AlanThornton wrote:Well, the tank is fully functioning, didn't help that the instructions were in broken English but not moaning...anymore

. Heng Long is the go to manufacturer then?
Adding to what Mick has written, Tamiya are still the bees knees and bank balance breakers; Taigen are the upmarket version of Heng Long (an offshoot from Henglong, originally); then- Heng long probably the biggest
player in the field. Their products were little more than toys to begin with (and described as such); but now they have raised their standards (model accuracy, electronics, extras and so on..) with recent models like the T90, for example, to such an extent that they are now serious competitors for Tamiya and Taigen. HL reliability (lack of) now appears to be a thing of the past as well.
There are other specialists in the 1/16 Tank market; but these three are the leaders.

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