Haya Chieftain

[Beeg]

Does anyone have any experience with Haya and their Chieftain?

[Rubicon99]

Does anyone have any experience with Haya and their Chieftain?

Basically it uses almost all HL sourced electronics and running hardware.

Generally a good tank overall except it does not have metal suspension arms or metal bearing road wheels. These are plastic on plastic that wear REALLY fast. HL stopped doing this with most of their new 6.0 tanks because of the rapid wear issues. Why Haya did not go with bearing wheels and metal suspension arms given the HIGH price point of the Chieftain is a huge question considering they know from experience the issues plastic on plastic has.

[Beeg]

So pretty much the same story as the Hooben M4A3E8. Plastic on plastic in the wheels?

[Rubicon99]

So pretty much the same story as the Hooben M4A3E8. Plastic on plastic in the wheels?

Yes

[GITanker]

Is the Hooben M4A3E8 worth the cost of around $300 on ebay?

[Rubicon99]

Is the Hooben M4A3E8 worth the cost of around $300 on ebay?

Absolutely NOT! It’s a good $180 tank at very best. I have one and it is not even close in quality to the a HL all plastic tank offerings. Hooben has NO spare parts, horrible electronics, hideous handling and PISS POOR CS.

If you don’t want to spend time and more money making it into something that runs well (which I did) then I would not recommend buying one.

[GITanker]

Rubicon99,
Thanks for the advice. Does anyone else make an M4A3E8?

[dai phan]

I think the Haya Chieftan is way over priced! Dai

[Rubicon99]

Rubicon99,
Thanks for the advice. Does anyone else make an M4A3E8?

Not really. There are though some really decent conversations kits for it though.

[Vaseline]

Didnt Heng Long do a "Fury" special E8? or was that the Hooben?

[Rubicon99]

No HL has never made an EZ8 Sherman.