Hi there everyone! I stumbled on your group a few weeks back and got pretty interrested in the hobby, the way you guys do it, the collaboration, the end result, the simple prospect of hours of fun and hard work in the shop followed by some remote controled paintball tank games in the field.
For a little about me, I'm in Montréal, Canada. I have no military experience like some of you have but I do hunt large game and play paintball as well. Recent medical conditions have forced me to stop active paintballing but the prospect of a more complex, developped, remote controlled activity with hours of handy work is appealing. I needed something to occupy my hands and my mind outside of work :-) I'm thinking about a Leopard 2, already bought a Tamiya 1:35 model to have a reference in scale. Chose this one, question of keeping a little nationalism with my fellow Canadian soldiers who use them. I'm currently gathering ideas and informations, as much as I can from reading your exchanges, here and also from the website. How to build or what to buy for tracks. Motors, etc... Someone mentionned looking at Intralox tracks, I visited their website but didn't find exactly what would be required in 85mm or so, tracks. If one of us contacted them and got more information, availability, pricing etc... I'd be interrested. So far I'm thinking 12" aluminium, slim, lazy-suzan for turret support and rotation, Tippmann 98 I already have as paintball marker... I'm also thinking of a mechanical way to keep all the electronics in the hull and have a dumb, fully 360° capable turret. But I'm sure I will learn a lot as you guys did, when I begin putting the things together for real. It's fun and often amazing reading you and watching what you've come up with... I hope I'll be able to show up eventually with my own tank on the field. Any stories about crossing the border with an RC tank in the trunk? :-) PA Chapdelaine Montréal, QC, Canada -- 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
