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				friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:59 pm
				by Silverstalker
				hi all names Craig...from the southwest of the uk. i am into all sorts of ground based RC, and started getting into tracked things aswell! ..so i got a couple of simplistic tanks to start off with. got me a little heng long bulldog to start off with, and just got hold of a abrams 1/9th scaler if i am correct that needs work  

 , but hey?
i will have lots of questions etc  

  so yeah thats me!
 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:03 pm
				by forgebear
				hi craig welcome to the forum this is where you will find lots of help and friends  i hope you enjoy your stay thanks dave  

 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:14 pm
				by 971wright
				Hi Welcome You Have found a bit of rocking horse poop ,1/9 scale Abrams there as rare has hens teeth,so you will be leading the way with this tank .The Bulldog is a good runner and with a few upgrades is a very good tank.
    regards pete
			 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:33 pm
				by Silverstalker
				well i hope its 1/9 i am not sure?  

  here is a photo, with a normal size coke can for some sort of scale 

i paid 15 notes for it at a boot sale, (needs work) anyway see what ya think scale wise  

 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:58 pm
				by vonrundstedt
				Welcome along Craig  
 
   
 
           Regards, luke.
 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:03 pm
				by [ICE]monkey
				hi and welcome to the forum
regards, ice
			 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:30 pm
				by Saxondog
				Hello and welcome to the forum,we have a large scale section to the forum so post your restoration.Their are several members with larger scale tanks as well.                                                                                                                                                                   Regards Blake
			 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:55 pm
				by septon
				hi craig welcome to the forum. The 1/16 IRAD (a club that uses the forum) culb President lives in swindon and we have a meet there one or twice a year 
paul
			 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:21 pm
				by Silverstalker
				septon wrote:hi craig welcome to the forum our culb President lives in swindon and we have a meet there one or twice a year 
paul
cool not far to go then  :~  whos the man in charge then i might know him  
 
 
cheers for welcomes guys, i have a project i am about to start and will need lots of input on it as i am still new when it comes to tanks..i have been doing scale(ish) 4X4s and crawlers mainly' and tracked vehicles are a whole other can of worms  

 
			
					
				Re: friendly greetings
				Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 3:27 am
				by tankman
				Hi and welcome to the forum Craig.
Alan