Re: New Member from NC

["Brian Kraack" <bkraack-at-siscom.net>]

Cool!  I'm making good progress on my tank.  The lower hull is put together
now.  Now I'm working on the road wheels and the track assembly.  I've
attempted to cut several wheels ... I ended up with an egg shaped one and a
square with rounded edges :(  So, now I'm looking for other wheel solutions.

I haven't heard back from the local belt company I posted last week. I might
have to go there personally.

After the track assembly is done (sans track), I'll do the upper hull, and
then the turret

I have pics of what I have so far.  Maybe soon I'll get a website up ....

brian

----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Pittelli <frank-at-pittelli.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:58 PM
Subject: New Member from NC


> In Response To Benjamin Horne Who Wrote:
> >
> > Hey, what a great idea. I haven't gone paintballing in quite some time
> > but this really makes it more interesting. I'm new to the hobby of RC
> > tanks. I've been looking at some of the real expensive ones and had to
> > laugh, gulp. Well anyway, I think your on to something and would like to
> > get some more info on this new hobby.
> >
>
> Welcome aboard, Ben.  Quite a few people have coughed over the price of
> the commercial large-scale tanks and assemblies, which simply means that
> you've got to roll up the sleeves and start modeling and scrounging.  An
> entire tank, including the cannon, can be built from scratch using parts
> commonly found in hardware stores, flea markets and surplus catalogs.
> In fact, half of the fun is figuring out how to solve a multitude of
> operational problems while staying within your own personal budget and
> scrounging skills.  Some people go one way, while others go another, but
> in the end, the tanks roll out onto the field and that's where the final
> grades are given out. So, start asking away and we'll try to get you
> rolling.
>
> FYI: Quite a few prospective battlers have joined the mailing list in
> the last few weeks that all live within 100 miles of Annapolis (the
> self-proclaimed center of the R/C Tank Combat world ;-)  Looks like we
> can achieve a CBM (Critical Battling Mass) of 6 battlers by the end of
> the year if everyone starts working on vehicles.  And then, if
> everything works out, we can invade the frontier territories west of the
> Mississippi by the end of 2003.  North America and world domination will
> soon follow, I'm sure ;-)
>
> Frank "Peace Through Global Domination" Pittelli
>
>