Looking for some help

[STHV346]

Hi

This is my first post here and i am looking for some help with my tanks in or near Hertfordshire

I have four RC 1/16 scale tanks and one armoured car that i was originally going to build myself but a nasty metal health issue is now preventing me from doing anything with them and walking past them every day and not being able to do anything is driving me mad

A Torro Panther G to be converted to a full metal late May 1943 Ausf D, I have almost all of the parts including a complete metal upper hull

A Hooben Maus, long story short it was a complete ripoff and needs a total structural rebuild and many parts remade in aluminium

A Metal Origin Sd.Kfz 234/2 Puma armoured car, this just needs building and painting but also needs a few extra electronic functions like exhaust smoke and additional turret functions

A Classy Hobby Panzer II Luchs, this needs converting to RC which might mean metal running gear but i'm not entirely sure

Finally i have an old Heng Long 27mhz plastic Tiger, i'm not too sure what to do with this but it could be useful in converting the Luchs

 

The biggest issue is that they all need new parts made in aluminium

 

Is anyone able to help me or knows someone who can?

[Juggular]

Are they load-bearing parts? 

Could they be 3D printed? 

I think 3D printed aluminum parts are weaker than milled parts, but maybe you could give that a try? 

 

 

[STHV346]

I am already getting some of the parts printed on shapeways however other parts like the Panthers gun mantlet and housing are far too expensive to print and the lower side panels that connect the metal upper hull to the metal lower hull need to be as strong as possible

Plus the Maus needs a new metal gun mantlet

I can however get a metal Maus turret from http://www.ludwigs-hobby-seite.de/ however he cant make a metal gun mantlet, only resin