Hello I am Jack Gildroy and I went to Viet Nam in Dec.of 1968. I was in A Troop 2nd Platoon, 1st Squadron/1st Armored Calvary, Americal Divsion 1 Corps Viet Nam. For the first two months I drove an ACAV. M-113-A1 (Armored Calvary Assault Vehicle) I TOOK TURNS DRIVING THE OFFICAL "Mine Detector'...The lead vehicle... YOU HIT IT OR YOU DON'T!!! If you don't hit it you don't have any thing to worry about... We had 7 ACAVS including a 81mm Mortar Track and 1 Patton M-48 A1 tank. The tanks couldn't go with us,(our 13 ton ACAV FullyTracked "ALUMINUM Armored" Vehicles) through the wet rice paddies during the rainy season because the would just sink into the rice paddies. When we got the " 26 TON" SheridanTanks (one per platoon) we thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. The Sheridan was light enough it could go with us in the rainy seasons and it could swim with us when we had to cross rivers that were too deep for the M-48s to cross. We learned how to take care and it gave us the fire power to take care of us. It's Aluminum Armor was enough for dealing with ( The VC and The NVA) it was a major boost for us. We had to adapt our methods for fighting in this Hot Damp climate for all of our hi- tech weapons. The new M-16 rifle had some issues until we learned how to take care of it in this climate too. I was driving and I collected an anti-tank round from "Charlie...Air-Express (RPG-7) and because we had great support I survived. The Sheridan Tank was part of that.
I drove one of these in 2nd plt, K Troop, 3/11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1970-1971 Thank you for this wonderful build. When the gun was fired, the whole front end came off the ground.
Andy, nice job, I always like seeing your skills. One note, as a former crewmember on several M-551 Sheridans, the piece of "glass" on the front of the hull is actually a part of the floatations surfboard. You may want to paint the backside of it the same color as the remainder of the vehicle. The surfboard was plywood and was often splintered quite a bit, and along the sides and back edges, should be black for the covers over the floatations screen, that was black rubber. You can catch all that when weathering it. One othe note, we almost never fired the main gun off the side, the recoil was brutal. Over the front it actually could lift the front roadwheells! The shillelagh missile did not do this. Looking forward to getting and building one of my own to look like my last full up Sheridan circa 1978 in the 11th ACR in the Fulda Gap germany
Hi Andy I just got my package on January 22nd 2021 and I just want to say thank you those people down there in Oregon the online store their awesome thank you again Andy
I have been inspired !!! In the 80s I came across the tamiya 1/16:scale rc tanks at my local hobby shop and being a teenager could never afford it. If I can recall correctly it was around 500 at that time. Today I ordered my favourite ww2 Tamiya tank the KT. With rc unit and battle system and some metal parts it was double in price. Thanks Andy for reminding me of forgotten dreams.
I saw these for real, in Germany, during the 70's. When the main gun fired, they would rock backwards, and, the front roadwheel would actually lift up! If Tamiya does make an M60A2, it would be a must have for me, I was a gunner on one of those...
Actually came up off of the first two roadwheels when firing the conventional ammo...like being on a wild bull ride. The whole vehicle weighed about as much as the turret of an M60A1. Many novice gunners wound up with black eyes because they did not weld their foreheads to the headrest above the optics before pulling the trigger. At Ft. Knox, we had to drop for 10 every time anyone in the class referred to it as a tank. It was an AR/AAV (Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle). They were also amphibious. The clear part in the glacis of the model should have a hull colored piece underneath. It was a window in the swim board that was raised for amphibious operation, and allowed the driver to see (sort of) where he was going. Also originally designed to be air droppable. The story was that they tried it two or three times. Even with the multiple parachutes and retro-rocket equipped pallets, the impact from hitting the ground would break equipment loose in the turret and render the vehicle inoperative. Thanks for the great video of the build, Andy! Looks like Tamiya did some wonderful engineering and you did some serious modeling.
@@wbradburn8871 I served on a Sheridan in the '90's with the 82nd. We dropped them on a regular basis. It wasn't until parts started becoming scarce that we stopped using our normal tanks for airborne ops and started using some stripped down versions.
