1/16th scale RC Mato all metal early production tiger I model Part 1 (model background and review) 

at the end of this series I point out that the taigens are objectively better than the mato

@@oddball759mm Oh, thanks for replying with that, I will continue watching.

Wow

I Think it's Yugo along with the pouches. Also the canteen is post war Czech from what I can remember

oddball759mm - Interesting. I was trying to work out what the bayonet was, but the Germans exported a lot of bayonets to different countries, so the best I could work out without comparing pics is that it was possibly post WWI but pre WWII. Some nice equipment - and I do love that Tiger. :-)

very. Almost all the external fittings on all these RTR models are interchangeable with each other. Same is mostly true for the electronics too. Where you see differences are with the running gear parts, namely the swing arms.

much better yes. I don't want to give away what's to be described in the second and third part of this series, but in a nutshell the electronics on this example were terrible and everything needed to be replaced. The details are also on the low end and many mods were made. The Taigen is a better model in just about every way, and IMO are only bested by the Tamiya one. These mato models are only good if you are looking for an all metal model that is a project build.

Mato tanks are not waterproof, both have exposed electronics and it's not advised to get either wet. There is a video on youtube that is a POV of some guy who drives his stock taigen underwater and it worked, but it's something that I would avoid as I don;t know how much damage this will do after prolonged use

You can make them water resistant Areas to look out for are the suspension mountings, corners of the chassis where there is a gap in the aluminium, rear armour and the final drives. If you form a bow wave when entering water and never ford deeper than you have prepared for you should be okay. I drove my Walker Bulldog through water up to the return rollers and it was fine. I would recommend dipping the board in plastidip and adding petroleum jelly to the switches if you plan on doing any hardcore off roading

the numbers are fictitious, and were picked by the customer

@@oddball759mm oh ok was curious. Awesome nevertheless

I use an industrial epoxy, most people use and have good results with miliput or Aves epoxy sculpt

@@oddball759mm thank you for your fast response.

the taigen is better. The Mato is a metal cast copy of the HL, which means you get all the same inaccuracies of the HL only in metal which makes them harder to remove / correct. The Mato suspension uses the HL style of swing plate and a spring, the Tiagen uses a swing arm and uses a torsion bar. The Tiagen tracks are better detailed and are more accurate, the Taigen turret is more to scale and has a better gun barrel. the taigen surface details are also better. The stock mato electronics on this old pattern one were useless. The only real reason why you would go for the mato over the taigen is if for no other reason you have to have the model in full metal, other than that the taigen is better of the models

@@oddball759mm thx

link to what?

oddball759mm To a distributor but I found it:)

ok cool, the tank was supplied by the owner so I don't know where he got it from. I have seen several of these kits posted on ebay. can you post the supplier link?

I have half of this tank. In case you didn't find it: www.matotoys.com/product1.php

good to know

@@oddball759mm i have all of them King tiger and tiger with removable side skirt. Robust as hell. This is why I choose these late Matro over Terro/taigen

So what's a metal tank supposed to look like?