Exercise in Futility

[ALPHA]

Hello Gents...
I know most of you experienced modellers know most of the tricks in the book when it come to RC tankery...guys like me.. we go searching sometimes..
I find stuff on YOUTUBE... that seem pretty cool... but with no explanation ... things just become an exercise in futility

Take this for instance... totally cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOzjyo035JQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wamt0dlofsU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvR_9JjL_IU

but just enough to add up to a pile of beans

Why even bother I ask... as the benefit isn't truly shared

ALPHA

[mcevoyi]

I know exactly how you feel

I have a bruder D9 buldozer in 1/16 ..and want to put gearboxes in and upgrade to an Israeli armoured dozer ...there a few good vids to watch of thething working ..but no way to contact the poster ..and ask where the build was ....pix's me right off

[trackmech81]

I too have searched for answers to some builds. Sometimes you have to look to other forums though. This is a good one to look at and many things can be useful in the tank hobby from this forum. They even have several Bruder D10 builds goi g on.
http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=110

[ALPHA]

For mods and tips ... you would think a video could convey things well ... but the stuff on YOUTUBE... imo .. is just a waste of time.... the only worth is if you are interested in ready to runs... as you can clearly see the pros and cons of purchasing a pre-made model

I even found a video of the guy who is building the JS-2 ... about how he "easily" modded a recoil... unfortunately .. it was only for the TAMIYAs and it was super vague

It's like they are keeping secrets ... it's annoying... I say if they are going to share... share..if they want to keep it ... keep it and don't post anything... less clutter imo

ALPHA