Thank you Andy, great video. Have visited your shop in Glendale Arizona on a several occasions, and have bought kits, paint, tools etc. from you. Very interesting to see that Tamiya has simplified their 1/16 RC tank kits, for the better. Built Tamiya's 1/16 German Leopard tank a few years ago, and oh my goodness was that complicated. It took me weeks! Kit had 23 different types of screws, probably 150 in total. Seemed like needless complexity. Once complete, the Leopard is an amazing RC model, but gosh was it work.
I have the Tamiya Rc Sheridan, i colored it red and the tracks along with the wheels white to resemble Warpath from Transformers, the M551 is one of my favorite tanks, even though it wasn't the best
M551 it's sexiest looking vehicle during in Vietnam war. very much I am keeping my eyes on her just love it . I am also bought one display model for myself as my coming birthday gift .
Awesome I was a tank commander in a sheridan in the 80.s i have to order this Rc tank ..Andy awesome video i have to visit your hobby shop for sure. Keep up the hard work it will payoff.
I built the Tamiya Tiger I and was thoroughly impressed with the barrel recoil action, simulated hull jerk and overall track travel action. I'm not so sure on what I've seen so far with this M551. It seems a bit less realistic and more toy-like.
Rapscallion Yep, I assume there’s a trade off - details for durability. When I was in Japan in the nineties, I was marveling at some of the portable music player technology that was years ahead of what was available in the states. A store clerk told me that the controls were “too delicate” for the US market - never did see any of that stuff over here. I guess we Americans were not careful enough with the equipment and would break things too easily? Then we’d complain. LOL. Same with their models. I built a bunch of Tamiya “remote control” tanks back in the day - they had a control box attached to the back of the tank with four wires about 3 feet long - two wires for each motor/gearbox. The details were really minimized on these working tanks compared to the static models. The control box parts weren’t nearly as robust as they should have been - I still have an old Matilda remote control tank from the 70s that I never got around to building; I think I’m just going to skip the motors and leave it a static model. The remote control parts on all my old models never held up.
Beautiful build and I love your videos. Might want to check the recoil of the gun because to me it seems that it does not function properly. The barrel should move back when you shoot.
Yep recoil not working. Chassis movement is to soft. When the real ones popped a round off it would lift up the first two road wheels. Got to find some grease guns to stash on there also. Then it would be about perfect. Just missing some of the commanders armour but that could be scratch built. Nice kit
My parents bought me the Tamiya King Tiger 1/16 about 30 years or so ago, that was brilliant and huge, didn't have a sound unit, had a strobe to simulate gun flashes, turret rotated but that was about it.
I have Tamiya's Abrams that is remote and fires bbs, have tons of fun with it. But this is my next favorite tank, got to get this one. I have a picture of my Uncle sitting on one when in Vietnam.
I’d want to somehow replace all the plastic parts with steel or aluminum. That would create a lot of weight for the suspension but id figure it out. Really cool video.
Had to watch boom-boom and tatta-tat-tat sequences over and over. That's really cool! I wish the speeds of its motion were to scale. That thing is so fast.
That's just down to user control... The turret could be rotated slower and the throttle applied in smaller increments. Would just take time for a user to get used to doing everything so it looks to scale.
Nice job.... I love building Tamiya RC kits. A magnetic screwdriver set works great too.... lol Lots of videos of scale tank warfare out there as well........ 'a whole new model world' of tanks!
To weather the tracks of 1/16 scale RC models, take it outside and let it roll over some dirt or dust, you don't need to waste pigments or paints to weather them. Its cost effective and realistic
Awesome build, as always! I've always wanted to build one of these ever since I saw the first Tamiya 1/16 RC tanks more than 30 years ago. I've never been able to afford any of these, though. But I'm glad that you have put a nice video about building one. Thanks for sharing, Andy. I hope one day I'll have the honor to meet you in person. Cheers!
