The Quarter Pounder had a little marker trouble too. At the start of the second Zombie battle the marker wouldn't fire when I pulled the trigger. Turns out I forgot to cock the bolt. Worked well the rest of the day, especially after the last battle of the day which Steve can attest to. ;-)
On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:21:19 AM UTC-4, jvragu47 wrote: > limited video for this battle, forgot to turn off camera while waiting for > OPFOR to get ready.. > > The day began quietly enough. Tanks being unloaded from their carriers, > commanders preparing their palaver for the days events, you know, the > normal stuff. > > But some of us forgot one ritual.. Burnt offering to the overseer of > markers. Joe had fired up his stogy, guess we should have been downwind. > > Two markers gremlins appeared pre-battle. Paul's Patton was misbehaving, > not sure what was wrong as I came in at the end. He had dismantled the > marker and upon reassembly realized that 2 springs were missing. Luckily a > strong magnet was at hand to retrieve both springs from the forest floor. > > Meanwhile, Frank's Semovente kept misfiring. No amount of gun oil or > changing of o-rings worked. And the gun had been torn down in the off > season and bench tested perfectly.. Our first casulaty of the day. > > Doug's Tiger decided to imitate his Axis compatriot during the first > batlle, Zombie War II. Never did find out what the gun malfunction was, > but we had another asset down. > > During the final battle, which involved controlling a river crossing > ,controlling the artillery and having to capture the OPFOR flag, my Panzer > II marker joined the rest. It started just after Joe"the Jersey > Kneecapper" took out my left leg at 5 feet. While awaiting the medics, who > never arrived, I heard some gas leaking in the turret. As I drove back to > base, cold CO2 came rushing out of the barrel. > My shooting part of the battle was ended. At that point I could only hope > to rush the flag if we controlled the river crossing.. > > Vieo and pics to follow. > > -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
