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HENG LONG PZ4 Body.

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:29 am
by jarndice
Does anyone know if Heng Long are still making Panzer 4 Bodies ?
I ask because whenever I look all I ever find are the Taigen ones and no they are not the same.
Heng Long stopped moulding tools and fittings to their Tank body's some years ago, they now come on a separate sprue unlike Taigen who still mould everything to the vehicle.

Re: HENG LONG PZ4 Body.

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:23 am
by General Jumbo01
Why don't we all write to Taigen about this move? We are their customers and sole source of income!

Re: HENG LONG PZ4 Body.

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:47 pm
by Ragnar
Sooo, the HL Panzer III 2:4 ghz I bought a year and a half ago is most likely Taigen? :problem: hmmmm, Verrrry interesting ....!

Re: HENG LONG PZ4 Body.

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:37 pm
by jarndice
Not necessarily so, The first Heng Long bodies without moulded on tools and fittings had them as pop off fittings so that they could be simply lifted off rather than having to be scraped off.
It was only later that the tools came on a separate sprue/s and of course you might have been sold old stock.

Re: HENG LONG PZ4 Body.

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:46 pm
by General Jumbo01
Easiest way to tell, assuming it hasn't been modified, is to pop it open and check the mfu, or just the transmitter! That will date it.

Re: HENG LONG PZ4 Body.

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 5:51 pm
by Ragnar
[quote="General Jumbo01"]Easiest way to tell, assuming it hasn't been modified, is to pop it open and check the mfu, or just the transmitter! That will date it.

Have a picture of the hull opened up mfu is labeled Heng Long......question answered :D