HENG LONG OWNERS ONLY THREAD!
04-23-2008, 10:00 PM
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So far I have 3 Tiger 1"s and one Pzr3. But I have sold my first Tiger 1 my buddy bugged me long enough till I gave in and sold it to him and then turned around and bought my 2nd Tiger 1 then came my 3rd one. I'm seriously thinking about getting one of the new Pzr4's. The Pzr4 was never one of of my favorite panzers. The first 1/16th scale tank I ever bought was way back in 1975 when I bought a Bandai Pzr4. Never realy like it but think it was because of the round ball like mussle brake. I'm sold on HL German tanks and Maytotoys Canada has given me excellent service not a fault or problem with any of the tanks I've gotten from also pleased with the shipping time as well but that could be because I'm from Ontario and so are they
04-24-2008, 01:37 PM
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On parade! I have a tiger a la wittman and a panzer 3 and 4 on the assembly line on the back burner a panger awaiting liposuction
04-24-2008, 04:22 PM
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ORIGINAL: The hussar
My Tiger I HL.
Tamiya or Heng Long? For next, I hope in a PzIV, but a PzIV Spearhead 1/6.
My Tiger I HL.
Tamiya or Heng Long? For next, I hope in a PzIV, but a PzIV Spearhead 1/6.
05-12-2008, 11:06 AM
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future HL M26 (snow leopard) Pershing owner reporting Sir!
i'm glad i found this site. i really need to learn more about the tank, also the modifications i see here are great
can't wait to read more
i'm glad i found this site. i really need to learn more about the tank, also the modifications i see here are great
can't wait to read more
05-12-2008, 11:25 AM
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My latest HL Pz3 converstion. 39L42 scale barrel, Impact metal drive sprockets, idlers plus sharing my Tamiya Tigers DMD units and the emitter is in the mantlet. HL metal gearboxes with Tamiya 380 motors and running plastic tracks. Drilled the bow MG barrel and use a Daryl Turner metal mantlet MG barrel plus scale head lamps.
05-12-2008, 05:08 PM
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Nice work but you might check some reference photos as i think your commander's hatch is facing the opposite way as the prototype. not capping just informing.
05-12-2008, 06:28 PM
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Thank you. There seem to be the "HL commander's cupola mount way" and the "historical photo way".
Not a rivet counter, so either "way" works for me. LOL.
The cupola is loose on my model Pz3 to ease the install task for the Tamiya TBU socket and TBU.
Really find the 2nd to last image interesting: Normandy area Pz4 tanker pretending to dine on a bucket of paint.
Probably the last few good days of his young life.
Not a rivet counter, so either "way" works for me. LOL.
The cupola is loose on my model Pz3 to ease the install task for the Tamiya TBU socket and TBU.
Really find the 2nd to last image interesting: Normandy area Pz4 tanker pretending to dine on a bucket of paint.
Probably the last few good days of his young life.
05-13-2008, 05:03 PM
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Hey pcomm,
Mebbe he's sniffing it to see if there is enough gasoline in the concentrate to begin using it? But yea, its unusual to see crews mugging for the camera.
Is it possible thats a 'recent' photo with a restored Pz. 4?
Just askin,
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Mebbe he's sniffing it to see if there is enough gasoline in the concentrate to begin using it? But yea, its unusual to see crews mugging for the camera.
Is it possible thats a 'recent' photo with a restored Pz. 4?
Just askin,
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05-13-2008, 05:05 PM
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Hey pcomm,
Mebbe he's sniffing it to see if there is enough gasoline in the concentrate to begin using it? But yea, its unusual to see crews mugging for the camera.
Is it possible thats a 'recent' photo with a restored Pz. 4?
Just askin,
WhiteWolf
Hey pcomm,
Mebbe he's sniffing it to see if there is enough gasoline in the concentrate to begin using it? But yea, its unusual to see crews mugging for the camera.
Is it possible thats a 'recent' photo with a restored Pz. 4?
Just askin,
WhiteWolf
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05-13-2008, 05:32 PM
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ORIGINAL: WhiteWolf McBride
Hey pcomm,
Mebbe he's sniffing it to see if there is enough gasoline in the concentrate to begin using it? But yea, its unusual to see crews mugging for the camera.
Is it possible thats a 'recent' photo with a restored Pz. 4?
