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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:37 pm

Hotrodrock

If you are referring to the story on my RC Tank HQ site, it says HL in Co-operation with Awesome Hobbies provided the promo pic . Whilst Awesome Hobbies will no doubt be amongst the first to have stocks available it's not an exclusive like the Matorro Jagdtiger currently is.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by hotrodrock » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:29 pm

tankduel wrote:Hotrodrock

If you are referring to the story on my RC Tank HQ site, it says HL in Co-operation with Awesome Hobbies provided the promo pic . Whilst Awesome Hobbies will no doubt be amongst the first to have stocks available it's not an exclusive like the Matorro Jagdtiger currently is.
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Am I completely blind or what! :shock: I feel pretty dumb! :oops: Never put it together that RC Tank HQ was your site even with the site address in each of your posts. I visit the site usually several times a week. I normally don't go quite that brain dead but I sure did in this case.

Maybe you might have some info on this question. Was the Matorro KT a limited release or what? Maybe an exclusive from some dealer? I haven't ran across that info, probably becasue I don't frequent the RC sites. Guess maybe I should start.

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:21 pm

Hotrodrock
The Matorro KT has been generally available since about 2007, no exclusivity that I'm aware of. I got one recently from Awesome Hobbies.

The Jagdtiger is a different story however and it's a long story which I'm not at liberty to disclose, if you want one of those you'll have to go to Awesome Hobbies because a general release ain't going to happen.

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by Jesse James » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:22 pm

Question is, what's that Jagdtiger gonna run? I'd like one... :( KT too. They'd probably go right to the top of my list of things I'd like next, knowing what I know now.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by hotrodrock » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:27 am

Jesse James wrote:Question is, what's that Jagdtiger gonna run? I'd like one... :( KT too. They'd probably go right to the top of my list of things I'd like next, knowing what I know now.

The jagdtiger shows ready for shipping at $229. As I said earlier, looks like the cheapest shipping is around $80, but that also looks like around 60 days in transit. I assume it would be shipped by water. Unfortunately its an exclusive by a company in Australia which means very high prices. At the same time, at least someone stepped up and made this piece available.

As for the Matorro KT. The are shown as out of stock at Awsome Hobbies and I haven't seen one for sale anywhere other than ebay in close to a year. Thats why I asked tankduel about them. Doesn't seem there were many released since its near impossible to find, even on ebay. I emailed Matorro a couple of months ago and asked about the KT and got the reply that no date had been set for its release. Thats what threw me! They have already been released quite a while ago, they just quickly disappeared.

What I really don't understand is why Panzer III's, IV's, Tigers, Stugs, Panthers, T-34's, etc., seem to keep being produced in large quantities, but the KT seems to have had just that one short production run and then they quit making them. This new one should not really be considered a new one. It is a re-release as I see it.

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by smittyrob64 » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:57 am

The new KT with so called Porsche turret is produced by Heng Long, I think it uses new molds and not Matorro's, and the electronics will certainly be different. I'm sure it won't be long before they start showing up around here.

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by ram04 » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:59 am

I agree, it may be alittle, but they will show up at US vendors and the price will be alot better.

I missed out on the Mattoro KingTiger, I'm not planning on missing the Heng Long.

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:44 pm

Just finished restoring a Tamiya vintage Leo

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by Light.Inf.Scout » Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:38 pm

That is freaking awesome!
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:23 pm

Thanks, I spent many many hours on it. I'm a bit apprehensive,( I was going to say sheepish but in NZ that's too close to home :lol: ) about showing it with the light green paintjob but it's something different that I like and I think contrasts well with the markings and painted details.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by popeye357 » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:37 am

That looks fantastic, wish I had the dough to get one.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:54 pm

New Taigen Tiger coming soon

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Special paint job

Metal caterpillars

Metal drive wheel and idle wheel

Metal gearbox

Shock absorbers

Metal network

Painted commander

Metal pull rope

Strengthened metal chassis

Metal view hole

Metal armor

Metal turret cover

Metal shoulder wheel

Metal front and rear hook

Metal machine gun light

Metal front forward light

Upgraded Ni-MH 2000Mah battery

Smoke effects simulator

Sound effects simulator

Recoil action when it fires a bb

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by Jesse James » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:56 pm

Will that be expensive TD? I haven't bought a Tiger yet... The HL one doesn't have Zimmerit, correct? So I'd still probably dig owning both.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:03 pm

Yep the HL Tiger is an early too,(mine below) Taigen are very competitively priced

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by Jesse James » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:04 am

That metal looks sharp.

Thanks TD, I'm anxious for that new one then. It'll be cool having early and late. I've never heard of this company though or where they're sold now. I'm kind of shocked.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:17 am

Taigen Panzer III

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by normandy » Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:29 am

The above pic looks like a Panzer IV F :shock:

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:49 am

Oops I should have counted the roadwheels.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by Jesse James » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:55 pm

So wait, both this year? Where are Taigen even sold? I've never seen anything from them and now they're knockign these things out of the park.
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by hotrodrock » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:19 am

So far, the only place I can find the Tiger for pre-order has a price of around $250, which doesn't include shiping from overseas. For the RC guys that may not be too bad due to all of the metal parts. But for someone wanting to use it for a static model, thats a little pricey, at least for me it is.

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by GooglyDoogly » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:15 am

All that metal on that Tiger I, and they didn't even fix the gun length problems.

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:13 am

Awesome Hobbies are organising a run of the Andrew Design Horch

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by Jnewboy » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:58 am

tankduel wrote:Awesome Hobbies are organising a run of the Andrew Design Horch

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That is awesome! any idea when and how much?? Thats the only down side of 1/16 is all the support vehicles are missing, This will help fill the gap! Any idea how to get a sdkfz 251?

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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by tankduel » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:10 pm

Yes, the 251 has been showing on the news page of my site for a while now :|
Awesome Hobbies has them
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Re: 1/16 tanks

Post by Jnewboy » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:49 pm

tankduel wrote:Yes, the 251 has been showing on the news page of my site for a while now :|
Awesome Hobbies has them
http://www.awesomehobbies.com.au/shop/c ... 00287.html
Thats cool but $499?? I don't want someone else's model, I would rather build it myself. Any kits available? I'm not big on RC, I collect the scale because of the variety of stuff out there that is lacking in 1/18

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