Heya Mike. Fancy meeting you here. Heh. Lots of info on the web site and here. More than enough info and experience available to plan out your upcoming build.
I'll bring the Strv to the Labor Day battle. Mike ________________________________ From: Michael Butts <[email protected]> To: R/C Tank Combat <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 3:23 PM Subject: [TANKS] Greetings from South Carolina Hello all, Just wanted to give a quick introduction now that I have joined the list. My name is Mike Butts and I am active duty Navy and stationed in Charleston, SC. I have been following RC Tank Combat since 2003 (near end of high school) but have sunk my resources into RC Naval Combat. Some might recognize me from various forums/ lists realted to Big Gun/ Fast Gun formats. I have a fetish with all things Soviet and my very favorite tank is the IS-3 (Iosif Stalin), aka JS-3. I have a great many drawings and pictures of it. I have seen some 3D renderings of it but have had no luck in contacting the person responsible so as to get their hull dimensions. I have looked at all the links on the site and have yet to come up with hull shapes/ angles for the IS-3. Only 2D drawings that with some creative geometry I could come up with said dimensions. The front of the tank is made up of 6 plates meeting at various angles. Is it the most practical tank... nope. Is the turret going to be rather complicated... oh yes. Am I going to consider any other tank... absolutely not. My mantra is that if you don't love it... don't build it. Because when you hit a snag you might quit. My build will be slow and not due to start for about a year. However, I can get a good plan together in the mean time and maybe accumulate some good parts. Thanks for letting me join and I look forward to gaining some knowledge! Mike B -- 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
