First of all welcome to the Forum
and you sure are in the right place,
For $250 a Heng Long 1/16 Tiger 1 with the latest electronic fit Version 6.0 is within your price range,
You will meet resistance by a group of people who know Heng Long products from way back when and have not accepted that the latest product is as well equipped and as well built as its Taigen rival although you will get no argument from me when the two companies products are placed against the Tamiya 1./16 kits.
No contest the Tamiya Tank is the Cadillac versus the Toyota.
Indeed the RTR Heng Long and Taigen 1/16 products attract not only the frugal but the impatient who do not care to build a $900 tank when they can get a Tank that is 1/2 the price of the Tamiya and it runs straight out of the box.
Enjoy this place and read everything then make up your own mind.