Originally Posted by
RichJohnson
Wow you used henglong rotation. Thats some work to convert. I never thought of doing that on a tamiya hull. I did it on my nick jumbo which was made for the tamiya rotation but i wanted to try the hl unit conversion. Sadly, i think it would have worked better if i had used the tamiya system.
nicks turret works great with the stock tamiya rotatin system. For the e8 you just need to install the cross bracket in the turret and then cut it in the middle to make room for the recoil to depress,.
im curios why you did all the work to use the HL system. Do you like it better or was it a matter of parts on hand or something else?
I used an OLD school Tamiya upper hull which did not have the bosses for the Tamiya rotation unit. I have found the HL unit to be more robust anyway and cheaper, so if I had to bash something together, might as well go that route. I am finishing my Nick's Jumbo as well and will use the Tamiya unit on it, but I am currently fighting on getting the recoil unit to fit...There is not much room in the mantlet area to allow proper elevation with the recoil bracket installed.