Your Picks on the Worse Henglong Tanks You Own.

[Nfafan]

Proof that even the worst looking stock HL tank given a quality paint job can be made into something nice.

But let’s face it, looks close enough to an untrained eye, and your cammo is excellent enough to make anyone believe.

[DavidN]

You should start opening up your tank to study it. The speaker issue is the least problem we come across. My tanks have many issues, but I hardly have any problem about their speakers :-)

[Hellcat 7]

Hey, If there is a Tank that you don't want, donate them to me. I'll be happy to take it off your hands and fix them up. Cheers!

[Evan D]

I started 5 weeks ago and the T-90 was my first tank, still my favorite. Since then I bought a M1A2 second hand, Leopard, Challenger2, Bulldog and T-34. We are trying to get a group together to do the FPV IR battling...


If a Pershing turned up NIB or like new I'd get it.

[Cameron Schaeffer]

I just purchased the King Tiger. I honestly didn't think it was going to be that BIG! It's a beautiful looking tank out of the box. I bought oil paint to make the mold lines and bolts stand out. It came with metal tracks and idlers. Haven't painted those yet. Within a couple weeks the speaker stopped working but the seller is sending me a new one asap without extra cost. Me and the kids love the tank so far! I plan on getting another. I can't decide if I want the T-90 or the M26 Pershing (which is difficult to find at a reasonable price).

[DavidN]

I weathered it. I only painted and also weathered the wheels since all HL tanks with metal wheels are sold with the wheels unpainted.

[Evan D]

And I ordered yesterday... David is yours weathered or painted?

[sclui56]

David, you had me worried a bit since this is one tank I intended to get. Thanks for the update.

[DavidN]

David, that's so weird, are they running same gearboxes and motors?

Both of them were customized versions when I bought them. You made me curious. I opened the Leopard II to put the LegoDEI in for the LA battle next month. But I don't think I had a chance to open the Challenger II yet. They both weighted about the same at 12 lbs. So I took it out and tried again. And I have just realized that both batteries I used for the Challenger II went bad on me. All these time, I have been using the same 2 batteries thinking they were both good. I put a third battery in and it roared with power. So, my bad on the opinion about this tank. I take it back :-) Now it can climb :clap:.

[Operator7G]

They were only friendly for a few short years after which they were enemies.

Fair point.

[sclui56]

Yeah! My leopard II runs great. They both have metal running gears and tracks. Somehow the tracks on the Challenger don’t have much grips to move it up the slope.

David, that's so weird, are they running same gearboxes and motors?

[Evan D]

The leo has more contact patch, that's about the only difference I can see...

[DavidN]

Yeah! My leopard II runs great. They both have metal running gears and tracks. Somehow the tracks on the Challenger don’t have much grips to move it up the slope.

[Evan D]

I saw you said that. Considering the Leo has the same treads and weight I wonder why. I don't consider my Leo as slow or under powered but then I'm new to this.

Even in the icy snow we played in the Leo is pretty good. That said I ordered four red 390 motors last night. Not sure which of the tanks I'll put them in yet though.

[DavidN]

My Challenger II was quite slow and could not go up a slope that my other tanks could.

[Evan D]

I'm also new to this, having started "thinking" about tanks 19 whole days ago and already I have a T-90, Leopard and M1A2 and just ordered the Challenger II. I've had zero issues with any of them. A friend has the Stug and the road wheels keep falling off...

Curious on opinions on any of the tanks I've bought...

Video of my wife and I in the snow yesterday,,,

https://youtu.be/yiyWIk5A2SE

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[sclui56]

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend", didn't last long.

[Rubicon99]

Seems I either need to do some more reading up on the various models or just bite the bullet, order one, and see what happens. I was looking at the T-34 since my son and I really enjoyed the movie of the same name, but he was insistent that it wouldn’t be right to battle with friendlies. 😁

They were only friendly for a few short years after which they were enemies.

[Operator7G]

Seems I either need to do some more reading up on the various models or just bite the bullet, order one, and see what happens. I was looking at the T-34 since my son and I really enjoyed the movie of the same name, but he was insistent that it wouldn’t be right to battle with friendlies. 😁

[Delta_19]

Then you must have the older version with plastic arms otherwise your T34 is an anomaly. Out of the dozens running out here and along with the four I own none have had any real issues.

Tigers have the single worst track record of reliability of any HL, Taigen or even Tamiya tanks. That is well know throughout the hobby. Again yours must be anomalies.

All my tanks have build dates of 2020 or newer and full metal suspension. Also, I find the tiger comment hard to believe when the only difference between HL tanks component wise is the design of the suspension arms. Well that and the lack of complaints about the tiger on Facebook groups and forums. But then again with the tiger being one of the most popular models it would increase its perceived failure rate.