Re: [TANKS] Finally able to get back into it

2013-02-15 Thread Derek Engelhaupt
Looks good. Now if I only had that kind of skill or equipment at my disposal...I would be a danger to everyone around me...:) Derek On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Grant Stonnell wrote: > Hay Chris > > The turret on the Abram’s is huge, easily two thirds the size of the hull, > to see it

RE: [TANKS] Finally able to get back into it

2013-02-15 Thread Grant Stonnell
Hay Chris The turret on the Abram's is huge, easily two thirds the size of the hull, to see it on the base have a look at my blog (http://spudnik1970.blogspot.co.nz/) there's a few pics of it being sized up on the hull J The hole at the end was not needed, the unit is made of three layers, the

Re: [TANKS] Finally able to get back into it

2013-02-15 Thread OdysseySlipways
just started looking at your turret and it just looks monstrous sitting there... until you see the bottle of coke giving it a better sense of size (still looks huge) on your suspension, why did you remove the mounting hole at the end of the spring? i would have thought that would have b

[TANKS] book of German Early War AFV plans by George Bradford

2013-02-15 Thread OdysseySlipways
while we (mom and I) were out this afternoon, one of the places we stopped at Ollie's and the first place i always walk through is the book section... just in case. I was getting to the end of the last isle when i saw this 8.5 x 11" booklet of 95 pages and it is filled with drawings of a

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread OdysseySlipways
In a message dated 2/15/2013 8:35:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, comman...@combatships.com writes: Now as to why French women don't shave their legs or armpits I have no answer.Doug good thing i ate all ready.. Chris -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread Doug Smith
This is slightly off topic but do you know why the British drive on the left side of the road?That's long enough! Most British are right handed and years ago before all our American cars were there they road horses. ( I hear that they were mostly American horses ) W

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread Pete Arundel
You and I are going to fall out if you don't wind you neck in. At no point have I expressed any opinion on the superiority or otherwise of any vehicle manufactured in the UK, US or Japan. I merely pointed out that Ford vehicles built for the UK market (often built in the UK) are different to th

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread TyngTech
"Speaking personally, I like my cars small, light and not turbo-charged." I admit, so do I. Unfortunately, from time to time I have to haul a particular piece of R/C combat gear (and a load of batteries) around to out of the way Xmas tree farms and such to womp ass on other like vehicles. Thi

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread TyngTech
"There used to be a HUGE difference between a Ford sold (and possibly built) in the UK and one built in the US" I'll agree on this one. Back in my Navy days I remember admiring a Euro Escort during a bar crawl in Malorca. It was one sharp looking vehicle, totally different from the US version

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread Frank Pittelli
So, you would have us believe that the "UK" Ford Escort is superior to the "US" Ford Escort because "UK" automotive workers do a better job building Ford Escorts than "US" automotive workers (the only real difference between the two cars). If that's the case, then why can't the same superior "

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread Pete Arundel
Fair enough - and I'll be the last to defend the former British Motor Industry - but if you don't build the cars the Japanese want to own then you ain't gonna sell 'em any no matter what the trade barriers. Speaking personally, I like my cars small, light and not turbo-charged. I can put up wit

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread Pete Arundel
There used to be a HUGE difference between a Ford sold (and possibly built) in the UK and one built in the US. Even if the name was the same (Escort, for example) the car was different. Often TOTALLY different. I doubt any US built Ford has ever been officially sold in the UK. You see the occa

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread Frank Pittelli
H ... I think the facts say otherwise, Peter. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DeLarge/Top_10_best_selling_cars_in_Britain for the top 10 best selling cars in Britain. Two "Ford" models topped the list for 2011 (the most recent year listed) and if I recall properly, Ford is a US ca

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread TyngTech
Having owned a V12 Jaguar XJS convertible, I can rightly say that the UK builds junk also. All countries build junk, especially in the old days. As far as under-sprung, under-damped, no cornering, etc. What Europeans typically fail to grasp is that Americans spend a whole lot more time in th

Re: [TANKS] Re: O.T. - vehicle ID'ed - Cadillac Gage Scout (4 x 4)

2013-02-15 Thread Pete Arundel
"We can't build and sell a car in Japan but the reverse is true" Steve, if you think that American Cars don't sell in Japan because of restrictive trade practices then you're mad. They don't sell for the same reasons that they don't sell in the UK. (1) They aren't the kind of cars that sell wel