For the P3 you are pretty much looking at a M/L no matter what. I did manage to fit a H/L in a PIV before, but it was cutting it very close. The P3 I could only fit M/L in. Since they are 48mm shafts we will have plenty in stock. I actually have steel M/L now but they are the ones without the bearings. I use them currently in my Stug 3 and Panzer 3 metal version.

Again Erik I appreciate all your help.


Thanks.

Anytime! That's what I'm here for!

Will these be only available directly from you or from the dealer as well?

Yes, all of our products are available through our dealers.

I have the steel 3 shaft steel gears with bearings from Hobby Raw and they are great. Smoothest gear boxes I have ever operated. The tank will coast down hill with them, so I am not sure why you are telling people to stay away from them?

I read that to mean to avoid getting the flat steel gearboxes that are the L/L 5:1 sets...same ones as the old Asiatam brass gearboxes but with steel gears (http://www.asiatam.com/product_info....er-stug-i.html). Not sure that he meant the 3-shaft boxes like the ones that you have.

Not the 3:1, the 5:1 aka the dual ratio gearboxes. The gear material was changed from brass to steel which increased both weight and rotating mass. To account for this I was changing out the motors and making sure the gearing was strong enough. During all this I was not that concerned of the bushings as that was going to be changed last. There was a miscommunication with the factory and they produced these before I was done with them. So these gearboxes (dual ratio only) will need new motors to counter the extra mass added to the gearboxes. It also lacks the bearings as the molds all had to be redone again. So this refers to the dual ratio gearbox only. The others are ok. IF you choose to get one early, be prepared to change the motors as the current gearing is weak in the 3:1 and there are no bearings which was the big reason for the revamp. Thats all The other gearboxes are all fine and were simple to fix. Sourcing a low RPM high torque 360 motor was a bit more difficult than I expected.