1/10 old tiger 1

千里沼沼到新架坡與tiger兄一
tiger兄其中一收藏,價值不非之tiger1,二十多年前之全金屬制的.
無與輪比的啊!!!!!!!!!!!

[ 本帖最後由 chiuchiu 於 2008-7-6 16:53 編輯 ]

嘩…第一次見全金屬TIGER-1,
堅呀…

嘩正....1/10....睇睇個車身...嘩!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this a RC  tiger 1 ? power by gas ?  seems amazing .

Hi Bros,
我都係第一次見這架Tiger I,
十分正, 用什麼Eng.??

Should be powered by electric motors, gasoline engine on rc tank isn't very practical and realistic...

Woo, it seems using the same type of brake /turn mechanism of the real tank...

是"三共"的嗎?

各位兄弟,真係要塭tiger兄講解一下啦!

Thanks for all the brothers' comments and kind words.

First of all, I am not a Singaporean. I am a true blue 100% Hong Kong boy.  I grew up in HK and was educated in HK, I left HK very soon after I finished my education in order to make a living somewhere overseas. I was holding the bags at the back of the fourth photo

I got this Tiger from a California collector near the end of 2002. This guy is single and he lives in San Francisco. He has at least 10+ of 1/10 tanks. This collector can actually cast metal parts and machine them at his home!!! He started off this hobby in the 70s and he used to buy a few of them at a time, sell some to make $$ to finance his rc tank hobby. His collection includes some of the very rare and complicated European made model tanks with shiftable gearboxes. His collections are all METAL, no compromise.

This Tiger was made by Seki. You can see the name in Chinese word (Kwan) in the second photo lower right corner. This shop had a long story.

It should be powered by 40 class or above 2 strokes or 4 strokes engines. But I think I will use electric, cheaper and cleaner

See URL for more detail      http://bbs.rc-evo.com/viewthread.php?tid=67611&extra=page%3D2

[ 本帖最後由 tiger1 於 2008-7-6 22:17 編輯 ]

This company, Seki closed down in the late 80s due to $$ problems.

Seki was a machine shop, they made Tiger for fun and as a side business, a few versions were made: single engine (40 class), twin engines, electric, single speed gearbox and two speed gearbox. They also used to make a sdkfz half track in 1/8 or 1/6 scale, no so detailed and not so pretty, IMHO.

Seki went into $$ trouble in late 80s when the economy collapse in Japan. The boss went on to make illegal firearms. Police found out, he went to jail and the business folded.

I understand that this Tiger 1 was built between mid 70s to late 80s. This particular one should be from the early 80s batch. That is why my user name is    tiger1  

[ 本帖最後由 tiger1 於 2008-7-6 22:15 編輯 ]

Of course I have to thank chiuchiu for visiting me in Singapore and brought me:
(1) a NIB Tomy Intruder,
(2) a NIB Tomy celica,
(3) a newly assemble Tomy Pulsar,
(4) a lot of good fun and RC stories and
(5) a new friendship, PRICELESS!!

Is that a late production type Tiger? Looks brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!

This is a late production tiger. You are correct!!

A magnificant piece of engineering!!! Sadly it's a bit too small for me now, if not I would've bought it and have it as part of my collection!!

size does not matter

全金屬....我鍾意

But then once u've seen bigger tanks then you will appreciate they're much closer to the real thing than 1/10 or smaller, and they behave in very similar ways too

[ 本帖最後由 hatakashi 於 2008-7-6 16:51 編輯 ]

How beautiful and strong it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

果然係正斗勵勁嘢