Have fun Clark! Why dont you use a cordless drill and a key for the nuts to screw teh bolts? It takes a second ot two. Yeah, Israelis would reuse every single captured item, including MIGs. One funny thing is they usualy did not erase teh old insignia! Good psychological effect, when you see a captured airplane with your OWN flag and insignia on assaulting you. Funniest thing is that during the 1948 war, they managed to get one expropriated German airplane (a Fockewolf I believe or a Messerschmidt), either as compensation to the new state or hijacked somehow and sent to Israel, which still flew with its Jewish crew and the original swastikas on!
Many Jewish soldiers also defected from teh British Mandate forces in Palestine, driving their British vehicles behind the Jewish front lines. Something like that happened with the German fighter plane which flew all teh way to Israel, and had a tremendous effect on teh moral; I don;t remember the exact story but it's fascinating. By the way, Syrians were using Vichy imported Panzers and Egyptians US made Shermans back then. Chrys ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Ward Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:29 AM Subject: [TANKS] Sore forearms and the KTS :) > > I love the idea of hinge tracks. Four inch wide hinge tracks. With > all the winter madness going on, I sat in the living room with tools > and hinges, and started putting things together in the hope of having > a rolling chassis soon. And boy are my wrists and forearms sore! The > locknuts take a lot of twisting; I think it'll take me a few weeks to > get the tracks together, but with the arrival of another box from > McMaster-Carr, all I have left to get is the gears and chains. > > I made a mid-course correction from the M60 (which will have > suspension, and take a while), to the new tank which will be > unsuspended, using the 4" wide KTS tracks... The simple and quick > tank (so I can go paint targets sometime before Christmas) is an > Israeli Ti-67. By not suspending it, I'm getting a roller quicker > and it's helping me stay motivated to screw together all those > hinges... > > -- > _______ > / |O| \ Clark in Georgia > ###=======### IDF Ti-67 > ###=======### KI4GYT > ### ### > > > > > > __________ NOD32 3434 (20080911) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
