Hey Darren, welcome aboard. just where in Michigan are you? I'm close enough to the Detroit city limit to hit it with a rock. Think Five Mile & Telegraph, if that means anything to you. There are a few other tankers here in the Great Lakes State, and they meet a few times each summer, usually in Hazel Park. I think you made a good choice for your first RC tank, and I'm sure your prior RC experience will come in handy. I'll use any excuse I can to trot out the video of my M41, which has been converted into what we like to call the M-41-AA, or anti-aircraft variant.
But I still have the stock hull top so I can turn it back into a Bulldog in moments.
When FDR coined the phrase "The Arsenal of Democracy", he was talking about Detroit. Proud to live in the 2nd most violent city in America!!