Hey ya'll
Brian, I think that's the first time I've seen your Soviet BMP. You did an awesome job on it. I see that you did it justice. So have you gotten around to beginning your Tiger I yet? I'm curious to see what you do with it.
Ausf, the Stug is made by Bandai. I bought it at www.dave4what.com and yes, I fitted a Tamiya recoil unit in there. There isn't much room inside there and I had to get creative.
A friend of mine in our R/C tank club machined many of the parts necessary to convert this kit to full option R/C:
Gearbox adaptor plates
Sprocket adaptors
Spring loaded idler system
Trunnion for main gun.
Suspension limit stops to keep the roadwheel trucks from rotating 180 degrees and contacting with the return rollers.
Metal barrel
I also bought the following:
Metal tracks
Metal roadwheels
A resin kit that included a trunnion, mantlet, metal hinges for hatches, and lift hooks.
Tamiya electronics: DMD, MF-01, Tamiya Hop Up kit.
Motors
Tamiya gearboxes
This kit needed a lot of help in the way of accurization and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they were on a mission and just had to have a large scale Sturmgechutz. However, once I was done, I was really satisfied with it and how it ran. It also isn't a tank that you'll see many other people operating and is more unique than just another Tiger or Sherman. Bandai also offers a Panzer MK IV, but I've heard that this is even more trouble to upgrade than the Stug and is reportedly out of scale in many places.
Okieboy