[TANKS] Re: The Pro's and Con's of kits

2009-10-01 Thread Derek Engelhaupt
I guess at $799 I personally wouldn't call the FOA Tiger cheap, but to each his own. The FOA Tiger is a sturdy kit from what I have read/seen on the web about it. ABS plastic is quite strong (I use it on my Sturmtiger tracks rivited to the 2060 attachment chain). I have lost track pads, but never

[TANKS] The Pro's and Con's of kits

2009-10-01 Thread wgas gasser
Hi Guys I'm tying with the dea of buying the cheap FOA Tiger made for ABS plastics and then strengthening it for RC anyone have any pro's and Con's on the idea ? My son has a fully fitted out workshop for shop fitting and detailed joinery but my last attempt to go in there and start a tank (a T34

[TANKS] Re: Building the frame

2009-10-01 Thread Fred Thomson
Travis... As a novice builder myself, I opted for plywood as it much more forgiving than metal. If you look on the site at T064 you'll see that I had to redo the hull... and turret,... and road wheels... more than once. :-) Cheers, Fred On Sep 29, 3:01 pm, Travis Butterfield wrote: > Ok thank

[TANKS] motor

2009-10-01 Thread Travis Butterfield
So what type of motor would i use for the tank i'm building, it is going to be a panzer vi ausf. e  and approximately 3.5 feet long and around 100 lbs? I'm not sure what to do cause i've never built one before. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subsc

[TANKS] Dreaming of infinite parts . .

2009-10-01 Thread vdt...@gmail.com
Hiya guys. Just wanted to share a link: http://englishrussia.com/?p=533 Think of all the re-usable parts going to waste. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.c

[TANKS] Re: legal question

2009-10-01 Thread Clark Ward Jr
The Maus is much taller... Back in the day, a short silouette didn't mean as much (or it wasn't realized that it DID mean something, yet)... -- Clark in Georgia, Commissar of the Red Banner Southern Fleet "We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their larges

[TANKS] Re: legal question

2009-10-01 Thread Gregory Pwneror
It looks like the Maus and the Abrams have the same width, but the Maus is longer and taller and heavier. -Gregory On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Matt wrote: > > I wouldn't trade my Abrams for anything in the world, but I just never > realized that it was about as big as a maus!! Well I guess