Made in China, RC tanks

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Originally Posted by 33lima

I think I still have my Tamiya 1/35 Centurion somewhere; painted it as an IDF version (still have its opposition, a T-55 painted in nondescript Arab camouflage, in the garage). Made a fume extractor for the Cent's barrel (it came as a British Army Korea vintage Mk 5 I think) to give it that Yom Kippur War look. Unfortunately my first battery-box Tamiya modal, an RC Tiger I, has long gone.

I now have a Heng Long 1/16 Tiger I, one of the later ones with exhaust smoke and slightly better speed control. Radio controlled and fires airsoft pellets. With its working suspension and detailed tracks it's an impressive beast with considerable heft and presence; much cheaper than the Tamiya 1/16 Tiger, even tho there are some errors to be corrected like the mantlet and pistol port the wrong way around. Videos don't do it justice:

I have the Sherman and the Tiger. The airsoft guns aren't very good. I wan't to do an RC tank movie, kinda like this:


or this: