Radio-controlled tanks join two modelling appetites — tracked vehicles and remote control. In small scales these are compact running models that fit on a desk or in a palm while keeping the silhouette of the real machine, turret and gun included. They work on hard, level ground where the tracks have something to bite; deep carpet or grass stalls the movement quickly. For a child they make a rewarding first controlled model, because low speed forgives mistakes.
Keep the running gear clear of hair and threads, which wrap around the drive sprockets faster on a small model than on a large one. If you want the same machines in a static but incomparably more detailed form, military vehicle model kits are where the running gear, superstructure and interior can all be built. The small scales that running tanks usually inhabit have their kit equivalent in military vehicles in 1:72, so a whole platoon can be built around one running model. Other controlled machines, from cars to boats, are in RC models and chuck gliders.
