducts_id=217
Is that also a reinforcement plate in the front of the lower hull?
Also looks like servo recoil and elevation instead of the garbage older units.
I hope we can get some of these upgrades standalone for our older release kits... would be great
DKM and hooben have metal tracks availible too. This is good news.
looks like hooben has the new boxes listed under the t-55, but it doesnt look like it includes the hull brace:
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?products_id=255
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?c...roducts_id=217
Last edited by Martellus; 06-27-2016 at 01:20 PM.
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I really wish Hooben would sell more parts individually like the wheels for the T-55. I'd like to make the 1969 upgrade of the SU-100.
Jeff
Jeff
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Thanks! It looks like the holes in the hull are the same, but the gearboxes are definitely different, and they have a mounting/strength plate now..?
Is that also a reinforcement plate in the front of the lower hull?
Also looks like servo recoil and elevation instead of the garbage older units.
I hope we can get some of these upgrades standalone for our older release kits... would be great
DKM and hooben have metal tracks availible too. This is good news.
looks like hooben has the new boxes listed under the t-55, but it doesnt look like it includes the hull brace:
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?products_id=255
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?c...roducts_id=217
Is that also a reinforcement plate in the front of the lower hull?
Also looks like servo recoil and elevation instead of the garbage older units.
I hope we can get some of these upgrades standalone for our older release kits... would be great
DKM and hooben have metal tracks availible too. This is good news.
looks like hooben has the new boxes listed under the t-55, but it doesnt look like it includes the hull brace:
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?products_id=255
http://hooben.com/product_info.php?c...roducts_id=217
Last edited by bhop73; 06-27-2016 at 02:02 PM.
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Yes. The plate are for the gearboxes.
I already bought the metal tracks.
For hull reinforcement i bought three of these
http://www.tank-modellbau.de/eng_106...ent_lower_hull
I already bought the metal tracks.
For hull reinforcement i bought three of these
http://www.tank-modellbau.de/eng_106...ent_lower_hull
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I have a full set of t-55 roadwheels/tires/bushings if you are interested - I wont be using them.
I have seen the modellbau hull braces before, but has anyone used the DKLM one?
Last edited by Martellus; 06-27-2016 at 03:16 PM.