I would love to hear how that goes! Perhaps you could find out if they will publish the episode on the internet so that other members can see.
-Mike M. On 20/12/2009, Frank Pittelli <[email protected]> wrote: > I was recently contacted by a producer at the Canadian Discovery Channel > who would like to do a "short doc" on R/C tank combat sometime in the > next 6 months. Naturally, as a Canadian crew they are interested in > filming some of their countrymen in the hobby. So, if you're Canadian > and would like to participate, please send me your contact information > privately (email address, telephone number and address) and I'll forward > the list to them. > > We have also made tentative plans for them to come to Maryland in the > spring to film one of our battles and to get some "color" interviews > with some of our more notable members. The producer's great uncle > destroyed a T-34 with a magnetic mine in 1944, so he is especially > interested in seeing the Tiger vs. the T-34 on the battlefield. He was > disheartened to hear that Mr. Tyng no longer owns the T-34, but I told > him we might be able to dig it out of mothballs for the filming. > > He is also very interested in mounting a variety of cameras to the tanks > (turret mounted, rear mounted, side mounted, etc) to get plenty of live > action shots to go with the hand-held and tri-pod shots. I told him > that we'd mount whatever brackets he needs for the larger cameras > directly to the tank hull ... after explaining just how big these things > really are. > > More news as the discussions progress. > > Frank "Lights, Camera, Action" Pittelli > > -- > 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 -- 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
