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43rdRecceReg
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Malc Force wrote:I have just bought a Heng Long ZTZ 99 battle tank and will be looking to upgrade it in due course as I like tinkering, I live in Greater Manchester and have got into this hobby at a rather late age 65, the wife reckons i am going back to my childhood but hey ho!. :haha:
Welcome! :D I reckon, many of us have been repatriated to our respective childhoods by the hobby! ;) So, welcome Malc, to the adult Kindergarten :thumbup:
Echoing Mick, the ZTZ 99 is an unusual choice for a firsat tank. Still, it makes an interesting change from the usual Tiger 1- but if upgrading/enhancing the new plaything is on the cards, the ZTZ doesn't have the range of aftermarket parts available that the Tiger has. In fact, it has very few, I suspect.
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"- Mark Twain.
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The ZTZs have most of the major upgrade parts. You can put better gearboxes in it, fit a recoil system, metal wheels, metal tracks, metal sprockets, and better electronics. You would be correct that there aren't any detail upgrades for it.
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Will01Capri
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welcome to the fun and madness, i think we are all guilty of being big kids, so you will fit in well
HL camo E' Tiger
HL L' Tiger
M26 Pershing WW2 project
Tam K'Tiger project
HL Walker Bulldog project?
HL Panzer IV Munitionsschlepper für Karl-Gerät
HL Sherman project?

1/24 Leopard 2 Custom mod

2 many trucks to list!
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