T26E4 Tamiya - Heng Long hybrid 1:16

[EddyK]

Greatings, comrade tankers!
Today I'd like to announce You my new victim...
It starts in the autumn 2013, when I bought not expensive Tamiya Pershing shell without any electronics, excepting motors and gearboxes.
But then in the June 2014. I found on the ebay Heng Long Pershing, that was moded in to the T26E4.













When it arrives, I opened it and found there RX13 electronics and plastic gears:



And, of course, I decided to change it to the Taygen 2,4 GHz system and black steel gearboxes, that I found in my storage.



I took out BB shooting mechanism and installed Heng Long recoil and IR system:





But then I decided to use Tamiya hulls and Heng Long turret...
And there comes my another Frankenstein!

[EddyK]

One more step:









Then I took a little bit closer look at different T26E4 pictures and decided to remake work:









And I made copper light guards instead of plastic ones:



Now I am in doubt - to place this construction on front armour or leave the art untouched:





Thanks to the Dave "Forgebear" for the metal hatches:

[EddyK]

Something more:











Some more detailing:

[EddyK]

Postman brought a parcel, that makes me smile very wide!!!
There is the content of the parcel:

[EddyK]

One evening I added more details:























The next step will be the repainting and maybe installing of the IBU2 Pro system...

[EddyK]

Small update:

[speedlink]

Your spershing is nice but u got on it few mistakes , u should cut of outside part of side mudcovers and add black camo and some other details but in overall is nice i begrudge yr t81 tracks cause i want it too but i am student and dont have enough money on it, if you want check out my spershing

[Shotek]

Nice work indeed
I´d like to ask you, how did you manage to make such small threads and nuts for attaching spare track links to the turret?
Looks damn good and realistic!

[rasil]

Nice work

[EddyK]

Nice work indeed
I´d like to ask you, how did you manage to make such small threads and nuts for attaching spare track links to the turret?
Looks damn good and realistic!

Thanks! Nuts and bolts I bought on the Internet - scalehardware.com