Just askin,
WhiteWolf
Hey pcomm,
Mebbe he's sniffing it to see if there is enough gasoline in the concentrate to begin using it? But yea, its unusual to see crews mugging for the camera.
Is it possible thats a 'recent' photo with a restored Pz. 4?
Just askin,
WhiteWolf
That photo is a WWII snap shot and is the real deal. Past that don't know the image history. The image I have is large and it does look like 2 cans of paint up there, but your mess kit is cool. Looks just like USA Boy Scout gear too. LOL.
My digital WWII image collection is from various sources and some were passed on (in shoe or cigar boxes filled with little b/w photos) by relatives who were wearing US Army flight, infantry, engineer and TD uniforms
in Normandy and other sectors of the ETO. But at this point I can not tell which image (friend or foe) came from who or where, other than they are all clearly not reenactors or images made to look vintage.
B-17F crew: top row, 3rd from left, an uncle.
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05-13-2008, 10:49 PM
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googlydoogly that mess kit you posted is a post war set, ww2 sets did not have the insert and didn't have the dimples on the main body. These dimples were only on the post war mess tins they were there to measure the amount of liquid etc in the tin. But they are close enough to show what the man in the tank may be eating from.
05-13-2008, 11:40 PM
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Your both right, I think. Went back and did a Photoshop enlargement and it seems to be a spoon in hand and a mess kit. You decide. But 2 cans of paint is better gag. LOL.
05-14-2008, 02:03 AM
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So far I have 1 Tiger 1 S&S,1 Berge tiger No S&S(will upgrade it), 1 Walker bulldog S&S, 1 Pantiger S&S(mostly for parts) 1 TauchPanzer III Ausf.H S&S tan color and 6 Pershings S&S one is a busted up hulk (another parts tank) And I have only been at this for about two months maybe
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New recruit reporting for duty.M41A3 Special edition Bulldog S+S with full metal upgrade options,got the urge for the M41 after watching the film Full Metal Jacket.Bought a Hobby Engine 1/16 M1A2 Iraqi freedom Abrams too.Future purchases are planned for the M26 and the Mattoro King Tiger which I think is something to do with HL...
05-18-2008, 01:25 AM
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I've been working on a Heng Long M-26 S&S making the usual revisions suggested on the forums here. Removing all the boxes from the hull, adding 33mm to the barrel length, adding a rotating electrical pickup to allow turret to move 360 degrees, move MG LED into hull MG barrel, cooling fan for circuit board, internal antenna, drilled hole in mantlet for .30 cal MG, added some weight up front, and shortened the heating element in the smoke unit. Thanks for all the suggestions, here are some pics.
05-18-2008, 02:09 AM
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I've been working on a Heng Long M-26 S&S making the usual revisions suggested on the forums here. Removing all the boxes from the hull, adding 33mm to the barrel length, adding a rotating electrical pickup to allow turret to move 360 degrees, move MG LED into hull MG barrel, cooling fan for circuit board, internal antenna, drilled hole in mantlet for .30 cal MG, added some weight up front, and shortened the heating element in the smoke unit. Thanks for all the suggestions, here are some pics.
I've been working on a Heng Long M-26 S&S making the usual revisions suggested on the forums here. Removing all the boxes from the hull, adding 33mm to the barrel length, adding a rotating electrical pickup to allow turret to move 360 degrees, move MG LED into hull MG barrel, cooling fan for circuit board, internal antenna, drilled hole in mantlet for .30 cal MG, added some weight up front, and shortened the heating element in the smoke unit. Thanks for all the suggestions, here are some pics.
05-18-2008, 10:08 AM
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Great work on the venerable M-26 Pershing! Spectacular camera work too; love the low angles, the scale-like environment that calvinlo noticed and, well, just about everything in the pics.
Don't know where you found grass that small but it deserves some credit as well. Makes me think it's a putting green.
I would like to see some more pics also.
Don't know where you found grass that small but it deserves some credit as well. Makes me think it's a putting green.
I would like to see some more pics also.
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Thank you all for the kind comments!
For the gun barrel extension a 7/16" (11.1mm) styrene tube from Evergreen Scale Models (part no. 234) was used. Instead of splicing a 33mm piece on to the end, I cut the muzzle brake from the original barrel and then cut the barrel off where it begins to flare towards the mantlet. Modeling putty was used to smooth contours and fill small gaps. An 11/32" (8.7mm) styrene tube (part no. 231) was used to extend the airsoft barrel to the muzzle brake. Careful, slow drilling was required to inrease the diameter of the muzzle brake.
