----- Original Message ----- From: Dana Lowell To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:12 AM Subject: [Armornut's RC Armor Hut] Tank Fan Report: Friday at Danville (9/5/08)
Nice weather kept it cool at the Indoor Battlefield! Today was the start of the AAF Museum's September Battles. There were eight "early bird" tankers from 5 states running this afternoon and evening! Doug's inspections took 2 or 3 minutes and the turnaround between battles was about 5 minutes. He picked new teams from a hat about every 30 minutes so we got to team up with different wingmen. I didn't get a chance to shoot any video today, but here are 5 snapshots. Here Brett preps his zippy Panzer III for another battle: http://www.lowell.to/tanks/IMG_2675.jpg "Jersey" Bob was back again with a variety of tanks: http://www.lowell.to/tanks/IMG_2678.jpg Here's the guts of Bob's captured T-34: http://www.lowell.to/tanks/IMG_2679.jpg A new feature on the battlefield is Doug's old French fortress: http://www.lowell.to/tanks/IMG_2682.jpg Another is the new railway in the SW corner: http://www.lowell.to/tanks/IMG_2683.jpg I'll have better pics tomorrow night. ***But I've got to tell you about a funny thing that happened. I wish we caught it on tape. Near the end of one battle, my Sherman was confronting John's King Tiger inside the town. I drove in close to hit him once and then I scooted past him down a street. He tried to bring his long 88 mm around in a tight space. Well, in the excitement, I accidentally crashed up onto a rock and my turret popped off! (I have a Tiff Williams resin turret with no ring tabs). Everybody screamed and laughed, thinking the game was over for me! The turret dangled upside down. I thought I was going to get killed or have to withdraw as a mechanical TKO. But before John could bring his barrel around on me, I quickly backed off the rock and the turret magically flipped back over into the hole! The turret ring even seated back in the gears so I could aim! I fired first. He lit up and died! The final shot of the game! Laughter and amazement by all...! We could never be repeat this in 100 tries. It will be forever known as "The Bobblehead Kill". Darn, if only we had a tape to post on YouTube...! It was a hoot. No, not historical...but a hoot! More battle tales tomorrow. -Dana H*E*A*T Club __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Fashion News What's the word on fashion and style? Drive Traffic Sponsored Search can help increase your site traffic. John McEnroe on Yahoo! Groups Join him for the 10 Day Challenge. . __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
