I guess I was confused. I did get my (2) 21st Century HMMVWs from Wally World for $50 bucks each, but that was a couple of years ago. Original retail on them was $199, but they were drastically marked down. At the time, they had a whole pallet of them left after the holidays. I just couldn't pass that deal up. I got a lot of funny looks from people in the checkout line since I had two of them piled into one cart. I made sure I bought them on different frequencies so I could run both of them at once. One of them is still sealed in the box, the other has had some mods done to it. They aren't bad vehicles, but unkempt grass is about the limit of their capabilities and even then it bogs down. A lot of that is due to the hardish rubber on the tires. Just doesn't lend itself to good traction. I have modified the wheels slightly to get more traction by removing some plastic around the hub. It makes the tires squat better and therefore creates more surface area for the tires to grip off road. It does however make the Hummer a little less stable on tarmac. More powerful motors could help it to, but I think that would cause the gearboxes to break. Found this on Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Img_star-t.jpg
I had to babysit one of these in Bosnia back in 1995. They were made by a company called California Microwave. Derek On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Paul Hilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could be, Clark. 21st could have made one, I didn't find one anywhere on > the 'net. I did find this one: > > http://www.ultimatesoldier.net/reviews/hum-review.html > > I doubt that it could be had for 50 bucks. In any case I haven't seen > anything military in 1/6th scale in Wally-World since joining this group, > unless you count weapons sets. The largest military vehicles I've seen in > department stores have been in 1/24th scale. I'll keep watching. > > Paul H. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clark Ward Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <rctankcombat@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:04 AM > Subject: [TANKS] Re: HUMVEE's > > >> >> The model you linked to is an RC model of the civilian Hummer H2, >> Paul. That's why it doesn't look like a Hum-Vee :) I thought that >> 21st Century made an honest-to-gosh HMMWV model at some point. >> >> -- >> _______ >> / |O| \ Clark in Georgia >> ###=======### USMC M60A1 >> ###=======### KI4GYT >> ### ### >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
