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They all say that until they get one .

AA Gepard wrote:No, Nothing as Serious as that billpe
But yes, the track came off the wheels because I was pushing it around on the rough textured driveway.
I did not notice it when I took the shot.
All good now.

You didn't tell me how you did the camo job on your's.
I guess you are in England ?
Is it about 12.30pm.
How is the weather..........
What about a bit of light rain and 9 *
What city do you live in.

Wayne

Yes, in the UK and it's always raining this time of year! The paint job details are all in that thread.

Prices are fairly even today. I can buy a Taigan Tiger in a wooden box for the same price as a Tamiya Tiger if I shop around and order from Hong Kong. Once you've got a TX which can have multiple RXs associated with it, the costs are fairly even. If you want to get that Taigan to Tamiya standard you'll end up having to shell out, as I found out: my Taigan Tiger 1 is more expensive in parts than my Tamiya Tiger yet the Tamiya mechanical and structural design is better. But then the Tamiya Tiger is a gold standard to which everything else is measured, for better or worse.

The exception is when you look at the Leo2 but then that tank is so far ahead of anything else comparing there is no comparable tank. I'm not hitting on Taigan or HL tanks here but it's disingenuous to say that Tamiya is always more expensive or that extra expense doesn't translate to something tangible. I agree with AA Gepard though, without HL there would be no entry level into this hobby and we've got allot to thank HL for, for making it affordable and way to get in.

If I'm honest I love the idea of building my own but am not sure of my building skills my plan was and is to buy my taigen tiger and enjoy it. Then later in the year get a basic smoke n sound stug or similar strip it and go to town. Sorry for hijacking the thread guys.

Hi Wayne my taigen has the metal tracks sprockets road wheels and idlers and has the IR battle system http://www.rctank.de/24-GHz-TIGER-I-LAT ... -IR-system I'm very interested in battling even though at the moment the only battling I get to do is chase the dog round the kitchen. Not sure about electrics but at the moment I'm happy. Next one I get will get the works just so I can learn.

I work in a supermarket Sunday and Monday are my days off and I've booked tomorrow as holiday to go see a back specialist at the hospital ( degenerative discs slipped discs trapped nerves) basically I'm buggered! Shouldn't have got such a heavy tank.

AA Gepard wrote:What else is wrong with it ?

It's not on my shelf.

AA Gepard wrote:Hi Lert
But you already have a Leopard2 A6.

Still incomplete, though. Still waiting for the correct parts.

AA Gepard wrote: your Army has heaps of the 'Real Thing'

Sold them all a few years ago. It was deemed 'too expensive' to maintain a small fleet of MBT's for a country as small as this.

AA Gepard wrote:The Leopard2 A6 is the Tank Australia Should have got to replace our A4's
But because this country has no money, we ended up with second hand American M1 Abrams.

For Defence spending Australia always has money, just look at the JSF debacle. When it comes to that Department the "budget emergency" does not exist unless it involves staff wages.
The reason Australia went with the Abrams was to strategically align our equipment and supply chains to our closest ally. If we became involved in a military action that Germany didn't agree with they could theoretically hold back spare tank parts or other related consumables in protest but it is very unlikely we would ever be involved in a conflict without the U.S. It also means our tank crews can be deployed overseas and use American supplies or even their equipment without the need for further training.
I wouldn't get too hung up on them being second hand either. There is a good episode of "Megafactories" that shows the extensive rebuild process the tanks undergo before being redeployed.