Review and Discuss: Heng Long 1/16 King Tiger "The Brute"

[DRTA168]

Is it worth upgrading to the lower metal hull or should I just keep it plastic

[quitcherbitchen]

Very nice.

[SoCalBobS]

Ok, one more photo. Every tank needs a commander.

[Prowler901]

That last photo is perfect, Bob. Nicely done on the octopus scheme!

[SoCalBobS]

What's better than a King Tiger? Two King Tigers! A little photo shoot today.


Also, here's some "hide in the bushes" shots.



My favorite:

[UltraVargen]

I buy the Torro crews and reposition the arms so they fit into the HL's offering. Dai

I looked into the Torro figures, but didn't really liked how the look. Yours look good though!
What I did is buy a bunch of random resin recasts off of Aliexpress with the intent to kitbash them into a usable crew. The figures were mostly too big though, so it'll take a lot of cutting, sanding and puttying to make them useable. I made a topic about my findings: https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc...k-crew-figures

[dai phan]

Mine hasn't been out since Summer. I haven't had the motivation to take on the oversized resin crew figures yet. I'm actually waiting for MRC EU to finally get more tanks in so I can get a T-34 and possibly a Sherman. Once I'm working on those I hope the motivation returns to work on the figures as well. I'll tackle the new moters, etc as well at that time.

I buy the Torro crews and reposition the arms so they fit into the HL's offering. Dai

[UltraVargen]

Thanks! To my admittedly superficial research, it was done in the waning days of the war, specifically the Battle of Berlin with the Soviets. Most were in a green over sand palette, but Dragon Models produced a model in this color. That, and our preferred battleground being sand with brownish scrub, guided my choice. Grime and rust washes will tone it down. How is your Tiger II doing?

Mine hasn't been out since Summer. I haven't had the motivation to take on the oversized resin crew figures yet. I'm actually waiting for MRC EU to finally get more tanks in so I can get a T-34 and possibly a Sherman. Once I'm working on those I hope the motivation returns to work on the figures as well. I'll tackle the new moters, etc as well at that time.

[Rubicon99]

“Mission Bay Stealth”......LOVE IT!!

[SoCalBobS]

What a nice and unusual scheme!

Thanks! To my admittedly superficial research, it was done in the waning days of the war, specifically the Battle of Berlin with the Soviets. Most were in a green over sand palette, but Dragon Models produced a model in this color. That, and our preferred battleground being sand with brownish scrub, guided my choice. Grime and rust washes will tone it down. How is your Tiger II doing?

[UltraVargen]

What a nice and unusual scheme!

[SoCalBobS]

“Mission Bay Stealth”

Interim stage, mostly painted, some touch ups tomorrow. So scary to start with an untried technique. I made “stamps” with some dowels of different sizes and drilled holes in some. Next will be sealing with clear flat spray then detailing & weathering.

[Rubicon99]

Just received mine. My main goal is to finish it in an "octopus" camo scheme. I found images in a tan and brown palette, good for the San Diego battleground! Base color is Tamiya Light Sand (TS-46). Two coats covered the stock pattern.

That will NOT be allowed at the San Diego battle days.... To hard to see you hiding in the bushes... I am just KIDDING 😁😁 it will look great and work well to blend in👍

Can’t wait to see it in action against the “Tiger Killers” vvvvv

[SoCalBobS]

Just received mine. My main goal is to finish it in an "octopus" camo scheme. I found images in a tan and brown palette, good for the San Diego battleground! Base color is Tamiya Light Sand (TS-46). Two coats covered the stock pattern.

[Gringotuerto]

I was looking at both the King Tiger and the Panzer IV. Both say the weight of the Pro version is 4535grams. I doubt that is 100% correct, shouldn't the King Tiger be heavier? Anyway, I guess either would suit my purpose. I'm more an airplane guy, but several of us have WW2 ground attack planes (such as P-47) and I though it would be fun to have an appropriate moving target. People drop lightweight bombs and never, ever hit anything, so I'm not worried about damage.

[UltraVargen]

Thanks both, and thanks for the welcome!

[Beeg]

Hi, I'm new here and new to RC tanks (or RC anything really). I got the King Tiger Pro from Motion RC and love it. It will be fun upgrading, weathing it. etc. Already got some paint and blueing liquid for the tracks on the way. Thinking about getting the PE grill covers, and a better commander figure.

(Question 1:)
I wonder however what's the difference between TK 6.0 and 6.0s? My box says 6.0s. After searching on the internet I think it either has to do with the smoke unit, or with hanging out the stick steering setup?

Answer to your 1st question is in this post..
https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc...578#post250578

[Vaseline]

The smoke units are finicky at best, and will never generate the amount of "smoke" you would like or expect. personally, I take them out of all the tanks I own. Also, welcome to the World of RC and HobbySquawk!

[UltraVargen]

Hi, I'm new here and new to RC tanks (or RC anything really). I got the King Tiger Pro from Motion RC and love it. It will be fun upgrading, weathing it. etc. Already got some paint and blueing liquid for the tracks on the way. Thinking about getting the PE grill covers, and a better commander figure.

(Question 1:)
I wonder however what's the difference between TK 6.0 and 6.0s? My box says 6.0s. After searching on the internet I think it either has to do with the smoke unit, or with hanging out the stick steering setup?

There did seem to be issue with the smoke unit not smoking very much. Because I'm curious, I opened the tank qnd smoke unit up to see what's going on. It looked like maybe the heater coil wasn't touching the cotton enough. After moving the cotton around a bit it worked a lot better.

(Question 2:)
I tried filling smoke liquid through the tanks exhaust pipes (tilted the tank sufficiently), but it seems almost impossible to get the fluid to run throug the tubes to the smoke unit. Is this a common issue, or am I doing something wrong there?

[sfcfury]

Anybody know if there's a mato 5:1 gearbox that fits these? I was seeing some on other tanks with black motors...