Oh I know the wife deal!!! LOL I prefer to paint my tanks and weather them. I do 1/35 WWII tanks and dioramas. I don't want to sound like I'm bragging but I can do a much better paint job than whats on the Taigens. Now don't get me wrong they do a great job but they are to perfect and some of the tanks accessories are painted that shouldn't be. I do like the Heng Long metal gears and metal tracks. The metal tracks have the proper sag, not tight on the tank like the plastic ones. It's a lot easier to put realistic tank damage on a plastic hull then it is on metal. If I bought a Taigen I would weather it, rust it, fade it. You know what I mean. Thanks for your input! Tim