@@PieAndChips Agreed. On the Tamiya Tiger1, turning the tank or transmitter first gives two different start up sound options, crank start, or battery start. Why would a manufacturer offer a option if there was a possible runaway issue? Runaways were an issue with AM/FM modulated radios getting false signals. Even with the saturation of the 2.4 band, never had an issue with 2.4ghz, can leave my trucks and tanks on all day with their radios off, no problem.
I watch you all the time..Sadly I am on SS and am full of envy of your models as they have all become too expensive for my fixed income. I continue to watch with baited breath. All beautiful models.
elige brown IDK? I’ve never had to ask my spouse permission to buy something? Even if it came down to that, I’d still rather have a woman than a fucking toy tank?
im building the 1/35th scale none rc version of this right now. its so much fun i cant imagine how much fun a 1/16th scale would be. i want one of those kits so bad XD
Sound is amazing on the Sheridan. I’ve built many of Tamiya’s RC kits. My only complaint is the lack of fine detail. I know that wouldn’t work well for playing with it but not all us actually play with it like a toy.
This brings back memories... My Dad had a kit like this a long time ago, but his was mostly metal parts instead of plastic, even the treads were these little bits of square metal you had to solder together. The inside was a mess of servos and a battery (lead acid if I remember), and he had to make a servo for the turret since the kit didn't have it. And of course, no speaker system, heh.
Thanks so much. I always wondered about building an RC kit, this removed a lot of the mystery, and made it less intimidating. It looks like you we’re having a blast at the end!
The recoil on the barrel didn’t seem to be working. But great kit and great video. I’ve built tamiya RC cars so can imagine the tanks are even more fun.
When I was stationed on border-site in German, I'd ride my motorcycle to visit Bad Herzfeld. I'd see these tanks on patrol near the border. Knowing what was awaiting them on the other side, I didn't envy the Sheridan crews at all.
Thanks for building this Andy! Ive been looking at some of the WW2 kits for a long time but haven't pulled the trigger on them because I havent seen one running. But from what i see from yours, i won't be dissapointed
It may just be the camera angle, but it looks like the servo to your main gun is pushing forward when you shoot, instead of pulling backward like it should.
i want to build one of these r/c kits since it combines two of my loves: model tanks and r/c, but the price of admission is too high for me. Maybe someday Tamiya will do a T55 kit and ill finally have to give in. Keep doing what you're doing Andy. Some of us are living vicariously through your builds
you just turn down your trim on your radio so full stick forward isnt as fast as it normally is. saves a bunch of money on both sides and it's reversible
Wouldn´t it be easier to paint the whole thing before assembly and then just do touch up and weathering after assembly ? Done this successfully on other "fiddly" models ?
the next video has the correction I made to fire correctly ruclips.net/video/vR2CMf82lI8/видео.html
I have a leopard 1a4 and wondering where a good place to fine parts for it because it doesn't have a terant ring
Hey Andy what if i put 2 high torque mid KV brushless motors in there. would it make it go fast enough?
Hello I am Jack Gildroy and I went to Viet Nam in Dec.of 1968. I was in A Troop 2nd Platoon, 1st Squadron/1st Armored Calvary, Americal Divsion 1 Corps Viet Nam. For the first two months I drove an ACAV. M-113-A1 (Armored Calvary Assault Vehicle) I TOOK TURNS DRIVING THE OFFICAL "Mine Detector'...The lead vehicle... YOU HIT IT OR YOU DON'T!!!
If you don't hit it you don't have any thing to worry about... We had 7 ACAVS including a 81mm Mortar Track and 1 Patton M-48 A1 tank. The tanks couldn't go with us,(our 13 ton
ACAV FullyTracked "ALUMINUM Armored" Vehicles) through the wet rice paddies during the rainy season because the would just sink into the rice paddies. When we got the " 26 TON"
SheridanTanks (one per platoon) we thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. The Sheridan was light enough it could go with us in the rainy seasons and it could swim with us when we had to cross rivers that were too deep for the M-48s to cross. We learned how to take care and it gave us the fire power to take care of us. It's Aluminum Armor was enough for
dealing with ( The VC and The NVA) it was a major boost for us. We had to adapt our methods for fighting in this Hot Damp climate for all of our hi- tech weapons. The new M-16 rifle
had some issues until we learned how to take care of it in this climate too. I was driving and I collected an anti-tank round from "Charlie...Air-Express (RPG-7) and because we had great support I survived. The Sheridan Tank was part of that.
