stubbled upon a Heng Long tiger 1 sitting neglected in a Maplin store, (just could get over the size of the thing). Dragged it home a a birthday present for my primary school age son.Didn't take long for the build quality to show up, and it now laid up awaiting me assembling the right tools to relay the tracks and reattach a sprockets A quick search of the internet made (first time I saw RTR mentioned in a forum I thought it might stand for Royal Tank Regiment

) me realise how big the hobby was and how litlle I knew. My modelling skills was decades old, and have only just started to make static kits with my son. I do want to go down the mdding route, but my electrical skill is zero, and think I need more experiance with static kits with my son, before we turn to modding "our" tank.
So my question is, what decent RTR IR tanks can we buy to play off against each other with. I like the idea of the forces of valor 1/24 stuff, not just having tanks , but targets too. but are they fragile?
I like the Heng long stuff, and like the idea that no matter what,the parts to keep them running will prob be available, where as that may not be the case with the forces of valor stuff, but there is may mean they are difficult to use in the space I have available. Also the number of options is somewhat confusing (when is a Heng Long not a Heng Long , when its a Taigen, or Matomorro or Waltersons

).