Hi, my son recently got a VSTank 1/24 King Tiger as a gift. I believe in the course of driving it one of the metal wheel rods (not sure the exact part name) has become bent causing the wheel and tread to slip.

At the time he received it I did not know that VSTank appears to be defunct, at least in the USA, otherwise I would have requested it be returned and a supported brand be bought instead.

Anyways I have tried looking on google for replacement parts, I've found a handful of parts across Ebay and other stores, but I was wondering if anyone knew a site that has supplies for these still, if such a site exists.

If not are mechanical parts from other brand 1/24 tanks usable or modifiable to make work? Many of the parts like the suspension seems similar between brands, but I don't have experience with R/C Tanks.Or would a wheel from the VS Tiger work on the King Tiger? They look pretty similar.

Also my son wants to try the IR battle function, but we obviously don't have another tank, nor do I know anyone who even has an R/C tank. Is the tank battle IR system somewhat universal, or does each company use it's own IR?

Finally if we wanted to stay in the 1/24 scale is there a brand that is still in production? Everything I see seems to be 1/16.

Thanks for the help.