Derek: Nice work!! That PVC plastic is cool stuff, strong, glues easly, cuts nice, impact resistant, and I see it bends well. It looks like a good choice for building a tank. Your plastic tank is looking good!
How hard was it to get good bends for your turret? How did you heat it for the bends? Mark On Feb 20, 11:34 am, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > whoops...sage=sag > > Derek > > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Phil the tracks weren't connnected, so they don't sage quite so much when > > they are. > > The attachment chain tracks can sage since they do not come off the > > sprockets. Yes, > > it is an "ugly" tank, but it does have tons of room. I'll easily get a > > 20oz. CO2 bottle in > > there to feed the gun. > > > Chris, yes that is frost. We are renting a place on a lake since we had to > > move for my > > wife to find work. Still haven't sold our house way up north. This place > > has a detached > > 3 stall garage with no heat. My garage in my house was attached and > > heated. Boy I > > miss it. It was about 10 degrees outside last night when I was working. I > > only have a > > dual head "sunflower" type portable LP heater that I use. It can bring the > > temp up in the > > garage to about 40 degrees after a couple of hours. I work wearing my > > Carhart pants, > > jacket, insulated hunting boots, ski hat, and gloves. Not sure why anyone > > in their right > > mind would install new garage doors in MN that aren't insulated. I put up > > plastic sheeting > > between the stalls so I'm only heating the one stall. > > > As far as the velcro is concerned, I put a strip all the way across both > > the front and rear edge > > of the top. The top is very snug since I rough cut the shape and hand > > fitted it to the top by > > sanding the edges on a belt sander. It was a lot of work, but I wanted the > > seal tight to keep > > paint out. > > > Derek > > T065 > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> is that a bad case of frost on the garage door? > > >> looks good in plastic > > >> as to the lid, how much velco did you use? > > >> Chris, > >> Odyssey Slipways <http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html> > > >> -- > >> 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat- 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
