Long time Lurker, First Time Poster., greetings all from Southern New Hampshire (USA)

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I've been interested in R/C tanks since I first saw them 20 years ago. Last year I finally began to take up the hobby, and get back into 1/35 armor modeling as my kids have grown and are off starting lives of their own. I've been visiting Rc Tank Warfare to read off and on over the years and finally signed up last September, but was still lurking...

I started out buying just parts and used broken tanks of all sizes and scales just so I could get some hands on and learn. I've fixed up a bunch, mostly just replacing old NiMH batteries but I've fixed gear boxes changed out electronics, etc. As of now I've got a couple of Konami DigiQ, a bunch of the original VS-Tanks, a VS-X Set with a T34 and a Tiger, a 1/24 VS-Tank Pro Sherman, a Taigen 1\16 M41 Walker Bulldog. Have a WPL and a JJRC truck in that mix too.

I just recently bought my first new tank, a plastic Heng Long M4A3 Sherman that I've just begun to customize into an M4A1(76)W HVSS. I'm also playing with a couple of other projects mixing and matching parts from different R/C tanks and Toys and after years of reading modelers' posts in the "Show Off" forum and thinking how cool his stuff was I'm finally doing my first 1/35 conversion on a Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog. Not partial to it, just that found 3 for $11.00 each at Hobby Lobby so guinea pigs. Nothing to shout about just yet, just a lower hull and suspension running around on a $6 toy controller and receiver.

In a year and a half or so I've gone from zero to my wife's comments "You have a tank problem" when she comes into my office in the basement, little does she now, I've just gotten started.

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It's taken me years, I'm enjoying it a whole bunch, and looking forward to learning more from and actually chatting with you all.

Thanks!
Ziptar (Kevin)

Hello Kevin, welcome to the forum. I have a RC Tank club here in FL, but also have a FB RC Tank group, we have a member that lives in NH with a bunch of tanks. Not sure how far south you are but he is in Portsmouth. Have a few members / friends into RC tanks all around New England actually. (That's where I'm from originally)