All is quiet on this tank. Guess it was not much hype on it.. opinions?

search….. there is a thread and a posted video build series on YouTube

I have one. A really great tank model. Runs like a charm through all the crap that the woodland trails and meadows of Maine can dish out. There are a lot of steps in the building instructions but I found everything to be clear and straight forward. I recently replaced the main gun with an L7 105mm. Taking out the old and putting in the new was simple and straight forward since most of the construction is with screws and bolts and the instructions act as a maintenance and repair manual. I had it out running yesterday.

fsttanks has done a series of construction videos. Well worth watching.

thx. I will into looking at the videos

It is an excellent tank overall and Tamiya has sold huge numbers of them. I did a build and post build review on mine here on RCU. Pitstain did a video series on his. I have lots and lots of photos/videos of mine on Instagram @ fsttanks so feel free to have a look.

https://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/foru...?f=200&t=33302

Old wolf, let’s see yours now that you’ve changed out the barrel.

There you go, out on a little tactical exercise this afternoon.

That tank is making me seriously consider buying my first Tamiya tank. How are the tracks on that one? I heard they had some problems with the Sheridan tracks, hopefully these tracks are better. What about aftermarket? Is anyone selling things like metal road wheels or metal tracks for this tank?

If only I weren't so damn broke!

Speaking of broke, you guys might want to keep an eye on the classified section, I plan to list some pretty good deals over the next week or so.

Hi Crius,
I have had no problem with the tracks on mine. I am in Maine, my property is a couple acres of woods and meadow. So there is a lot of stuff (branches, vines, long grass, etc) to get pulled into the tracks. Nothing has broken, the tank runs great and has never thrown a track. The track is wearing well but remember all the plant material means it is running in a “soft”, though grabby, environment. Likely a more abrasive environment (sand, gravel and rocks) would abrade them more.
I have seen posts showing that the extended track ends sometimes break. Looking at lots of photos of the real thing, that happened in rl too. Also it seems the IDF used to remove every 4th or 5th track link end for some kind of maintenance access. The ends simply provide more ground contact and are not part of the functional structure.
I believe there are metal track sets available but the only review I have read indicated a tendency for them to de-track. At present I have no intention to replace the track it came with; following the principle of “ if it aint broke, dont fix it.
By the way, if you get one, make sure to mount the idler wheels in the correct position. They can be angled up or down. One of the two, down if my memory serves, will cause the inner track ends to catch on the idler support, which would likely break some ends off.
Hope you have a chance to get one, it’s a great model of a great tank.

I'll pop my head in here with the playlist for my build series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...d7tNnfo-TkQ89U

I ended up going a bit "what if" with mine, as I seem to prefer with most if not all of my builds, just more fun to be different.

Otherwise this tank is a beast, well engineered and BIG.

Here it is with some of my other Tamiya tanks.

Wow your centurian looks really green. It looks like modern IDF Siani grey kinda instead of 67 or 73 desert sand.

Hi Rich,

the camera saturation on my phone really blows out the colors, it is not as green to the naked eye in daylight, my shop lights are also cool white LED which doesnt help, just look at the blueberry of a Tiger I, it was sprayed with Tamiya rattlecan german grey, so obviously not that blue in real life.

Now that you pointed it out the Tiger does look blue.

Exactly, I think we all know what German grey from a Tamiya spray can looks like.

Yeah, you need a blue filter lense lol. That tiger color is almost Lebanese Militia M50 blue.

LOL it was taken with my smartphone, no filter options, we will all just have to use our imaginations.

We had two Centurions out battling today 10/09/22 at the San Diego tank clubs “October War” themed battle day. It was nice to have a wingman and its exciting that more are joining at next months 11/22 battle day.



IDF team forming up. Three M50s and two Centurions getting ready for next round of fighting.