Wow! An untouched, unpainted Tamiya Tiger.. Looks at those tracks! Not a scratch or scrape on them! Soon that thing will be ready! Ready for your tender caress, ready for the feel of that vibrating Maybach, read to set the world on fire with its power and magnitude!

To charge you have to remove the turret and upper deck, unless you install a custom charging jack somewhere on your tank that is connected to the main battery line along with an on/off switch. I don't have a charge jack on mine, if I did I'd give you some info about it. Might try to add one at some point..

I'm sure your tank will survive its first battle. Mine was 2 years old when I got it, I then tore it half apart, modified it, put it back together and it lived (didn't fall apart). But I did end up taking it half apart again, which is the state it is currently in now lol.