RE: New Members [TANKS]

["todd" <tanpburnett-at-earthlink.net>]

Well the main reason that I found this hobby is I was forced to quit the
Hobby I was in and had to find something that kept me closer too home.

My old Hobby was Civil War Re-Enactment.
Durning my 8 years of that I have built many things,A 24 lb. Coehorn
Mortar
Chairs,boxes,and what I am most Famous for "Flags".

I have the knowledge and skills to built something like this.
I already have several other people interested in this Hobby as well.
Close to 10 people are building tanks as we speak.
I took the advice on the web page pertaining too Model Choice;In the
local Museum is a M-4 Sherman full scale,so that's 1 of the tanks I am
building.
The second one is a EleFant.
I am pondering the idea of a Fuel re-supply truck too.
Thank you for the warm welcome into the R/C tank Combat Community.<S>
Do any of you play on-line flight simulation games?I play Aces High and
they have very good Virtual Tank Battles in that game,against people
around the world.The game has Pnzr 4,T-34,and Tiger 1.Check it out if
your interested
Hitechcreations.com
The game name is Aces High 2
-----Original Message-----
From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]
On Behalf Of Frank Pittelli
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 11:48 AM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: New Members [TANKS]

A hearty welcome goes out to Todd from Lima, Ohio and Michael from 
Meerbusch, Germany.  If you're in their general vicinity, please post a 
message with your location and hopefully you can help them get started.

I thought that everyone should share in the comments made by Todd in his

subscription message:

        > I have recently discovered this Hobby,and I am blown
        > away by it. The gears in my head are turning and I will
        > be building my own. I have absorbed a lot of the material
        > on the web page,and I am grateful for it.

Everyone who has joined the hobby over the past few years should be 
proud of your accomplishments to date.  Operational large scale tanks 
are not the easiest thing to make and it takes a lot of devotion to not 
only get them built, but to make it to the battlefield and actually 
battle them.  But, once you've made that initial time investment, the 
fun dividends are enormous.

In 2005, I think we'll see an increase in R/C battles around the world, 
which will cause the hobby to grow even more.  So, I encourage everyone 
to simply pick a battle date and go for it.  There's nothing like a 
deadline to encourage everyone to work harder and there's nothing like a

battle to show you what you did right and wrong in the shop.  You only 
need three tanks, armored cars, trucks or artillery pieces to make it 
interesting and once you experience the thrill first hand, you'll find 
it easier to attract others into your group.  And, after you've held the

battle, you'll be able to write about your exploits for the whole world 
(literally) to see on the web site.

Keep up the good work ... world domination is just around the corner.

        Frank P.