1/15 Bandai tiger I Early FO with s-mine dischargers / with Tamiya electronics
07-28-2014, 04:39 AM
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1/15 Bandai tiger I Early FO with s-mine dischargers / with Tamiya electronics
i bought this kit 4 years ago from a BTN guy pedro , their was still a lot to do on ... it was a good deal ... i swapped it for a dragon Panzer II and a 1/16 highway 61 truck
This one is upgraded with heavy motorbox, metaltracks and sprockets , it works with the tamiya DMD and MF modules for the FO Tiger I
It has recoil, traverse and turretrottation
how it was then :
By karel47 at 2012-01-31
what was into it
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This one is upgraded with heavy motorbox, metaltracks and sprockets , it works with the tamiya DMD and MF modules for the FO Tiger I
It has recoil, traverse and turretrottation
how it was then :
By karel47 at 2012-01-31
what was into it
By karel47 at 2012-01-31
By karel47 at 2012-01-31
By karel47 at 2012-01-31
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By karel47 at 2012-01-31
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07-28-2014, 04:44 AM
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how it will endfs up from now on
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met kenny komg metaltracks
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added some weldings and further details
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met kenny komg metaltracks
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added some weldings and further details
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after dryfitting everything i begon to fasten the parts with bison industrial secondglue ... i build all my tamiya's with it ... it works good on the bandaiplastic too
as you see the feifels are wrong placed its dryfit , it get right when fasten them ...
as you see the feifels are wrong placed its dryfit , it get right when fasten them ...
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here the feifels are corrected and fasten with bisongleu, more details were added
the kenny kong tracks are amezing brutal in every details weights about 3 kg together, now the Tiger I Fo weight for now without batteries 12kg
the kenny kong tracks are amezing brutal in every details weights about 3 kg together, now the Tiger I Fo weight for now without batteries 12kg
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07-28-2014, 06:14 AM
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I made the conversion to Tamiya's electronics for my Bandai Tiger years pretty much as you did Karel. I never changed out the gearboxes much to my
annoyance. They are sufficient for rolling around the kitchen or pavement but go into dirt and get a small stone lodged in a track or do a hard turn
in loose dirt and the original gearboxes are toast. Mine didn't last long in local club 'action' and after the work to convert it was disappointing.
I was fully aware of the kit/ gearbox weaknesses and limitations being plastic but was surprised just how little ( comparatively ) little use it took to knock it out of action.
I was driving my up a simple grade when one of the gears in the right gearbox just shredded itself.... I have Kenny Kong's zinc alloy tracks on the model.
I drive it fairly conservatively ( aka like a little old lady).
Background on my kit is that I purchased it new in 1979, I converted it around 2004 or so.
Jerry
annoyance. They are sufficient for rolling around the kitchen or pavement but go into dirt and get a small stone lodged in a track or do a hard turn
in loose dirt and the original gearboxes are toast. Mine didn't last long in local club 'action' and after the work to convert it was disappointing.
I was fully aware of the kit/ gearbox weaknesses and limitations being plastic but was surprised just how little ( comparatively ) little use it took to knock it out of action.
I was driving my up a simple grade when one of the gears in the right gearbox just shredded itself.... I have Kenny Kong's zinc alloy tracks on the model.
I drive it fairly conservatively ( aka like a little old lady).
Background on my kit is that I purchased it new in 1979, I converted it around 2004 or so.
Jerry
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07-28-2014, 06:32 AM
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nice to hear jerry are you gonna upgrade the motorboxes in the near future?
is it also an early type or have you rebuild it to a mid or late ?
karel
is it also an early type or have you rebuild it to a mid or late ?
karel
07-28-2014, 07:56 AM
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Keep in mind when you see the photos
1) I'm not a good painter/ weather(er?) never have been and even more so over 35 years ago when I built this
2) it is a bit worse for wear having run it a bit.
I'd used a small gear head motor with a toothed belt section glued to the inside of the turret ring for the turret drive. I did change the gear boxes to Tamiya using Zagi motors( they were considered the hot setup when I did this). It's been so long since I've run this I don't even remember why I don't run it. I think the action of the special effects wasn't so hot. Probably
the linkages I made up are sloppy. There's still the fact that it's all plastic; I considered making a metal hull for it but what to use for wheels; they're still plastic.I think I gave up on it
because of the cascade effect, 'if I do this I should do that which means I probably do that...' so on the dusty shelf it will remain...
Also the Bandai is so 'outsized compared to the 1/16 scale models on the field.
Seems sort of after the fact to wish you luck with yours, good work. I still like the Bandai Tiger I; it was and remains a fairly good model for its time; having functional hatches
which as far as I know Tamiya never implemented.
Jerry
1) I'm not a good painter/ weather(er?) never have been and even more so over 35 years ago when I built this
2) it is a bit worse for wear having run it a bit.
I'd used a small gear head motor with a toothed belt section glued to the inside of the turret ring for the turret drive. I did change the gear boxes to Tamiya using Zagi motors( they were considered the hot setup when I did this). It's been so long since I've run this I don't even remember why I don't run it. I think the action of the special effects wasn't so hot. Probably
the linkages I made up are sloppy. There's still the fact that it's all plastic; I considered making a metal hull for it but what to use for wheels; they're still plastic.I think I gave up on it
because of the cascade effect, 'if I do this I should do that which means I probably do that...' so on the dusty shelf it will remain...
Also the Bandai is so 'outsized compared to the 1/16 scale models on the field.
Seems sort of after the fact to wish you luck with yours, good work. I still like the Bandai Tiger I; it was and remains a fairly good model for its time; having functional hatches
which as far as I know Tamiya never implemented.
Jerry
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07-29-2014, 08:26 AM
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Awesome work guys on the old gal(s)! 
I love my Tiger I and almost RC'd it (and still can) but I just painted mine up similar to one of the Tigers on "Kellys Heroes"... just need to put the decals on. I tested the gearbox and the kits tracks and thought it would be good enough for inside use. It's a pretty simple kit that just needs a little TLC... but it's HUGE!
I also have a StuG IV from them too... another HUGE monster!
Thanks for sharing the pics guys!
Jeff
I love my Tiger I and almost RC'd it (and still can) but I just painted mine up similar to one of the Tigers on "Kellys Heroes"... just need to put the decals on. I tested the gearbox and the kits tracks and thought it would be good enough for inside use. It's a pretty simple kit that just needs a little TLC... but it's HUGE!
I also have a StuG IV from them too... another HUGE monster!
Thanks for sharing the pics guys!
Jeff
07-31-2014, 10:45 AM
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Here's mine. Without the decals and with too much dust. 
Jeff
Jeff
07-31-2014, 05:24 PM
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