The hull mg has the original ball mount, but the barrel was cut off and the ball drilled to accept a piece of styrene tubing of the same diameter. I used a soldering iron to simulate the cooling holes. Clear fishing line was inserted into the barrel and the red MG LED mounted to the back.
Krylon Camouflage Ultra-Flat 4293 Olive was used for the overall paint.
The tank commander was made from a 21st Century Toys tank crewman.
Yesterday I was meeting my buddies to fly RC sailplanes at a local sod farm. We need a good sized field for a winch, except I'm cheating now. I'm flying an electric sailplane with a 145" wingspan. So I decided to take the M-26 to show it off and hopefully find a good setting for taking some photos of it. I've also included a photo from a higher angle.
I am currently modifying a 21st Century Toys 1/9 scale M1A2 Abrams. I now have a .40 cal CO2 paintball gun mounted in the turret with servo actuated firing and gun elevation (required a Futaba S3305 servo due to weight). The barrel was made from a .40 cal blowgun. In the co-axial MG next to the main gun I have mounted a laser and adjusted it to point of impact at 25 yards. The suspension has been modified to strengthen the mounts for the front bogey wheels. I made a one piece axle that extends through both wheels to the wheel skirts. The axle is threaded on the ends to allow it to be positioned in relation to the hull with locknuts and the wheels positioned correctly on the axles with locknuts. I then mounted holders on the inside of the wheel skirts that the ends of the axle fit into. This will prevent the front bogeys and mounts from being pulled to the rear and broken.
The next steps are: 1) mounting a tube magazine for the paintballs, 2) Constructing mounting points on the turret base that will allow the turret top to be removed without going inside the hull. Most of these will be located in the opening storage bins along the sides of the turret. 3) Installing the new radio, ESC's, and mixer, 4) completing the paint.
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Gary
For the gun barrel extension a 7/16" (11.1mm) styrene tube from Evergreen Scale Models (part no. 234) was used. Instead of splicing a 33mm piece on to the end, I cut the muzzle brake from the original barrel and then cut the barrel off where it begins to flare towards the mantlet. Modeling putty was used to smooth contours and fill small gaps. An 11/32" (8.7mm) styrene tube (part no. 231) was used to extend the airsoft barrel to the muzzle brake. Careful, slow drilling was required to inrease the diameter of the muzzle brake.
The hull mg has the original ball mount, but the barrel was cut off and the ball drilled to accept a piece of styrene tubing of the same diameter. I used a soldering iron to simulate the cooling holes. Clear fishing line was inserted into the barrel and the red MG LED mounted to the back.
Krylon Camouflage Ultra-Flat 4293 Olive was used for the overall paint.
The tank commander was made from a 21st Century Toys tank crewman.
Yesterday I was meeting my buddies to fly RC sailplanes at a local sod farm. We need a good sized field for a winch, except I'm cheating now. I'm flying an electric sailplane with a 145" wingspan.
So I decided to take the M-26 to show it off and hopefully find a good setting for taking some photos of it. I've also included a photo from a higher angle.I am currently modifying a 21st Century Toys 1/9 scale M1A2 Abrams. I now have a .40 cal CO2 paintball gun mounted in the turret with servo actuated firing and gun elevation (required a Futaba S3305 servo due to weight). The barrel was made from a .40 cal blowgun. In the co-axial MG next to the main gun I have mounted a laser and adjusted it to point of impact at 25 yards. The suspension has been modified to strengthen the mounts for the front bogey wheels. I made a one piece axle that extends through both wheels to the wheel skirts. The axle is threaded on the ends to allow it to be positioned in relation to the hull with locknuts and the wheels positioned correctly on the axles with locknuts. I then mounted holders on the inside of the wheel skirts that the ends of the axle fit into. This will prevent the front bogeys and mounts from being pulled to the rear and broken.
The next steps are: 1) mounting a tube magazine for the paintballs, 2) Constructing mounting points on the turret base that will allow the turret top to be removed without going inside the hull. Most of these will be located in the opening storage bins along the sides of the turret. 3) Installing the new radio, ESC's, and mixer, 4) completing the paint.
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Gary