Noj Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Been eyeing these up for a while, on a whim, decided why the devil not. Quick order to Torroshop.de and this arrived yesterday: Was a bit dark when she landed, so have been able to have a good poke around this morning in daylight, and, for the money, I'm chuffed A little plasticky in places, however the chassis and road wheel mounting gear is all metal, the road wheels having rubber treads, sadly, the main drive wheels are plastic, as are the tracks. The drivetrain looks good, the steering linkages not so, : Front wheels have tiny springs in the hubs, not convinced that the leaf springs in reality would have been left un olive drab : Point of note, on arrival, both road wheel units were very loose, on closer inspection, one was missing a screw This turned up 3 hours later on the lounge floor, so out with the tiny posidrives and a quick tightening of all screws under the chassis: Quad guns could do better...weathering up will help a lot! They are led fitted, and the firing sound is reproduced. The micro servo for elevation isn't the best placed, will have to live with it. The toothed, lifting mechanism is metal running on plastic gears, the instructions advise not to run it continually or it will break The two figures are 'ok', will need some remodelling and repainting and three chums adding (as the M16 had a crew of five). The remote is truly awful, and the whole rig demands 16 AA's to operate, hence why I ain't run it yet...not enough space on the battery charger The main battery box is rather large and I haven't yet been able to check how out of real accuracy it sits below the chassis... Will have to source a 9.6v nimh pack for it and perhaps mod the controller for now to take a tx lipo pack. Comment away, fellow armour enthusiasts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) I see an Elmod upgrade in your future. Nice to see the pics. Could never judge what it was like on retailers website. I'm sure you'll soon have it licked into shape. One of these will let you use a regular 7.2 or 7.4 battery or you might want a higher capaity converter.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271473404743?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT John Edited December 10, 2014 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Nice, will be following this one mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Bagwell Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 What a cracking model,what scale is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the watchman Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 What a cracking model,what scale is it? 1/16, nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitroholic Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Does look nice Nothing like a Maxton Quad .50' for fun. As immortalised on Water World Doesn't look badly modelled, and I am sure the mechanicals and electronics can be spruced up. I'd be hppy with just the hakf-track on it;s own without the gun mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Thanks chaps Trumpeter produce a static model of the M16, quite detailed with brass etch parts and a metal chassis...the box art for this model is displayed in the instruction manual....coincidence?? The elmod board is a must have, having read the spec (ta for the link, John) and seeing as you're all investing in shiny stick set ups, I'll head down that route after Xmas. Just waiting on my weathering sets etc to land, and the fricking AA's to charge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Tx works. That is all. Email to torro shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Not good, when I my KV turned with a damaged storage bin I emailed them and they sent a full set of 3 straight away, I'm sure they will see you right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Got a link for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 http://www.torro-shop.de/en/rc-car-und-truck/479/torro-rc-halbkettenfahrzeug-m16-fla-halbkette-halftruck?c=64 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 I'm sure they will AJ, dropped them a message via the contact page. One thought is have I caught any wires when re-fixing the road wheel mounts to the chassis, as the cables are routed inside the frame rails? Impossible to see now, will stick my mirror on a stick under it in daylight Disappointed, was all excited waiting on the last pair of AA's to charge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) I'm sure they'll sort it out but still really annoying not to be able give it a test but in the meantime just print out the following. John Edited December 10, 2014 by johninderby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Hey, with a bit of luck, they'll send a replacement and not ask for return of the broken one! Christmas miracles, season of good will...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Back to Germany she must go, torro shop will reimburse the postal costs either via Paypal or by offering goods to the value (ie battery packs for the M16) as I have asked for a replacement to be sent upon receipt of this one. Bother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 No cheap M16 half track "not working for parts" in the sale section then. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Ha ha, there isn't. Been in contact with torro again re their sending out a battery pack for me to try...has to be easier than heading out to the PO in this most inclement weather to be financially raped for posting the thing back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Maybe buy a battery pack off ebay? At least you will have an answer quicker about if you need to send the whole lot back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) Good thinking Mr Roberts, on it Suitable size located at MS, will be here Tuesday as I was a lame ass and got my order in too late, lol! Edited December 12, 2014 by Noj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Any update? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 Yes, no, sort of.... Have a NiMH pack, been a lazy ass and not made up an adaptor to test it. Doing that tomorrow whilst waiting for boiler man to arrive. Unlike your good self, motivation has been a touch lacking this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Motivation goes in cycles I suppose. Hardly done anything the last few weeks (don't mention the unpainted Blitzer Beetle shell) but the other day decided to get the recoil unit sorted so the workbench was clear for the Tiger project. Sometimes it's hard to get started on a new project but once you get going no problem. Sorry but just have to ask.........is it the water boiler or the oil boiler? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 The water boiler, the oil boiler is serviced regularly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) We have life....defo a fault somewhere, as the lights only operate when in motion, the rears only light when going in reverse?!?!? Anyway, now to mod the battery box to take the NiMH properly and look at ordering the elmod board Edited December 19, 2014 by Noj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini-z-awd Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 looks good when do we get a running vid if there will be a running vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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