Jim, I'm hanging my head down low in shame for turning my back on my US brothers, but couldn't wait and ordered from Matomart. Didn't pay the extra for express shipping, but still had it before Christmas. please forgive me Phil & Bill. Had a bad case of Panther fever!

As for the rest of the tank... love it, but the jury is stilll out on the new sounds. It reminds me too much of the VSTank [which I hate]. It's kind of annoying and I'm considering a change to an RX14 board to be honest with you, or maybe the Creeping Death Thunder1 if there's room. The tank comes with several sprues of accessories that need to be attached, tools, C hooks, hatch handles, gun travel lock, and spare tracks. A very nice change from the old Heng Longs with everything molded on and will be nice come painting time. I don't see a need to order metal bits for this tank as I did with my Tiger which will save some money.