(possible) noob to RC Tanks has question, but here'a bit about me:

[HERMAN BIX]

Hello, and welcome from Argyll and Bute

Tiger suggestion: Sorry. No. Over-engineered and THE ENEMY! Just.No.

Best line in an introduction EVER!

Ohhh that’s handed Mr Rat a Golden Ticket !
It’s ok mate, Tigers hate you too !!

[KernelClinq]

Hello, and welcome from Argyll and Bute

Tiger suggestion: Sorry. No. Over-engineered and THE ENEMY! Just.No.

Best line in an introduction EVER!

Glad you liked it! LOL

Ohhh that’s handed Mr Rat a Golden Ticket !
It’s ok mate, Tigers hate you too !!

Good one!

Great introduction - a model for all noobs to follow.

If you haven't pulled the trigger yet, consider a 'Pro-motion' version of the tank of your choice. In my experience Heng Long tanks with plastic tracks tend to 'float' on top of grass and bounce off any lumps such as twigs, whereas the metal ones have enough heft to sink into the vegetation and look more natural.

Thanks, yeah that's just exactly what I'm thinking. Scale movement seems more important to me than super-refined scale bits&bobs.

So as not to upset our German members Post cold war Germany is not GDR that was the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) which ended on October 3rd 1990 today it is FRG (Federal Republic of Germany) .

Yeah, total miss on my part. If anything, I meant DDR. But in more modern ISO nomenclature, I shoulda just gone with "DEU". Sorry my friends, no offense intended.

Hello, and welcome from Argyll and Bute

Tiger suggestion: Sorry. No. Over-engineered and THE ENEMY! Just.No.

Best line in an introduction EVER!

So, in summary, I'm leaning real hard into HL M26 Pershing as my introduction to RC Tanking.... now just obsessing about "trim levels", vendors, tariff costs, improved batteries, etc.
Maybe a Merkava or Leo2 will be in my future beyond the Pershing.

Again, thank you all!

[jarndice]

If at some time you consider the Panzer 4 I would suggest that you forget the Heng Long but instead consider the Taigen PZ4 it has the definatve PZ Ausf "G" turret which is way better than Heng Long or Tamiyas variant.
Available in BB or IR,
It is expensive but it really is the best Ausf "G" turret on the market and it is a straight swap with the Heng Long Body.