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The loneliest friendliest hobby im happy with.

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:16 pm
by medic18
When i first started this path, it was with a hobby engine Abrams during covid, Little did i know how far i would go. i always assumed that it was just for the Tamiya crowd. I have now resurrected a challenger, and am now in the process of trying to see if i can build one up from bits. I do this on my own as there are no clubs near me and the only model club I have links with is a boat club( well it did all start with the Land ships committee) but thanks to the internet. I have contacts all over the world . who will advise me and show me videos on how to do things. even if my German is rusty and is rather bad. so to all on here I thank you

Re: The loneliest friendliest hobby im happy with.

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:07 am
by Herr Dr. Professor
Medic! Hi! Apparently you are in the UK (right?). With the distances here in the US, not many have access to clubs, so I have more than once had slivers packed under my fingernails trying to figure out something laughably simple to many here on RCTW. Show pictures, ask questions, I can learn from the answers—and what clever and skillful tricks you come up with yourself. I’m rootln’ for ya!

Re: The loneliest friendliest hobby im happy with.

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:47 am
by medic18
Cheers for that, mate much appreciated. I always forget that the States is much bigger, the one thing i would always like to see though is a rc tank rally how the Germans do them. now that would be brilliant

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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:10 pm
by EAO
Hi guys,

I totally agree with both of you! Hell, what I would really like to see, is just a tank museum! :( But watching RC tanks run around would be a close second! :D

Cheers,
Eric.

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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:35 pm
by Herr Dr. Professor
Eric, is https://www.aaftankmuseum.com/ far from you. It would be more than a day trip for me.

Re: The loneliest friendliest hobby im happy with.

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:45 pm
by EAO
Hello to our good Herr Dr.,

Yeah, unfortunately Danville is a bit of a haul from here. About 14 hours' drive time and close to 900 miles. Even when I'm lucky enough to go on a vacation I usually just chill and do nothing. And I mean nothing!

In 2020 just before Covid crapped on all of us, I was lucky enough to spend 2 weeks in North Carolina. I was less then 50 minutes away from Fort Bragg and the 82nd Airborne and Special Ops Museum. Do you think I could pry myself out of a very comfy chair to go visit? :/ :{ Nope, had too much fun spending all my time annoying the fire ants with my Tiger 1 and smoking cigars! As Bon Scott once said "no I ain't doing much, doing nothing means a lot to me"! :D I guess it's a priority of mine given our crazy lifestyle! Oh well, someday!

Cheers,
Eric.

P.S. The vacation was all I envisioned and more, so I really can't complain! :D

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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:59 pm
by General Jumbo01
EAO wrote: I totally agree with both of you! Hell, what I would really like to see, is just a tank museum! :( But watching RC tanks run around would be a close second! :D
Cheers,
Eric.
Or both at the same time? The British Tank Museum is holding a special model exhibition weekend in a week or two, standard entrance price so free to season tickets holders. Good place to meet up with like minded hobbyists and always a good day out.

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:21 am
by EAO
General J01,

I must say that my passport is still valid, just lacking the time and the needed funds for airline tickets! :'( That's one hell of an idea though! :think: Bovington, Imperial War Museum, hop the Channel, Normandy, Munster, Berlin, Nuremburg, Saumur....etc.,etc., etc.!

Never had a bucket list, but I guess I do now! :thumbup:

Cheers,
Eric.

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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 7:11 am
by medic18
been to bovington a long time to go but didnt have time to take it in. i would like to go again, but i have to convince the other half its a weekend away for us. i am lucky to have a couple of muesums around me with armour in it. but none dedicated. i would also like to see the DPM and the Dutch military museum. but lack of funds is also a big one as well.