@@johnr.gildroy5983 thank you for your service.
I drove one of these in 2nd plt, K Troop, 3/11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1970-1971 Thank you for this wonderful build. When the gun was fired, the whole front end came off the ground.
Thank you for your service to our country, sir. I hope you and yours are doing well.
Andy, nice job, I always like seeing your skills. One note, as a former crewmember on several M-551 Sheridans, the piece of "glass" on the front of the hull is actually a part of the floatations surfboard. You may want to paint the backside of it the same color as the remainder of the vehicle. The surfboard was plywood and was often splintered quite a bit, and along the sides and back edges, should be black for the covers over the floatations screen, that was black rubber. You can catch all that when weathering it.
One othe note, we almost never fired the main gun off the side, the recoil was brutal. Over the front it actually could lift the front roadwheells! The shillelagh missile did not do this.
Looking forward to getting and building one of my own to look like my last full up Sheridan circa 1978 in the 11th ACR in the Fulda Gap germany
Thak you for your service, sir. I pray you are well.
Hi Andy I just got my package on January 22nd 2021 and I just want to say thank you those people down there in Oregon the online store their awesome thank you again Andy
I have been inspired !!!
In the 80s I came across the tamiya 1/16:scale rc tanks at my local hobby shop and being a teenager could never afford it. If I can recall correctly it was around 500 at that time. Today I ordered my favourite ww2 Tamiya tank the KT. With rc unit and battle system and some metal parts it was double in price. Thanks Andy for reminding me of forgotten dreams.
Hey Andy, when Tamiya send you the "good stuff" you know that you are doing something right.
Andy...Andy you should always turn the transmitter on first. That prevents a runaway tank unless they've engineered that problem out.
I saw these for real, in Germany, during the 70's. When the main gun fired, they would rock backwards, and, the front roadwheel would actually lift up! If Tamiya does make an M60A2, it would be a must have for me, I was a gunner on one of those...
Actually came up off of the first two roadwheels when firing the conventional ammo...like being on a wild bull ride. The whole vehicle weighed about as much as the turret of an M60A1. Many novice gunners wound up with black eyes because they did not weld their foreheads to the headrest above the optics before pulling the trigger.
At Ft. Knox, we had to drop for 10 every time anyone in the class referred to it as a tank. It was an AR/AAV (Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle). They were also amphibious.
The clear part in the glacis of the model should have a hull colored piece underneath. It was a window in the swim board that was raised for amphibious operation, and allowed the driver to see (sort of) where he was going.
Also originally designed to be air droppable. The story was that they tried it two or three times. Even with the multiple parachutes and retro-rocket equipped pallets, the impact from hitting the ground would break equipment loose in the turret and render the vehicle inoperative.
Thanks for the great video of the build, Andy! Looks like Tamiya did some wonderful engineering and you did some serious modeling.
@@wbradburn8871 I was a Sheridan Driver in the 11th ACR it certainly did jump. It was fun to drive as well.
Damn the tank rocks on firing.
I was having Ft Irwin, California flashbacks! The opposition forces used Sheridans. I escaped from one in a Gama Goat back in 85'!😝
@@wbradburn8871 I served on a Sheridan in the '90's with the 82nd. We dropped them on a regular basis. It wasn't until parts started becoming scarce that we stopped using our normal tanks for airborne ops and started using some stripped down versions.
Great video and build. Years ago I built the Tamiya Tiger 1. I added zemmrit, that was a super fun kit.
Beautiful job on that tank! As a kid that was one of my favorite tanks.
Thank you Andy, great video. Have visited your shop in Glendale Arizona on a several occasions, and have bought kits, paint, tools etc. from you. Very interesting to see that Tamiya has simplified their 1/16 RC tank kits, for the better. Built Tamiya's 1/16 German Leopard tank a few years ago, and oh my goodness was that complicated. It took me weeks! Kit had 23 different types of screws, probably 150 in total. Seemed like needless complexity. Once complete, the Leopard is an amazing RC model, but gosh was it work.
I have the Tamiya Rc Sheridan, i colored it red and the tracks along with the wheels white to resemble Warpath from Transformers, the M551 is one of my favorite tanks, even though it wasn't the best
M551 it's sexiest looking vehicle during in Vietnam war. very much I am keeping my eyes on her just love it . I am also bought one display model for myself as my coming birthday gift .
Awesome I was a tank commander in a sheridan in the 80.s i have to order this Rc tank ..Andy awesome video i have to visit your hobby shop for sure. Keep up the hard work it will payoff.
Ironically, the model Sheridan probably runs better than the actual vehicle....
@@douglasdaniel4504 i never ever had any problems with my Sheridan it was a awesome vehicle i liked it better than the m60
I built the Tamiya Tiger I and was thoroughly impressed with the barrel recoil action, simulated hull jerk and overall track travel action. I'm not so sure on what I've seen so far with this M551. It seems a bit less realistic and more toy-like.
Rapscallion Yep, I assume there’s a trade off - details for durability. When I was in Japan in the nineties, I was marveling at some of the portable music player technology that was years ahead of what was available in the states. A store clerk told me that the controls were “too delicate” for the US market - never did see any of that stuff over here. I guess we Americans were not careful enough with the equipment and would break things too easily? Then we’d complain. LOL. Same with their models. I built a bunch of Tamiya “remote control” tanks back in the day - they had a control box attached to the back of the tank with four wires about 3 feet long - two wires for each motor/gearbox. The details were really minimized on these working tanks compared to the static models. The control box parts weren’t nearly as robust as they should have been - I still have an old Matilda remote control tank from the 70s that I never got around to building; I think I’m just going to skip the motors and leave it a static model. The remote control parts on all my old models never held up.
109F outside!!!, it was 44F here in Toronto, Canada overnight the same day this video was released. I think I'll close my pool this weekend.
Beautiful build and I love your videos. Might want to check the recoil of the gun because to me it seems that it does not function properly. The barrel should move back when you shoot.
Yes and is´nt the tank moving to the front first when recoils?
Yep recoil not working. Chassis movement is to soft. When the real ones popped a round off it would lift up the first two road wheels. Got to find some grease guns to stash on there also. Then it would be about perfect. Just missing some of the commanders armour but that could be scratch built. Nice kit
Asome kit and build, you may want to check on tracks recoil simulation as the tank jumps forward when firing the main gun and should be the other way.
This RC tank seems very quick!
omg this looks like too much fun,i'd be running around the house hurling AP& HE at everybody. sounds amazing!
noticed no main gun barrel recoil and the hull recoil on the tank is backwards???
My parents bought me the Tamiya King Tiger 1/16 about 30 years or so ago, that was brilliant and huge, didn't have a sound unit, had a strobe to simulate gun flashes, turret rotated but that was about it.
I really like the way the main gun fires , sweet
This was fun to watch thank you! My quibble is that the "recoil" when the tank fires 33:16 should rock the vehicle backwards not forwards 😜
I have Tamiya's Abrams that is remote and fires bbs, have tons of fun with it. But this is my next favorite tank, got to get this one. I have a picture of my Uncle sitting on one when in Vietnam.
Nice kit Andy its my favorite tank for a long time and realy nice!
That is real cool, that was my vehicle for about 6 years, in the Army.......great video...thanks
Andy, It looks like you had loads of fun buiding and operating your Sheridan, to bad the M1 Abrams wasn't RC too.
The tank is very nice
I’d want to somehow replace all the plastic parts with steel or aluminum. That would create a lot of weight for the suspension but id figure it out. Really cool video.
love the Tamiya 1/16th FO kits. really fun builds .
Had to watch boom-boom and tatta-tat-tat sequences over and over. That's really cool! I wish the speeds of its motion were to scale. That thing is so fast.
That's just down to user control... The turret could be rotated slower and the throttle applied in smaller increments. Would just take time for a user to get used to doing everything so it looks to scale.
i love the Tamiya Big Tank model line
Awesome video and beautiful tank. Definitely need to get me another tank.
Nice job....
I love building Tamiya RC kits. A magnetic screwdriver set works great too.... lol
Lots of videos of scale tank warfare out there as well........ 'a whole new model world' of tanks!
To weather the tracks of 1/16 scale RC models, take it outside and let it roll over some dirt or dust, you don't need to waste pigments or paints to weather them. Its cost effective and realistic
109° wow 🔥🔥🔥
Awesome build, as always! I've always wanted to build one of these ever since I saw the first Tamiya 1/16 RC tanks more than 30 years ago. I've never been able to afford any of these, though. But I'm glad that you have put a nice video about building one. Thanks for sharing, Andy. I hope one day I'll have the honor to meet you in person. Cheers!
Andy, ALWAYS turn the transmitter on first and off last. If you turn on the receiver first you risk a run-a-way. Loved the build though! Great job.
Saved me from saying the same thing , very much standard RC practice 👍
yes, I totally agree... ALWAYS the radio on first and off last in case of runaway and incorrectly set failsafe... Basic RC practice...
Unlikely to happen with 2.4ghz
@@PieAndChips Agreed. On the Tamiya Tiger1, turning the tank or transmitter first gives two different start up sound options, crank start, or battery start. Why would a manufacturer offer a option if there was a possible runaway issue? Runaways were an issue with AM/FM modulated radios getting false signals. Even with the saturation of the 2.4 band, never had an issue with 2.4ghz, can leave my trucks and tanks on all day with their radios off, no problem.
Now I should put together my Tiger 1 bought 20 years ago
I watch you all the time..Sadly I am on SS and am full of envy of your models as they have all become too expensive for my fixed income. I continue to watch with baited breath. All beautiful models.
Andy you have done a fantastic job with this rc kit not only does it sound good but it looks awesome tamiya have nailed this one Steve 🇬🇧
HELL YEAH!! IM GETTING ONE NOW. NICE TO BE SINGLE, I DONT HAVE TO ASK NO ONE FOR PERMISSION. That thing is pritty quick. Thanks for shareing
elige brown IDK? I’ve never had to ask my spouse permission to buy something? Even if it came down to that, I’d still rather have a woman than a fucking toy tank?
im building the 1/35th scale none rc version of this right now. its so much fun i cant imagine how much fun a 1/16th scale would be. i want one of those kits so bad XD
Bravo, Andy. You inspire us all.
Sound is amazing on the Sheridan. I’ve built many of Tamiya’s RC kits. My only complaint is the lack of fine detail. I know that wouldn’t work well for playing with it but not all us actually play with it like a toy.
Well done! Amazing remote control M 551 Sheridan probably it needs parachute!
very powerful tank shridan,use 105 mm heat ammo can destory every target
TAMIYA is always great !!
This brings back memories... My Dad had a kit like this a long time ago, but his was mostly metal parts instead of plastic, even the treads were these little bits of square metal you had to solder together. The inside was a mess of servos and a battery (lead acid if I remember), and he had to make a servo for the turret since the kit didn't have it. And of course, no speaker system, heh.
Man I really want to get this now same with the Abrams but I can't afford them and I already have enough to build. Great video keep it up.
Thanks so much. I always wondered about building an RC kit, this removed a lot of the mystery, and made it less intimidating. It looks like you we’re having a blast at the end!
Excellent vid. Indeed a very cool toy to build and play with
子供の頃は小遣い貯めて、レベルのプラモデルを買って造るのが好きだった、高かったけど、パーツが精巧でした。
そうそう、自分もアポロとスピットフアィア造ったな、かなり精密な作り込みで飽きなかったです-W😁
The latest products are compact and easy to fit even in small tanks.
