A little research. Guys in Japan are recommending this radio for plug and play ease of operation (lights, gun fire, volume adjustment, engine start stop) for the Tamiya Abrams and the new Sheridan. Amazon has it.

TAMIYA FINESPEC 2.4GHz 4-CHANNEL RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM (TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER SET) 45068

Hi Rad,

The word Europe says it all and you consider that a recommendation? Musicial and talking rc tanks, wow, great selling points. I may have to reconsider my point of view, LOL. And nice figures, sorry, they looked Torro stock in the first images you posted, guess your also a weak photographer too. Great hearing from you though, all opinions count. Perhaps not yours. Do not listen to this pretender concerning Tamiya rc tank kit builds, that is my recommendation!

John

I personally loathe the elelctronics in the legacy full option tanks. I hate the recoil and the flash. Ive had new mfs quit flashing. I a,os prefer to design a servo elevation and recoil. So out they go from any of my tamiya tanks. I can build a nicer more realisric appearance with an IBU and get better sound. Granted i have to engineer all that crap myself and fuss alot with it but thats fun for me and I have a tank that is what I want when im done. Ive been offered some money for my tanks but never sold one i have finished for myelf. Others i have sold were built at customers desire or without a system.

Hi Rich,

Nice to read about your kit bashing build thoughts. Thanks for sharing Rich, that must have been painful for you to post. True the OEM Tamiya rotation and elevation units suck, but easily improved upon. Happy you got all that off your chest, but again the sad news is that no one cares, most of all me, LOL.

Enjoy, John

I lnow, i just had to razz ya. I do like the rotation units, they have a bit more precise operation than HL

Morning John, you will be able to get the tank to work with another radio - just as most have done but the one you recommended is obviously for people who don’t want to play around or customise?

Got my spectrum dx6i working with the leopard/type 10 and Abrams.

I doubt the new Sheridan would be any different.

I look forward to your build.

Hello, “Plug and Play”, yes, is the goal, which is part of the important built in fun of Tamiya kit’s. The problem for me with any pro customized rc setup system and also multi channel radios is that I forget how things work every time I go back to the rc model after it has sat a bit, unused. LOL. Having to dig out the manuals to learn again how to operate the model is annoying.

Fooling around with rc radio systems is not why I build the tanks, clearly not a focus. I see no need to further explore the advanced electronics terroritory. Anyway, been there done that with the customized multi channel flakpanzers. Absolutely no fun to run, except for a performance operation video.

Not saying other rc radios do not work well with Tamiya, just saying that my rc model build concept is very component selective. Why? My hobby is based on Tamiya rc ir kit building something fun every year or two. My hobby is not about collecting a bunch of rc tanks sitting around in my build cave, LOL.

To better sell on my rc tank models in the USA, I build against unspoken established, popular USA rc tank standards. A lot of West Coast and AZ rc tank guys use the spectrum radios, And that works well for them. From my experience I know that for selling on a model in the USA, the Futaba brand currently holds a resell marketing advantage; for the last 15 years. And most importantly Karen at the AAF Museum sells them at a good price and delivers them to one quickly, LOL.

So, because that is the brand they sell, and have sold for years, most of my potential Tamiya RTR rc tank customers are most familiar with the Futaba setup and that is what they want. Plus, the museum rc tank battles and their communications about the battles, mostly on rcu, have popularized the Futaba Brand. So, I use what works, stuff runs deeper than being a pro rc electronics setup dude like RAD. Importantly, that skill is not all that helpful in selling on a RTR rc tank. So, plug and play easy setup and maintance is the first priority for the RTR customer who wants to play with a finished Tamiya rc tank.

FYI. The Tamiya Abrams rebuild was done to find out why dozens of USA modelers before me were unsucessful at Abrams rc setup and then lying about it LOL. Of course, there can be many solutions to the same problem, but my goal was to find out why the Futaba rc radio the AAF Museum was selling was not compatible with the Tamiya Abrams Kit they were also selling. And what Futaba rc radio would work if any.

We did that.

Enjoy, John

FYI The March issue of MMI has a section dedicated to the Sheridan, and a build report on the 1/35 Tamiya kit.

Getting closer fir this new tank. !!

Long slow, boring wait for sure, looking forward to the build though. 🤙🤙🤙🤙

A back log of Tamiya RC Tank builds is a happy thing!

can’t wait. So excited

Can’t wait.

Can’t wait. Who gonna do a build report ?