Brilliant Pete- the tracks and particularly the suspension look excellent. Looking forward to camoflaging it in a style I call "random paintball".
By the way you are right about the weather- went out for a walk this morning in lieu of postponed battle- we had high winds, torrential rain, thunder & lightening- less like the Somme, more like Trafalgar! Phil PS Great wheelie bins. On Nov 21, 10:11 am, Pete Arundel <[email protected]> wrote: > The tracks have already been shortened, Mike, and they work > beautifully. I'm off to the Funky Tank Foundry testing grounds this > afternoon so I'll make some more videos. > > Chrys, I'm leaving the painting up to my brother - he's won awards for > painting models and miniatures in the past. We were thinking about > 'mickey mouse' camouflage if we did her in green but some of the > Tunisian campaign desert schemes are quite nice. Not sure about > keeping her cool though. This is England - most of our days are water > cooled! > > Some camouflage here;http://www.armouredacorn.com/ncvm%20index.html > (This is a really good site. Especially if you're Canadian!) > > On Nov 21, 4:37 am, Mike Mane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Very nice. May I suggest shortening the tracks to tighten them a bit? > > > —Mike M > > > Message sent by way of mobile device > > > On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Pete Arundel <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I finally have video evidence of the Valentine's worthiness for > > > designation. > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJlqzgL6PFg > > > > Unfortunately (I keep using that word . . .) my camera's battery ran > > > out before I could make a video of her with the tracks correctly > > > tensioned. Suffice to say that now she moves beautifully! > > > > -- > > > 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 rctankcombat- > > > [email protected] > > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat-Hide quoted > > > text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
