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1/16 Heng Long Panzer III L
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:35 pm
by red69charger
Just a heads up to those of us who don't mind some of our vehicles being slightly out of scale. Heng Long will be releasing a 1/16 R/C version of the Panzer III L to the US and EU sometime in the next 3 months. Past prices have been competitive with 21st Century AFV prices and the photos look pretty good. Here is a link to photos and a review article of a pre-production piece.
http://www.rctankhq.com/henglongpanzerIII.htm
According to the review some of the reliability issues of the earlier Heng Long vehicles have been addressed. It will also have an aluminum barrel which should look a lot better. I'm planning on picking up a few of these when they do hit the market. Sounds like they may even have a StuG III and schurzen in the works for the future.
More photos
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:37 pm
by red69charger
Here's a link on the same site with a few more photos:
http://www.rctankhq.com/world_tank_hq.htm
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:56 pm
by STUKA
Did anyone click on the site scroll down and notice the 1/16 RC Sturmtiger pics?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:38 am
by Threetoughtrucks
Wow, the Strumtiger looks very nice.
I want to be in line for that.......not no stinken paystation....Wow
That would fit right in with our stuff, nothing close to it in our 1/18, so scale shouldn't be a problem.
TTT
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:30 am
by aferguson
i thought you found the size difference between 1/18 and 1/16 annoying?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:38 am
by Threetoughtrucks
When you're talking about a 1/16 Strumtiger, it's kind of like talking about a 1/16 Elephant. The vehicles are so large to begin with, that placing them in a setting with 1/18 Tigers and Panzers, not many people would notice.
Placing a 1/18 Panzer IV next to a 1/16 Panzer IV........then you have a scale difference people would notice.
My M-26 in 1/16 is in amoung my Shermans and other 1/18 stuff and who's to point that out? Only you Aferg and the rest of this board, but you guys just don't come over anymore
TTT
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:21 am
by aferguson
speaking of 1/16 tanks, does anyone know about this 1/16 Leopard II. Not the Tamiya one, though i gather it's a knock off, made by Hobby Engine?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hobby-Engine-1-16-0 ... dZViewItem
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:09 pm
by chunks
The running gear is real bad, take a look at the sprocked for example. The gun tube might be a little short. I think this is supposed to be the earlier 120mm cal 44 rather the the current cal 55, but it still looks a little short to me.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:23 pm
by aferguson
i suppose it's accurate to scale other then that? I was hoping it would be a bit small (ie closer to 1/18 ).
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:30 pm
by chunks
aferguson wrote:i suppose it's accurate to scale other then that? I was hoping it would be a bit small (ie closer to 1/18 ).
Other than that it looks good. It is noticeably larger then the bbi Abrams and fits in well with the other 1/16 stuff.
As far as the scale difference, I keep the 1/16 stuff on a separate wall from the 1/18 and it seems to work fine.
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:50 pm
by aferguson
looks like these are getting close. They were on ebay a couple of weeks ago.
http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Heng-Long-1-16-R ... dZViewItem
Any news on other 1/16 armour releases for 2007? Trumpeter? Tamiya?
I'm expecting that there will be a KV-1 by Trumpeter eventually and maybe a 1/16 Ferdinand too. Tamiya i think might be good for a Merkava.
Any news? I'm starting to not mind 1/16 armour so much, now that i have a bit of it..
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:39 pm
by tankduel
Expected 1/16 releases so far:
Heng Long; PZ III, KV1
Tamiya; Panther
Matorro; Sturmtiger
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:09 pm
by aferguson
a KV 1 from Heng Long? When is that due out?
I found this link for the Sturmtiger:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_52081 ... tm#5208261
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:59 pm
by aferguson
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:09 pm
by grunt1
Ack.. You guys have me slipping into 1/16 world...
I have almost surrendered at this point and my fate would be sealed if someone could post a side by side of a 1/16 with a 1/18 Tiger I (or whatever)...
Might only take a photo of a pershing, bulldog, T-34 or any 1/16th tank with 1/18th troops/crew around it..
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:29 am
by aferguson
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:13 pm
by Yoxford
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:42 pm
by red69charger
Looks like they have just started arriving. This guy has several available but his price seems a little high compared to the other Heng Long stuff. I'm gonna wait for them to come down in price and arrive in the US.
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Heng-Long-1-16- ... 0075859302
