Hello everyone, I am a new member and will post some pic's of my Heng Long Tiger 1 and will have a boat load of questions seeing this my first rc tank. My other interest are WWII models and dioramas so I was real excited to weather and detail this 1/16 Tiger. I have a lot of questions and hope you guys out there can help. Oh, my first question is why isn't there an rc tank category for interest? There's planes, cars, hele's, trucks etc but no tanks. Looking forward to hearing from you. T Skaz

Welcome T Skaz,

You've stepped into a great world where you can combine the detail of a static model that both moves and fights. Other types need to make some concessions to air-worthiness, water concerns, but tanks just plow along.

That said, we are the 'red headed step child' of RC (my apologies to anyone that fits that description) and therefore usually fall between the cracks in the respect department. We tend to have to less vendors catering to our needs and are numbers are far short in terms of people into it than any other.

Everyone has heard of RC planes, cars and boats, but people are usually surprised the first time they see a tank. If you come from the static armor world, you're going to be in for a nit of a shock as well.

Don't worry though, it just makes us that more special.

Feel free to weather away:

Great job of weathing...you don't realize how mud can become an issue until you loose part of a fender or just a panel. The T-34 looks really good and the Stu looks like a true vet..


Welcome aboard Skatz

Welcome aboard!

We do have our own special kind of fun... wow, that T-34 looks like my truck in the spring when the snow melts, great job weathering.

Welcome aboard. Michigan has many fine RC tankers. Mike are you listening? The RCU guys are some of the best people I know.

I will bid you welcome as well i am new also and this is a great site for info etc.. everyone is very kind on this site and always ready to help!

Thanks for the warm welcome! You sound like a great bunch of guys. Hobby shops close by here in Michigan around GR don't carry rc tanks , they say it's more popular out west...not here in the mid west. Like to find out if there are any around here. T Skaz

Ok, here is my first stupid question.  How do I post pictures of my models/ rc tank?  I have tried, searched, etc.   Where it says insert image I get nothing.  Sorry guys for the inconvenience.

Go to reply on this post. click it and a box will appear for typing. At the bottom there is a link to click here to upload pictures. click it and browse to your pictures and add them to the list. click OK. done!

Thank you, Here are some. I will send the 1/16 Tiger.

Few more.

Where's the rest of the Leo?

Nice work, you'll fit in well. Don't be afraid to use all those techniques on your RC, just keep in mind that you'll need to open the upper before you go to wild with PE. I use quite a bit of brass and resin, but everything is wired and apoxied in place. The up side is, you have more to play with, so paint finishes can be a bit more hardy without detail loss.

Is that the Tamiya Sturm?

Thank you, Yes that is a Tamiya. Yes, with that 1/16 scale you sure don't loose detail. This is my first time working with large scale and I loved it. You can add a lot of detail. I wired the smoke canisters added the chains on the air filters routed the wire for the head lamps....it was great. Here's another pic. Yep, I'm going to like this forum. Bunch of good guys!

I met lose!!!!! DAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!

And meant, not met. Ok, I'm shutting up for the night...can't get my grammar right.

Here it is.

Here it is!!!

Okay, a Karl, not a Leopold...still nice.

I knew that you knew your facts. I could tell. Thanks

I would love to see one of those in 1:16

Like that's going to happen!!!

More pics of the Karl

I'll be sending pics of my HL Tiger, I have to weather the tracks. I'm hesitant because I don't want paint residue on our carpet when I run it. I will be using a flat lacquer paint. I'll a different post so I can get more feed back. Riiiight?????

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</div><div>Hello and welcome. Yes 1:16 scale is great for detailing and with our RC tanks certainly al lot more fun than static models.</div><div>Some very nice work you have got there. i can tell you are going to enjoy this hobbly of ours as much as the rest of us do. there are some very talented modelers on this forum, some the best in the world so there is always something new to learn.</div>

Thanks for the complement! I have done 100's of models/dioramas, mostly all WWII. Sold all but a few of them. My first 1/16 scale which I have to say are AWESOME. This scale let alone RC is a whole different animal. I can't wait to post pictures of the Tiger and get feedback of what I should add or take away regarding the detail. Whether positive or negative.