Glad to hear that they missed us. Our Navarone firing range is always a bi hit. And the Cromwell red wagon ride.
On Monday, October 6, 2014 10:46:53 AM UTC-4, Stu wrote: > > Tankers, > > This past weekend, the "Museum of America at War" held an Open House at > the “Tank Farm” in Nokesville, Virginia. There were at least 30 pieces of > armor on display, in either static positions surounded by re-enactors' > camps or doing laps around the dirt track. I think they were offering tank > rides; though Saturday morning traffic was a dream on my bike (goofy grin) > the two-hour comute didn't leave me much time to look into all the > details. I did get to have a very brief chat with the gentleman that > maintains the on-site armor, and spoke with a Stuart Crew from Pittsburg at > length. I find that hands-on access to the old iron is imeasureable, when > trying to figgure out how their suspensions work. > > I was also allowed to fondle a couple of M1919 .30s and a Sten SMG, which > inspired a run to Home Depot for PVC pipe... Sunday night I knocked-out the > upper receiver, bolt and barrel of a plastic Sten for the local AirSoft > arena. Though it was hard to get past the Tank-themed T-Shirts and the > customized military LEGO sets, and talking to Boy Scouts about on-site > camping, hopefully the day trip will also inspire me to get off the > computer and do more tank building too. > > > It was a great event, and a couple of Staff asked if we could bring a few > assets next year. > > Stu > -- -- 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 rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
