Heng Long M26 Pershing

[Cameron Schaeffer]

Does anyone have any thoughts on the M26 1/16 scale tank? I'm looking into buying one. Is it a good tank to purchase? It seems they are pretty difficult to find. I'm not sure if they have produced any recently or just stopped production of the tank and parts all together?

[Rubicon99]

Does anyone have any thoughts on the M26 1/16 scale tank? I'm looking into buying one. Is it a good tank to purchase? It seems they are pretty difficult to find. I'm not sure if they have produced any recently or just stopped production of the tank and parts all together?

The HL Pershing is actually a descent tank if you can find a 6.0-7.0 version.

[SoCalBobS]

I bought a static kit, r/c'ed it, and just recently added metal tracks, sprockets and idlers. Nice wide treads, not too big a tank, makes it very agile. Direct contact Toucan Hobby and see if they have any M26's. toucanhobby@outlook.com.

[Cameron Schaeffer]

I checked their website and didn't see any. I'm waiting on a response from them to see if they might have any in stock and just not on the website.

[DavidN]

If you can’t get the RTR M26, just buy a static one along with a pair of steel gearboxes and a 6.0S board(or higher). We will guide you in this thread to make it run :-)

[Evan D]

Interesting... What about the barrel and turret mechanics, lights and speaker?

[DavidN]

These static tanks are the left-overs from HL. If we are lucky, many mechanical units are still intact and functional. Sometimes, one or two items are missing. If certain parts are not in or bad, we will just have to order those parts to replace them. Still cheap :-)

[DavidN]

I did the same thing Bob did and as the result, I got myself a nice metal running geared M26 too. I also bought 10 extra track links for this tank. Those fragile pointing teeth might break if it is driven in rough terrain.

[Evan D]

Thanks for the info!

[DavidN]

For sure, all HL static tanks come with zinc or plastic gearboxes.

[SoCalBobS]

Interesting... What about the barrel and turret mechanics, lights and speaker?

I've bought four, all had turret mechanics. Some had smoke, some not, some had speakers, some not. Bottom line, depending on what there is and what you want, it'll cost more than if you bought one all together.........but there aren't any! I'm very happy with my setup, it's one cool tank!