1/16 tanks

[tankduel]

I have one which is currently still stripped down as in the pic for a repaint.
Have filled in the gaps on the turret front plate with plastic card and added zimmerit to match the tank's pattern. Of course you have the gearbox 'bulge' on the front and the turret mg mount is 'klunky'. I have 2 Tamiya Kt's but I like the difference of the Matorro, with it's zimmerit and track hangers. Also note the Matorro has included periscope lenses for the commanders cuppola whereas they are absent on the Tamiya.
Nev

[gouchy]

Aferg,

I won't get it at the moment, would like to read up more on the KT or maybe look around local RC shops first. Might have relatives going HK in the near future so maybe see if they can hunt one for me, another possiblity.

Tankduel,

Nice pair of KTs The gearbox bulge you mentioned, do you mean near the bottom of the hull? The Tamiya one is priced way beyond my means, like the FOV one too

[Panther F]

gouchy, the new 1/16 Heng Long King Tiger doesn't have that bulge in the lower hull glacis and is at a much more attractive price than KT's before it. It does have a somewhat bad paint job but I'm sure you can change that at the price savings over the Tamiya and the Mattoro.


~ Jeff

[gouchy]

Thanks Panther-F,

So you'd recommend a HengLong over Matorro based on price and detail? I have to say I have zero skills and some elephants & toddlers are better painters then I am so thats one of the issues I will have to consider

[aferguson]

the only thing about the HengLong is that it is a Porsche turret KT, of which only about 50 were made before main production was switched to the standard henschel turret. So it represents a more obscure vehicle but otherwise, at the moment it is cheaper and looks to be a bit nicer, from what Panther F says.

search ebay for "1/16 kingtiger" and you'll see a bunch of them....don't separate the words 'king' and 'tiger' in the search.

[Panther F]

Thanks Panther-F,

So you'd recommend a HengLong over Matorro based on price and detail? I have to say I have zero skills and some elephants & toddlers are better painters then I am so thats one of the issues I will have to consider

Yeah sure, why not. Even if it does have the initial turret and not the production turret, at least the hull hasn't been compromised. And I think the production turret will be next in line for Heng Long ... at least that was what I was led to believe.

Good things are being said about it on RCU and pictures don't lie. No matter what angle they're takin' at.


~ Jeff

[Jnewboy]

Mine will arrive today, I will post pictures of it! I like the Porsche turret and I think its as cool to have as the other as it was used in combat in the east and west.

[gouchy]

It just so happens I have 1/16 king tiger on my saved search, thats how I noticed the Matorros being listed but never ever thought of searching under Kingtiger... doh!

My personal preference liking the Henschel turret over the Porsche/Krupp one, I use my Dragons 1/72 (I have both turret variants) for comparison.

Well if the timing, price, budget and stars align, will consider the HL one too

[Jnewboy]

Mine came today, I am pretty happy with it. There are two large screw holes I will have to fairy over when I repaint. Turret ring seemed alittle large. I will have to replace the flash suppressor of course as I do not use them to shoot BB's at each-other. Paint is dark, and bold color, on all shades. Lots of detail parts!! here are some pics I snapped today.

[Panther F]

Nice pictures and thanks for taking the time!

I think I need to get one now! Not a bad looking starting platform for a project I have in mind.


~ Jeff

[Jnewboy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-16-Matorro-R- ... 1e6740e28c

Jagdtigers are getting cheaper, I asked one online store (RC Dynasty) when they would have them in and they said "not until the quality issue was resolved" does anyone know what they are talking about??? What is being changed?

[Jnewboy]

More pics of the king tiger with the Porsche turret

[aferguson]

jagdtigers aren't really getting cheaper. It's been on with that price before. When it does, the other guy that's selling them drops his price to match. When the cheaper guy's are sold out, the other guy then raises his prices back up...lol.

I have no idea what the quality issues are. I thought this Jagdtiger was an Australian exclusive and the Heng Feng one is the one that will be in general release. No sign of Heng Feng's JT but this one seems to have popped up in Hong Kong. Maybe left overs the Australian vendor didn't want?

[tankduel]

Aferg, the Aussie dealer was selling Heng Feng Jagdtigers, I have one. Interesting though, the ebay auction shows a Matorro logo on it. This is different to the box with Heng Feng's logo they were showing on Alibaba, who don't seem to be there anymore.
Since Mato were responsible for the Matorro KT and Sturm, I have asked them if they can shed any light on the situation.

Quality issues? No idea, wanna buy mine?
Nev

[Jnewboy]

These are on sale right now, contact info at the bottom

[tankduel]

Had an answer about the Jagdtiger. Confirmed that Matorro is one of the brands under MATO and the Jagdtiger is not a Matorro product and the Matorro name/ logo use in connection with the Heng Feng product is inappropriate.
Nev

[Jnewboy]

My Hooben Elephant should arrive soon and I am struggling with what to do with it....

On one side I would love a Ferdinand, right out of Kursk as that is what the Elephant is most famous for.

On the other hand doing Zimm half way up the hull and doing it in an Anzio style camo would also look great and be easier than modding the kit to make a Ferdinand.

Does anyone know of any 1/16 Elephants that have been modded back to a Ferdinand? Any tips or dare I say.. a kit???

[scbvideoboy]

Just ordered my T55 Kit.

Note: what is the likely problem when the BB gun is not shooting the bb but the mechasim appears to be working? Mato Sherman


Dave

[8416w]

Who makes the best static display Tiger 1? Let me know.

[Panzer_M]

1/16 hetzer..static..was emailed the link thinking it was a r/c-able kit.

www.bluestarmodel.com/index.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-16-GERMAN-HET ... 27bdc74005

[aferguson]

is it 1/16 or 1/15? Link says one thing, ebay link says the other. Big difference.

[popeye357]

Can't wait to get another job, first one I'll but is the Leopard A2 and the Pickle horten.

[Jnewboy]

is it 1/16 or 1/15? Link says one thing, ebay link says the other. Big difference.

I think it is 1/16 but that one pic of the box top on the site is unsettling, I use to think 1/15 and 1/16 were close but no, big difference like you said!

[Jesse James]

So just out of curiosity, but are 1:16 KT's available for a good price anywhere right now? I've not really seen any, but I'm interested as maybe a self-bought XMas gift.

[hotrodrock]

So just out of curiosity, but are 1:16 KT's available for a good price anywhere right now? I've not really seen any, but I'm interested as maybe a self-bought XMas gift.

Plenty of them on ebay and online sights. Guess it depends on what you consider a good price. $169 plus $35 shipping is the best price I have seen. Some of the custom painted ones are $300 for the exact same tank. Just me, but $130 for a paint job seems a little much and that doesn't include shipping.