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Mithras
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Hooben/Twin Horse

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Wanting to avoid entanglements. Am I correct in that Twinhorse is not to be considered reliable?

Assuming I’m mistaken, do Hooben vehicles/kits come equipped for combat?
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Re: Hooben/Twin Horse

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Mithras wrote:Wanting to avoid entanglements. Am I correct in that Twinhorse is not to be considered reliable?

Assuming I’m mistaken, do Hooben vehicles/kits come equipped for combat?
They have their own battle system, I don't think it tamiya compatible. Their electronics system is pretty dreadful though too.

Hooben/ark model/twin horse have a habit of taking customers money for pre orders and then taking a very long time to deliver (much past the advertised delivery time on the pre order).

If you're ordering something in stock on the website then you're in a better place, although there have been instances of them saying they have stock when they haven't.

They also have been known to have some pretty significant quality control/quality issues. A lot of the new models they do are 3d printed (which isn't an issue in its self) but they don't mention this and the material they print in can be very delicate.

For my money, their t-55 kit is decent and the elefant is ok (whilst needing some modification) the rest I'd be wary about ordering

A friend recently obtained a hooben merkava and compared to his HL one said it was very poor, aside from the detail.

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Re: Hooben/Twin Horse

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Until they get a distributor in Europe, avoid them like the plague. Some of their models are available in stores. E.g:
https://www.rctank.de/index.php?jtl_tok ... en&search=

They are also on Amazon but this is also a store run by Twin Horse.

Their models are delicate, made of fragile materials. In addition, there are no spare parts like in the case of HL or Taigen.
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Re: Hooben/Twin Horse

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tomhugill wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:13 am
Mithras wrote:Wanting to avoid entanglements. Am I correct in that Twinhorse is not to be considered reliable?

Assuming I’m mistaken, do Hooben vehicles/kits come equipped for combat?
They have their own battle system, I don't think it tamiya compatible. Their electronics system is pretty dreadful though too.

Hooben/ark model/twin horse have a habit of taking customers money for pre orders and then taking a very long time to deliver (much past the advertised delivery time on the pre order).

If you're ordering something in stock on the website then you're in a better place, although there have been instances of them saying they have stock when they haven't.

They also have been known to have some pretty significant quality control/quality issues. A lot of the new models they do are 3d printed (which isn't an issue in its self) but they don't mention this and the material they print in can be very delicate.

For my money, their t-55 kit is decent and the elefant is ok (whilst needing some modification) the rest I'd be wary about ordering

A friend recently obtained a hooben merkava and compared to his HL one said it was very poor, aside from the detail.

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Wow. Thank you for the warning!
Kaczor wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:26 am Until they get a distributor in Europe, avoid them like the plague. Some of their models are available in stores. E.g:
https://www.rctank.de/index.php?jtl_tok ... en&search=

They are also on Amazon but this is also a store run by Twin Horse.

Their models are delicate, made of fragile materials. In addition, there are no spare parts like in the case of HL or Taigen.
Good to know. Thank you as always, K.
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Re: Hooben/Twin Horse

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Don’t ever purchase or buy from them. Take ages to send the model you have to keep haggling them and the electrical systems are awful.
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Re: Hooben/Twin Horse

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DymondTank wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:21 pm Don’t ever purchase or buy from them. Take ages to send the model you have to keep haggling them and the electrical systems are awful.
Ug! I’ve had that experience with other hobbies. Thank you for the warning!
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