Hi Flash600
No and a little yes. I had a small problem with my new tracked RC8430T hitch servo, but the problem didn’t arrived before I had taken the model apart several times to customize the hitch. And the only problem was that I may have pulled a little to hard on a cable, and it was easily solded. So I wont blame Siku for that problem, because I am pretty sure that if I didn’t have opened the model, that cable would have stayed in place.
Hi Kentman
I don’t think that you can compare the very cheap RC model trucks from example New Ray with the Siku RC models.
I have tried a New-Ray RC truck once. It sure looks nice, but they only drive on/off (you cant drive slow but only full speed), you can’t steer the trailer functions from the remote control (there were no functions on the trailer anyway) and they didn’t have light on. The Siku truck models have light, beacons on the roof, you can hook an unhook, the trailers from remote control, steer the functions, the battery on Siku are recharge batteries etc.
Of course Siku make some profit out the models. But I think it is quite fair, my guess is that it cost £250.000-750.000 to develop RC models like their trucks and tracked John Deere.
They are expensive, but I think they are worth the money, if you like them to move on a diorama, but if I just were a shelf collector I wouldn’t pay that money for them.
Another thing are that I would guess that they are cheaper in example a German Internet store than in an English store. Not all models, but the RC Siku indeed.
Take care from Denmark…Nekarstoft