Heng Long airsoft battle tank places to buy from the US?

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Heng Long airsoft battle tank places to buy from the US?

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What would be the best choice of seller for a pair of H-L 1/16 scale Airsoft/IR battlefield tanks for home playing, let's say Tiger 3818 for a start and KV-1 3878 later as of October of 2020 from US?
I/m talking about options and places to purchase them from (from what I understand for example all-metal would be overkill for me from both budget standpoint and sheetrock walls :P ).
I've also heard that there is a new controller TK6.1S which nobody sells pre-installed onto the tank anywhere.
Let's put it this way - what's worth upgrading in basic plastic tank and what is not?
I've found one place https://www.matorctanks.com/ but the site looks abandoned (expired certificate) and June updates.
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First, as I understand you'll either have to choose IR or Airsoft, I think!

I have made all my purchases off eBay here in the US.

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When I used to live in Detroit I used to use these guys a lot: http://www.matomart.com/main.php
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BarryC wrote:First, as I understand you'll either have to choose IR or Airsoft, I think!

I have made all my purchases off eBay here in the US.

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Barry,

The HL TK6.0/6.1 systems provide both BB and IR in the same tank. My new T-72 runs on the 6.0 and it came with both BBs and an IR mushroom.

Tiger6,

I have only seen the TK6.1 system sold in custom high end Heng Long tanks like the Abrams with full metal hull and barrel smoke unit.
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Is there any official site for reference on features and models since everyone seems to sell some kind of home-made upgrades?
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toshik wrote:Is there any official site for reference on features and models since everyone seems to sell some kind of home-made upgrades?
Finding a website for direct contact with model tank, and model tank parts, ought to be straightforward, you'd think. But, it often it isn't.
Take Heng Long, for instance- is it:
http://www.hl1986.com/Home/Index/company.html, ?
or,
https://www.henglong1986.com ?
The former is just about right, but the next website appears to be an advertiser, who includes some Heng Long material on their website. Looks almost like a bit of cyber squatting going on there. :problem:
Then if you try the 'made in China online directory, you'll find several manufacturers associated with Heng Long tanks.. :crazy:
https://www.made-in-china.com/productdi ... rrection=1

However, if you fancy a Taigen tank, in the US you have:
https://www.taigentanks.com
An excellent company- selling, as the name suggests, Taigen tanks; but they also do some Heng Long Tanks. In fact,, in the early days, Taigen tanks were simply upmarket Heng Long tanks. ;) :/

Beyond that, I guess Ebay would be the best in the US- certainly in terms of allowing you to filter, and compare, offers and models.
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Sorry, moving this to general questions.
This section is purely for posting about vendors you would recommend after receiving a good service.
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Son of a gun-ner wrote:Sorry, moving this to general questions.
This section is purely for posting about vendors you would recommend after receiving a good service.
Thank you! Sorry about posting in a wrong place!
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