Heng Long

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Picked up from facebook. New 1/16 models PLUS 1/8 and/or 1/6 scale Tigers.
http://www.henglongtoys.net/news_detail/newsId=9.html
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Whose betting the 1/6 Tiger still has two spare Aerial tubes and the cupola will be the wrong way round ? :lolno:
Although knowing the Chinese the 1/6 Tiger 1 will probably be cheaper than Tamiya's 1/16 Tiger 1, :haha: :haha:
All I can say is Thank goodness for a double garage. :thumbup:
I cannot help asking why Heng Long are planning on making an "AS 90" Which if I remember rightly is an updated version of the "Abbot" Self Propelled Gun" when the demand for it pales into insignificance compared with the demands for a "Centurion" ? :crazy:
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jarndice wrote: I cannot help asking why Heng Long are planning on making an "AS 90" Which if I remember rightly is an updated version of the "Abbot" Self Propelled Gun" when the demand for it pales into insignificance compared with the demands for a "Centurion" ? :crazy:
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True, but as the real one fires rocket assist shells maybe they're looking to uprate the BB's too?
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The AS90 surprised me as well. Hardly what you would think had a lot of demand, as you say, compared with the Centurion, which was in service in many countries and would have much wider appeal.
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Where do You guys see all that? I only get a "page does not exist", or more precise "the server cannot be found" in Safari if I go to the english, or german site.

What I dìd see, piqued my interest. "Israeli M51" "Super Sherman" "T72" oh my! Would it be too optimistic to finally have a Merkava see the daylight the coming years?

Totally unclear, though what scale they would come in. Some hapless clicking on the fully chinese site didn't get me any wiser.
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Just tried it again. The link works fine - takes me to the Chinese page, I then use the Chrome translator and it all becomes clear. On my reading, the first large scale tiger will be 1/8, all metal hand made. The 1/6 scale will follow. Everything else I reckon to be 1/16.
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M51 super sherman. Does this mean theyre going to do an m4 hvss bottom?
if so the possible conversions are endless.
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I heard a rumour that the 1/6 Heng Long Tiger used by them was a Metal Box model who were not happy about it. Just what's been going around so not sure if true or not ? Interesting though
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It must have been about 6 years ago that I saw the pics of the moulds for a Merkava, I can't even remember whether it was HL that had made them, it looked pretty stunning and I have no idea why it never went into production.
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AS90 want an upgraded Abbot, it was a completely new vehicle to replace the Abbot, M109, M110 & M107 in British service, when first introduced it was the most advancedifficult artillery gun in the world & is still right up there this day, sadly like most British vehicles the funding to modernise & upgrade the vehicles hasn't been there, as far as a 1/16th one goes I really hope they do, I think people into Modern kit will go for it & considering its bigger than a KT it would be impressive
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