Hi Perry, yeah, I'm very much disappointed in the "new" site. I just check once in a while, but the dozens of posts regarding new builds, conversions and guys looking for parts/info/history etc is about gone. The tank site is about dead. Maybe everything is happening at once, but I find myself deeply engrossed in music, rehearsing a new ensemble and getting ready to play in Israel and Germany, that I don't do anything with my RC tanks. As I posted earlier, anything I can provide on any of the tanks I have served on, I gladly share my experience and suggestions. Not much news on different models on the market and those seem to come from European sources and not types that interest me. I was hoping some maker would introduce some new armor so we can get away from Tigermania for a while, but if this site is any type of gauge, with the tank hobby seemingly at a very low point, it does not appear that many makers are going to invest in tooling up new stuff. The Hooben T-54/55 is the most promising but I have read so many posts describing problems, then the price, it's a no go. Tamiya's major blunder with the M-51 made up of a nice turret but a doctored 105 Sherman with so many inaccuracies, just turned me off to Tamiya...outside of 1;35 scale for museum work. Maybe the trip to Tel Aviv and working with the IDF after our playing will rekindle my interest
but as it looks now, it's pretty much low scale activity.