Thanks for the uplift....and I prefer the "BIg Mac:" over a Trumanburger any day. When Joe Chink decided to come for a visit, I was very happy not to have a Pershing or one of the many Shermans. The Tamiya and HL Pershings as well as the M-4 105 are very good models of Korean tanks, although the marines made more use of the latter. A good addition to the Shernman is to add a flame gun.
I added this to my Tam Sherman and it looks mean...now have to figure a way to make it squirt a little water for effect. (No, forget the lighter fluid!) Pics of my Cent 21 Sherman,,,don't have sep shots of my Tam Sherman set up the same way.
With the really bad cold and snow, the venerable old M-46 plowed through the steep, narrow trails (called roads) and we even managed to use it as a toboggan,,,,going downhill forward with the trans in reverse, using the accelerator as a brake. It works but scary as hell. Figure on RC, it would only work with metal tracks Tam or HL, but that's something you could try on a very steep incline. Just let it get started down (gun to rear) and throw it in reverse and accell to brake. Our tracks held firm, the tank was strong and the engine chewed up 3-4 gal per mile on the level, but we had nice, warm, muffler shields to heat C rats and dry off wet parkas and half frozen tankers.
The HL Pershing does pretty well and I now have 4 versions, but I am really waiting for the M-46 conversion and make 2 of them...one exactly like mine. The Marines did OK with their Pershings, but didn't have quite the same benefit of heat. The solid plate between the front and rear grille door sections houses the oil coolers and radiator, and this is the reasion I caution guys about stowing so much stuff back there. On the real M-26, there would get too hot, so the model should reflect actual use. (OK, in Korea at 35 below, this is a debatable practice,) Way back on the end is OK and it doesn't block all the air. Infantry hitchhikers do that pretty well.