Callum, depends on your definition on near. I'm in Chelmsford, Essex. I don't class Cambridgeshire as too far. Obviously, the situation may well be different for you, however, I'm just saying.
As for what you build, as long as it looks VAGUELY like what the army used or uses, I'm not going to complain. We've had all sorts of variations on designs to make them easier to build. Heck, my Challenger looks complete rubbish compared to the ACTUAL thing. But it's vaguely right (and a BIT of a monster), so it's OK. As for when you start building, set aside half an hour, enough ply or MDF or whatever you plan to use to get started (doesn't need a lot to get started), and just start to build a bit. Don't think about the whole thing. Just think about getting a little bit done here, and a little more done there, and soon you'll find you can put bits together, and you end up with a tank or SV or whatever you build. You don't need to buy everything at once, mine has been a case of buying stuff as and when I need it. Chris On 01/01/2009 10:19, [email protected] wrote: > From what I can see there is no-one near me. Oh well. I haven't > started building because of a lack of tools and funds but somepoint I > will get building. I wanted to build a kubelwagen but with my tools it > will probably end up being a quadbike. Small but good for speed. > > On Dec 22 2008, 3:58 pm, Chris Malton<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Joules, >> Welcome to the list. Your first few posts will get moderated by >> the >> guys in charge, but after a certain number of posts you get allowed to >> post freely (as I understand it). >> >> As far as we know, there's nobody else in the Yorkshire area.... nearest >> to you is the guys from Manchester - Neil and Pete (pureteenlard), but >> that could easily change. 6 months ago, we didn't even have a battle >> site in the south of the country, but now we have a site that works out >> for most people. >> >> As for sourcing paintball stuff, that's not too bad. There's some >> decent suppliers in the northern parts of the county. The cheapest by >> far is Planet Eclipse (http://www.planeteclipse.co.uk). >> >> Best of luck with whatever you want to build. Pick something and start >> building it. That's probably the best way to get started. And once you >> do that, you will probably realise just how much fun can be had. >> >> Chris "Another UK builder! Wahoo!" M >> >> On 21/12/2008 22:20, Joules wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> anyone in the Yorkshire area like to team up and spread >>> the load in designing and building a tank or two. I have access to a >>> cnc router that could rattle off ply parts (upto 1m long in one >>> pass). I use a package called Rhino for all my 3D modeling. Been >>> looking at all the battle videos, and this looks a whole lot of fun. >>> Whats availability of paint ball gun parts like in the UK ? >>> Joules > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
