Hi from suffolk! And help needed!!

[PBI]

Hello everyone.

Ive been directed here from another helpful forum. To cut a long story short, I was almost completely legged over by nitrotek at Xmas with a dodgy taigen metal upgrade tiger. My poor son has been going spare for 6 months waiting for the financial side to be sorted which has (hopefully) now been sorted!

So, your help please. My budget is max £200. Which Tank do i buy for my son (9years old)

Thankyou!!!

Rob

[FreakyDude]

I would be looking at the Heng Long Panther G. It is the most complete out of the box tank I know of as your 9 yr old isn't going to be wanting to modify it. Buy a set of upgrade gears with the 3 to 1 ratio and a bigger battery and your job is done. Let the little guy run it till he falls asleep.
Second option would be the Panzer IV.

Others may have a different opinion so do your reviewing, check some web sites for pricing then buy it from steve at welshdragon or Forgebear on ebay. I have yet to see a negative post for either one of those sellers. You will come to see product support is worth it's weight when RC Tanking.

Welcome to the forum as well.

[PBI]

Many thanks for the succinct reaponse. Guidance taken on board too!

Regards

Rob

[Reaper332]

Welcome Rob, I agree with FreakyDude any of the Heng Long tanks would be fine obviously some are dearer than others. Maybe show your son a couple of pics of them and see which one he likes.
My 2 boys love the little Stug 111 and the Tiger 1, but theres a few to choose from.

Good Luck mate,
Ken

[Red Devils]

Welcome to the forum Rob...

[blimp]

TBH , the Tiger 1 , although relitively cheap can be troublesome , as it is very complex and the rear ( idler ) wheel attachments break easily . One other thing - regardless of which model you decide on , try and get an RX 18 version , they are much better - more controllable . Both sellers mentioned will do their best to sort you out , they really are great guys

[cannedheat]

hi try a torro tank from welsh dragons a tiger is a good bet, you will have it in a couple of days, you may end up bieng very jealous of your boy ?

[Andy in Cheltenham]

I'd be biased and get something a bit more modern. He's more likely to stay interested if he can actually see a large version of his tank driving around. Or chose an Allied tank from WW2. The Nazi stuff might be a bit extreme for someone of that age, he may get the wrong idea of what the war was about. Just my opinion, not intending to offend anyone.

[ruben2005]

hi and welcome have you looked at the 1/12 abrams for your son on e/bay will post link up later i only say this as my 6yr old son doesnt really get model side of tanks he just drives and shoots but these are your choices what tank you get hope this helps

[sparks]

Hi Rob,
welcome to the forum
sparks