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wibblywobbly wrote:If you can design the tyres and find someone on Printhub who has flexible filament, then any tyre design can be printed in rubber. There are filaments out there for all purposes nowadays. Wheels/hubs are fairly easy to do on a CAD system.

Here's a video of the process in action and the design.

Its got a place for sure, but why oh why not a genuine 1/16th '251 ??!!

Surely the world wide market would absorb more German half tracks than trucks !!

HERMAN BIX wrote:Its got a place for sure, but why oh why not a genuine 1/16th '251 ??!!

Surely the world wide market would absorb more German half tracks than trucks !!

For sure!

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While I agree with you unfortunately we have to remember that Heng Long does not sell R/C Armour for Hobbyists they are Toymakers and Toy sellers and 1/16 r/c trucks will sell to any boy of 3 years upward but a German Halftrack will hold little interest except for people like us.
And for anyone who does not know Heng Long recently lost most of the product design team to a competitor which is why they have bought the truck we are all ordering from another toymaker until they can get up and running ready to produce a Centurion or a 251 or whatever fantasy r/c product you are wishing for.
Shaun.

I'm not sure they bought these trucks from someone else. I think it's more likely that they bought one and copied it and now they're just making clones. The Chinese are famous for that.

HERMAN BIX wrote:Its got a place for sure, but why oh why not a genuine 1/16th '251 ??!!

I would love a 1/16th scale 251 for a reasonable price. Thing though is that a halftrack like the 251 would take some serious engineering to get right, specifially the steering. It's more intricate than the short-track, rubber-band style of the M2 halftrack Torro offers

jarndice wrote:...Heng Long recently lost most of the product design team to a competitor...

Oh, who? Is the market gonna shift to another player in the market?

Marco Peter wrote:

jarndice wrote:...Heng Long recently lost most of the product design team to a competitor...

Oh, who? Is the market gonna shift to another player in the market?

I was under the impression the design team had left to go to other companies rather than a single one.

I've been asking for a 1/16 251 that didn't require the sale of either of my kidneys to afford.
Ludwig now lists a 251 kit but it's cost prohibitive for me.

And I've been whinin' for a deuce and a half since I first got into the hobby (only about 5 years ago, but it seems longer). Or a jeep. Or a good Kubelwagen (the Tamiya is OK, but needs a lot of work). Or an ambulance. Or just about any soft skinned support vehicles!! A good tank park just seems naked without them.