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I was in a Hobbytown USA today and they had a 1:16 scale rc Tiger 1 for sale. I couldnt find any manufacturer name on the box. It was an early version Tiger 1 with the aircleaners on the back of the hull. Any clue as to makes these and are they any good?

TJ

I've seen that at Hobbytown as well, but I'm practically in the same boat as you in regards to remembering the name of the manufacturer. It may be Tamiya, as I recall that they had a line of 1:16 Tank models.

Is it a kit or a fully built one? If its a built one and can fire BBs, then its one of those horrible Hen Longs.

See this thread:

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Hen Longs are cheap, potentialy dangerous tanks. Dangerous because these came with cheap no-name NiCad batteries, which has the potential to explode and burn. You'd be lucky if the gears last you 30 minutes. These are so bad, most Ebay sellers don't even name the manufacturer.

It is basically a bad bootleg copy of the Tamiya Tiger.

It's inaccurate has simplified parts, parts that were put together wrong, wrong dimensions on some of the parts.

Some people would defend this tank, saying that the problems were fixable. But I have yet to see a fixed Hen Long Tiger and details on how they fixed it.

WSN is the RC division of Trumpeter, so they legally used the same molds of the 1/16 full interior T-34 kits they released a couple of years back. Trumpeter, or WSN has never made a 1/16 Tiger, in Rc or kit form. I'm hoping they would because their models are excellent.

The RC Tiger you probably saw is an illegal Hen Long bootleg. Check the box, it would have photos of a Tamiya Tiger, similar to the photos seen on the real Tamiya kit box.

Buy the WSN T-34. They are excellent RC tanks. And they are also getting rare on Ebay, so scalpers might go to your hobbyshop and empty the shelves. The downside is the suspensions are plastic, so no rough and tumble stuff. I have yet to break mine.

The tiger was in a large blue box with a cover flap over the top. I was looking at it through the window under the flap and was thinking I could make improvements and make it a neat tank. I was waivering since I already have three 21st tigers and anything RC I have(Tamiya Humvee, 21st Stuart) seems to sit around and not get used. When I caught a view of the headlights on the tank, they had red LEDs inside. This turned me off, so I didnt get it. I have to admit the tank was well packaged and attractivley boxed. I am glad I asked here first. I would rather wait and get a Tamiya or the T34 instead. Thanks for the input.

TJ

If this is the tank you saw, stay far, far away.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Remote-Control-Mili ... dZViewItem

Notice that the seller didn't mention the manufacturer....Hen Long tanks are notorious.

The one I saw at Hobbytown was Tamiya - and it cost $125!

That is the tank I saw. It is interesting that the buy now price on the Ebay auction is like $20.00 but the shipping is $40.00 in the US! Even the dealers of these things are low grade. The one I saw at Hobbytown was $84.

TJ

Avoid that tank!

Mike

Is this the same company that did the RC Pershing? I think the name on the box was "snow leopard" or something like that. The Pershing had the same hokey red lights up front ect.

TJ

Yup, Hen Long made those too.

They also make a 'Pantiger', a panther turret on a tiger hull. Next is the 'Bullshing', a Walker Bulldog turret on the Pershing hull.