Major snag I can think of with this plan is when your daughter's volley ball team beats you up for destroying their ball!
Phil On Feb 19, 2:52 am, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > As you guys have seen, the Sturmtiger has a ball and socket set-up for > the main gun. My problem right now is filling the socket with a ball. > So, I took the idea of a ball literally. My daughter has one of > those flimsy rubber volleyballs made out of rubber. I have deflated > it and what do you know? It fits perfectly in the gun socket I have > right now. The idea would be to cut a hole in the volleyball for the > gun sleeve to fit through (made from a large PVC pipe) and seal it > with some sort of caulk. On the opposite side of the ball, I would > cut another hole big enough to be able to pour resin around the barrel > sleeve. Using something like Smooth-on resin, I would fill the ball > up about 3/4 of the way full. Once it cures cut the ball away and > voila, a nice ball to fit in the socket. Anyone have and pros or cons > of doing this? Does the resin expand while it's curing? I'm asking > that since the ball does stretch when it's filled with air. Also, if > there are any other ideas, I'd be open to those also. > > Thanks. > > Derek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