I have bought only Leopard for Tamiya RC tanks.
great to see you back on work again Andy greets Detlev
The recoil on the barrel didn’t seem to be working. But great kit and great video. I’ve built tamiya RC cars so can imagine the tanks are even more fun.
i kind of want to watch the video, but at the same time i want to save the surprise for when i inevitably buy this model for myself 😅
You do such great videos. Love the detailed build notes you provide. I only have one comment for you. You keep calling bushings "bearings".
Nice tank
Dean's connectors are the best...well for R/C racing.Great build thank you.
When I was stationed on border-site in German, I'd ride my motorcycle to visit Bad Herzfeld. I'd see these tanks on patrol near the border. Knowing what was awaiting them on the other side, I didn't envy the Sheridan crews at all.
I have always loved the rc tank kits. I just cant bring myself to spend that much $$$$ on one
It’s all about what you want, some folks buy clothes some golf clubs guns etc
Did the sounds for launching the Shillelagh guided anti-tank missile?
It’s so beautiful Mr. Andy 😂
No Bloomberg ads!
Thanks for building this Andy! Ive been looking at some of the WW2 kits for a long time but haven't pulled the trigger on them because I havent seen one running. But from what i see from yours, i won't be dissapointed
タミヤは先ずきちんとしたＭ４シャーマンの１/１６ラジコンを発売させて欲しいと思います。
１０５㎜砲は確かＭ７自走砲の後継車として使われた車輌だと聞いてますので、
大戦中のもっともポピュラーな中戦車を出す事こそが望ましいと考えています。
Awesome build Andy! You bring joy and fun to the hobby!! Keep up the good work and keep cool in Arizona! 👍🏻👍🏻
It may just be the camera angle, but it looks like the servo to your main gun is pushing forward when you shoot, instead of pulling backward like it should.
Nice. Like to see Tamiya do the Hellcat too.
The recoil is backward when firing it goes forwards?
Did that function get wired in reverse?
Excellent Presentation ❗️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Fantastic!
Great build,was dissapointed you didnt put any obstacles on the floor so we could watch the suspension work.
When the front road wheels jump up when the main gun fires then I'll buy it. It just doesn't belch fire like the real thing. It's close though!
That's badass Andy luv it
Those Tamiya full option kits are pretty cool, but they’re not $1,100 cool! Great vid, though. Fun to watch!
What about the crewman figure? Won't you assemble & paint him also?
i want to build one of these r/c kits since it combines two of my loves: model tanks and r/c, but the price of admission is too high for me. Maybe someday Tamiya will do a T55 kit and ill finally have to give in. Keep doing what you're doing Andy. Some of us are living vicariously through your builds
does anyone know if you get the remote control with the tank or is that a separate thing?
finally come the video, tkx Andy
I change my mind, worth it. And I'm from phxxx ♥️
Congratulations with your 1/16 scale rc-tank. I only make 1/16 make models 1/16 rc. Also i make static models rc. That i like the most..
That's Awesome Andy 👍👏😊
Well done; that would drive me mad though!!
Andy, please get a clip on microphone, the sound quality is letting you down. Love the builds.
its twitching forward when you shoot, seems backwards I believe.
Might be jammed up against the box I suppose though it's probably programmable also or wired up the wrong way round (sacrilege to say it though). :)
It’s all about that JUMP!
Love it.....and by the way....you have the best job in the world :)
I just bought an M36 RTR. Cant find the power bottom to turn on tank
As always loved the video!
Tamiya should include a realistic mode to switch over to from this hot rod mode. Maybe an option within the DMD.
you just turn down your trim on your radio so full stick forward isnt as fast as it normally is. saves a bunch of money on both sides and it's reversible
Is the barrel supposed to recoil with each shot of the main gun?
Very cool
Liked before I even finished the video. :-D
Hi Andy great looking tank many thanks for the video ,do you know if the tamiya gepard is still available to buy.
What is with the recoil of the barrel? It does not move when shooting, only the chassie. Also ... it moves fast, but can it drive really slow?
Wouldn´t it be easier to paint the whole thing before assembly and then just do touch up and weathering after assembly ? Done this successfully on other "fiddly" models ?
Great video, great tank. Love your work. Did the 🪛 come w/ the kit?