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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