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Hi, I have just finished 'weathering' and 'improving' my first tank, a Heng Long Sherman - being new to this game I was wondering what you guys do with the finished result? Currently it is on my wargames table being admired by me and ignored by the wife (!) or it has been running around the kitchen and avoiding the dog, shooting at the 'free' Heng Long cardboad target which comes with the unit and then what? I would join a club, the nearest to me is the 'Midlands Battle Tankers' and am awaiting a pass from them to join their facebook group, but there is not much activity on facebook there, no doubt due to lockdown. So apart from chasing my dog and preparing to get the obligatory Tiger 1 to chase the Sherman, to chase the dog, what to do with my new toy?? Ideas more than welcome.

One thing you should do with your new "toy" is throw away the little yellow balls that came with it, and never purchase any cheap ones. Be like me, and have smooth polished and round balls

Those horrendously nasty cheap ones get jammed and can damage the little rubber seal. Best to just get rid.
These are what I use, although I use black so the missus don't notice them so much all over the garden

2000 Airsoft BB Pellets 6mm .20g Genuine Bulldog Pro High-Grade Polished BB's White: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors

Excellent advice, just the sort of thing I need to guide me on my way. Thanks.
So what are you shooting at in your garden?

First thing to do is to post a picture of it here.
Second thing to do is to find a storage area in the house away from everything before the wife makes a big scene.
Third thing to do is to lower the volume on the speaker before the neighbor's wife calls 911 and sends the swat team.
Fourth thing to do is to stop shooting at the dog if you want him to continue to love you.
Fifth thing to do is to stash some money on secret bank account and ensure the wife is never made aware of how much you actually spent on them, and not even yourself if you want to avoid telling lies, ie ah honey, i got it on sale from China, not even $25...

deckchair wrote:Excellent advice, just the sort of thing I need to guide me on my way. Thanks.
So what are you shooting at in your garden?

Pictures of his Wife...

Would love to share pictures, but how to go about it?

43rdRecceReg wrote:

deckchair wrote:Excellent advice, just the sort of thing I need to guide me on my way. Thanks.
So what are you shooting at in your garden?

Pictures of his Wife...

Nah, the BB's get scared and veer off. . . .

deckchair wrote:Would love to share pictures, but how to go about it?

Not of you wife, of your tanks please

Son of a gun-ner wrote:

43rdRecceReg wrote:

deckchair wrote:Excellent advice, just the sort of thing I need to guide me on my way. Thanks.
So what are you shooting at in your garden?

Pictures of his Wife...

Nah, the BB's get scared and veer off. . . .

deckchair wrote:So what are you shooting at in your garden?

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