Re: Re: fenders [TANKS]

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If you realy whanted to have the Big Side Skirts you could do them out of mesh like 
they were doing by the end of the war. That would be alot lighter, but it would be a 
mess to try and clean the paint out of it.

           Francisco
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> From: marmfam3-at-aol.com
> Date: 2005/04/01 Fri PM 03:51:38 EST
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Subject: Re: fenders  [TANKS]
> 
> Yea..the long ones that cover the road wheels and the ones to protect from mud.  I 
>was thinking about building the ones to protect the road wheels for display so that 
>i could hide some of the "rough" spots on my tank that will not be visible as it 
>tears down the battlefield.  I am however considering putting the flaps on the 
>back, with a hinge so they will pivot instead of being bent or torn off, to keep 
>mud or dirt from being slinged on me as I chase after it.
>  
> Morgan
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> PS the steel sheetig is no very heavy though, it is about the thickness of 
>posterboard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris barthelson <barthelson88-at-hotmail.com>
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Sent: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 13:08:49 +0930
> Subject: Re: fenders [TANKS]
> 
> 
> >Has anyone experamented with attaching fenders or scultzen to their tanks? 
>  
> Morgan, 
>   I'm not sure if you're talking about the full side ones or just the little skirt 
>ones but I think little fenders look good but the full side ones like John said 
>would be easy to hit. If you are thinking of putting fenders on the back I would 
>suggest you hindge them to the hull so they don't get ripped off when the tank 
>drives off a ledge. 
>  
> Chris. B 
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