RE: Are Tamiya tanks relevant at their cost?
A grand for a tank you have to build yourself? How about a grand for a tank with metal floors, metal bushings at all the suspension points and in side the wheels, real gearboxes than are not made out of beer cans....you know why no major retailers sell heng long? Because there quality control is nothing short of a joke.
You know what heng long really has to worry about? If tamiya leaves the hobby, they will have no justifcation for making such a poor out of the box product for more than a $100 bucks. People just shrug off the hl tank that eats it gear box in under a week as "at lease its not as much as a tamiya"....Really?....