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New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:45 am
by OKC_Jim
Hello fellow forum members,

I'm from OKC, Oklahoma, in the central part of the U.S..

I recently got started in the R/C tank hobby. While I am new to R/C tanks I am not new to R/C. I have been building r/c models for years, mostly planes, but a few ships and cars too. I'm also interested in miniature wargaming.

I've started out with a Heng Long StuG and a Heng Long Sherman and I am in the process of learning more about them. Plan to upgrade the StuG to a Clark TK40S board as soon as the board arrives.

I'm not very good at introductions. If I've missed anything I apologize and feel free to ask.

Jim

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:54 am
by Model Builder 4
Hi Jim and welcome to the forum :wave: your introduction is just fine sir :D couple of nice tanks you already have there and the new control board you have coming will be a lot better than the standard offerings, so happy modding and please feel free to post some pics of your work when you can :thumbup:

Cheers,Lee.

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:14 am
by HERMAN BIX
Welcome alone from the Gold Coast of Australia out of New Zealand mate.

I hope you bought along a bowl of 'Ochre' & dipping sauces, with a Dr Pepper wash-down Mr Jim !! you will need both to get through all the info in here.
I have spent a lot of time in OKC but more in Enid.( I almost joined the Marines after a drunken encounter with a recruiter in an OKC bar :shifty: :shh: :problem: )
And a night out with 'fighter-jock' trainees from Vance AFB was one I shall never see repeated........... ;)
Love the state, its so friendly & low-key.
I was in OK a day there was a Tornado that ripped through Hennessy, as if that town hadn't had it bad enough, then that, we were in a car & the radio had an alert come over, my workmate & me were dead-set "take us to see it-take us to see it" ..............The lady that was looking after us was "hell NO you idiots, we are off to a shelter...............spent the afternoon in a reinforced toilet in a building she knew :/ :/

Anyhow, great to have you along & please feel free to put up any pictures of your work when you can :thumbup:

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:55 pm
by EAO
Welcome Jim,

Always glad to welcome another Mid Westerner!

You've found a great place here. Amazing amount of talent, ideas, and examples to give you hours of pondering!

Glad to have you on board! :thumbup:

Cheers,
Eric.

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:03 pm
by jarndice
Welcome to the Forum :thumbup: :wave: :clap:
You certainly like doing things the hard way :lolno: beginning with two of the smallest 1/16 r/c Tanks currently available :haha:
I guess the IBU board is a non starter, but Clarks TK series are quite compact and not too bad.
I hope you enjoy this place :thumbup:

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:08 am
by OKC_Jim
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.
Model Builder 4 wrote:the new control board you have coming will be a lot better than the standard offerings:
I'll be glad when it shows up. There's been a mix up in delivery. The shipper and I are working on getting it sorted.
HERMAN BIX wrote: I hope you bought along a bowl of 'Ochre' & dipping sauces, with a Dr Pepper wash-down Mr Jim !! you will need both to get through all the info in here.

I have spent a lot of time in OKC but more in Enid...
There certainly is a BUNCH of information here in these forums, but what is 'Ocher'? lol

Sounds like you have quite the time when you were here. :thumbup:
jarndice wrote: You certainly like doing things the hard way :lolno: beginning with two of the smallest 1/16 r/c Tanks currently available :haha:
I know what you mean. I opened the Sherman up the other day, and while I could tell what went where, I was left wondering how I was supposed to work on it. :haha:

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:24 am
by Jimster
Mmm mm! Nothing like a paper bag of fried okra from the county fair! Welcome from Illinois.

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:50 am
by HERMAN BIX
Okra eh !!..............ate a pile ,but never really paid attention to the way it was spelled :/
I was just happy to be there, whatever was on the menu ;)
Garlic Butter Chicken Wings from a small place called "Wings-to-Go" in Enid was a God Sent Revelation too by the way :thumbup:

Great to have you along mate, pictures when you can :thumbup:

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:23 pm
by Jimster
Herman, you’re making me hungry!

Re: New Guy From Oklahoma

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:13 pm
by OKC_Jim
HERMAN BIX wrote:Okra eh !
And here I thought I'd stumbled on to some new Australian snack food. :haha: