1/16 M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing in the Snow
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Took my tanks out in the snow. I let them sit outside to acclimate to the cold to prevent snow from sticking to the tracks. I may have let them stay out a little too long in the below zero temps. I had to let the electronics warm up, and it took a bit of moving before the gearboxes loosened up as well.
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Very cool I want a tank like this first my collection
The Sherman is mostly a Taigen. It has a MATO turret and tracks because Taigen didn't have the 76 turret or duckbills at the time. They do now, though.
www.taigentanks.com
nice! metal tracks?
Yes. The Sherman is running MATO tracks, and the Pershing has Taigen.
very nice - would think necessary. ugh…Mato. hope you didn’t apend hours with a metal file removing their name off each track link like I did in my T-90 tracks.
@@ericdbates I don't recall there being a MATO stamp on them. I just put them on and started running it through stuff. Lol
Taigen didn't have the duck bill tracks available when I built this tank, so I went with MATO. I'm thinking about upgrading the Pershing to MATO as well.
they look great! worked well. yes, the T-90 tracks had “MATO” raised in metal on each track pad (both sides). I bet I spent 8 hours removing it. Sherman’s probably don’t have the room. :) anyway, nice work.
Did you do anything special to keep from getting snow/ water in your components? In other words how did you go about waterproofing if you did?
I've done no water proofing. But, I also don't go into very deep water. If I wanted to really push it, I could put the control boards in a bag, or small Tupperware inside the tank. The motors can run submerged without issue.
Snow is a non-issue. Just let the tank sit outside for 15ish minutes, so it is the same temperature. The snow won't melt on it or stick to it then.