Re: Hello all, nice to meet ya! [TANKS]

[Derek Engelhaupt <derekengelhaupt-at-rocketmail.com>]

For the Tamiya stuff, there is an active group of folks on the Yahoo groups called: Armornut's RC Armor Hut .  They seem to have all of the answers regarding Tamiya stuff.

 

Derek

Shaun Ryan <krasie_monkey-at-hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello gentlemen, allow myself to introduce... myself. I just recently 
> became and avid fan of your website and now have joined. For the past year 
> or so, I dabled into elec. r/c 3d. The sport wasn't going so well and I 
> have always had an affinity twoards the ground based military actions in the
>  
> past century. I have always liked any sort of r/c no matter what form, 
> however tracked vehicles have always caught my eyes like a deer in 
> headlights. The past 5 mon. or so, I was introduced to Tamiya tanks and I 
> have been looking for info about my first purchace into 1:16 scale. I feel 
> this is a good scale to start on, I've been a modeller for longer than I can 
> remember.
>
> If anyone has any info on Tamiya tanks. Specifically the original Tiger I, 
> the tank is in good condition (apparantly runs, its on co-signment), it 
> looks well taken care of greased and cleaned. However it's not the Full 
> Option, I'd like to know if there are still replacement parts and if not 
> how easy to scratch-build, as well if I can still get hop-ups like the main 
> gun recoil component, battle system and what have you.
>
> Also too, if anyone knows of clubs or gatherings in the GTA, or somewhere 
> around Toronto
>
> Thx in
>  advance
> Shaun
>
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