1/16th Abrams love?

Hooben was supposed to release one (Hasn't happened! And I am not holding my breath)
Heng Long was rumored to be working on one (Believe it when I see it!)
Big Soft Air Toys even announced one was in the works, and Taigen would have a release in September. (Still hasn't hapened).

I am one sad panda. /cry

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GoDoWaR

A lot of people have converted the Hobby engine offering to full battle r/c.

http://www.hobbyengine.com.hk/catalo...?product_id=35

No quality there, and requires a metric ton of work to make it right. Where is the Hooben, Tamiya, Heng Long, Taigen version?

the rumour of a Heng Long M1A1 is just that, A rumour. HL's next tank out of the blocks should be the Challenger.
Hooben's I can't say but their target was Fall of this year, I'll give it until Christmas just because stuff happens ( plus they have done a lot of ship stuff this year )
Taigen well Erik is on this forum so lets get him to throw his plan around here.

Best seller I think would be a low cost Cromwell or Comet though. Just my 2 cents

I would love to see a challenger. The Abrams however is most likely far in the future for any manufacturer. the main issue is the turbine engine sound. a completely new sound set would need to be made among other issues like turret slew speeds and such. All doable but more work than just rehashing something all ready available. The HE Abrams actually makes a decent RC once the work is put into it. I at one time had a complete parts line up in kit form to convert to better tracks and road wheel modification.

The same place where their E100 is... nowhere.

Jerry

I wasn't aware of a Abrams announcement? Trust me I would love to get one out, but we have something VERY special to come out first. Then MAYBE we will do an Abrams. We have a lot of new plans coming up for 2014, I promise to let you guys know first. I always post news here first

I really wanted that E-100!!!

Over in this thread http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-t...-2013-bbt.html

This was stated:
[h=2]First Taigen Tanks order and New Tanks for 2013 at BBT![/h][INDENT]Big Boys Toys is happy to say that our first order is on the way and we are almost sold out! We are also getting our first batch of spare parts for repairs and warranty work. I asked what was coming for next year, when I was told I had to ask him to repeat it.

USM4A3Sherman

US M1A2 Abrams Heavy Confirmed Sept.


I asked if he was sure, I was told that it was on the order form for next year. I did ask for him to confirm this with the higher up's. I should hear something in a few days,

[FONT=Verdana]Tony Oglesby

No so much the AGT1500 start and run sequence has been in numerous movies in recent years. War of the worlds and Battleship are just some I can think of right now.

I hope its not a re-hash of the Hobby Engine Abrams.

I think if Taigen is going to do an M1A2 it will most likely be more accurate than the Hobby Engine tank. theirs was wrong due to the hull shape for their tracks and gear boxes. Other than that it wasn't too far off and mine looks pretty good with Tamiya LEO tracks and reversed sprockets.
As far as something very special coming out i would think that if it weren't a Cromwell, Challenger or other British tank a lot of people would like to see some modern armor come out, like the Challey or M1 or T-72 or Merc.

I really, really hope so. My first tank was a cable controlled 1/35th scale Tamiya M1 with the 105mm gun "Yukon Jack".

Its annoying that there are so few mainstream combat-blooded modern tanks available on the market. I can only think of the Hooben T-55A. All the rest, like Leopard 1A4/2A6, ZTZ-99, have not seen conflict yet. I would love for either or both a M1A1/2 and a Challenger 2!

Well, LEO 2A6M's where deployed with Canadian forces in Afghanistan but I don't believe they saw any real tank combat. By that i mean tank on tank battles. The Challenger I i think saw some combat in Iraq so I'm pretty sure they may have had some tank on tank situations but the Abrams really is the only modern tank to see combat to the scale that a modern MBT is designed for. Although I really like modern Russian armor I'm not convinced they could or would be able to stand toe to toe with the Abrams even thought it is a 25 year old design. This tank was built to be upgraded. The Russians design an entire new tank every time they need to counter new tech on Western technology. Now i'm not knocking the Russian tanks. I think some are very cool tanks but there is alot of hype behind most of them.

That is why I want an M60 or an M48 !!!!!

Imex, are you listening?

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They may be listening, but they're not likely to be able to do anything about it - nothing in their product line hasn't been already made by someone else. It would be unlikely for them to break tradition.

The all metal M-60 is already out and it costs a fortune. In this case if Imex were to follow tradition and make one, I would be happy indeed!

Yes we are listening. I get a lot of requests and I do pass them on. Sometimes I just have to keep quiet or I might spill the beans on things. I have a huge list on my wall of stuff planned, but I have to wait until they are almost final before I say anything. Sometimes shipping gets us a bit behind but I do my best to keep you guys updated. New tanks are coming, but I cant give hints yet. Maybe right after Xmas I can start hinting. It is special, and something that is well overdue.

I will believe it when I see it. Seems that what is special to the manufacturer has been done thrice over by custom builders. I have seen it over and over. Someone builds a tank from scratch that everyone wants , then more and more build it then a manufacturer decides to just put that out because they believe thats what everyone wants. I'm not convinced. What is special is truly what the majority have been asking for. Not one persons idea of what is wanted.

I would be happy if it at least is not something already made by Tamiya or HL. Hell, a Sturmtiger available in the States would be nice at this point.