29.11.2003, 20:09 Uhr
 Rusty
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Hello All,
My name is Rusty Bates. I'm from the USA. Someone posted on one of the English forums about the new English posting area for this website. I'm always interested to chat with those interested in model engineering. I must admit having quite some problems trying to register and login due most of the site being written in German.
With a bit of trial and luck, I was able to slip through the process with only a little trouble.
I think you will find there are others who only speak English who also have a great passion toward model building. They as I, I'm sure welcome the new English addition to this great site.
I suppose a bit about me is in order. I have been scratch building large scale armor for about 7 years now. I have almost completed a
1/6 scale T34-85. Pictures of which can be seen at
http://www.geocities.com/eastpac01/index.html
I also have been working on a Sherman in 1/8 scale but this project has been delayed until the T34 is complete in the next few months.
Some of the techiques I have employed is casting of metals using aluminum in sand molds, zinc alloys in a spin casting machine.
Real rubber vulcanization for road wheels. I'm interested in all forms
of scratch building of armor subject in the large scales.
Rusty Bates
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29.11.2003, 22:17 Uhr
  shooter
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[ Dieser Beitrag wurde von shooter am 03.01.2004 editiert. ]
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| Beitrag 1 mal editiert. Zuletzt editiert von shooter am 03.01.2004 14:55.
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30.11.2003, 02:06 Uhr
jefferychan
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hallo Rusty
its great to hear you have sucessfully login in...
that "somebody" ,its me...jeffery
jeffery
best regard
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30.11.2003, 13:12 Uhr
Rusty
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Thanks guys,
Jeffery thanks for the heads up, I have visited the website before but could not enjoy the forum due the langanuge barrier on my part.
It wasn't easy, I'll admit but I know a few words of German and can kind of figure some of the of parts of the website out. Although, I think many English only speaking folks will not try as hard as I did to move past the process.
Axel, thanks for the lead on your work. Well into the enginering aspect of the hobby I see. I enjoy all parts of the hobby, new or old armor or contruction vechicles. The work you have done is very impressive, it leads me to want to improve on my own work.
One of the biggest problems I now face is the transmission design and building for the 1/6 T34 I have built. My plans are for a petro motor stripped from an old chain saw, but at the moment will be using electric motors to power the beast. The model at this point weighs in around 150 pounds, close to 190 when complete with motor I suppose. The reason for the weight is the construction of the model which is .1250 aluminum plate, zinc alloyed tracks which represent 1/8 of the weight at around 24 pounds per set. The reason I chose the T-34 is due the reason there is one at a local museum. So drawings and pictures were no problem for the small group of guys who are involved with building the 7 model we started on.
Rusty
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01.12.2003, 15:16 Uhr
Beastie
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hi rusty!!
i'm one of two or three girls in this forum, but i'm the only girl, that is not interestet in model engineering
i just wanna say hello to you and: welcome on this board.
beastie
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02.12.2003, 12:30 Uhr
Rusty
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Hello Beastie,
Thanks for the welcome 
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03.12.2003, 15:48 Uhr
PantzerYogi
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Hi Rusty, welcome to the board, hope you enjoy your stay here 
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03.12.2003, 15:52 Uhr
PantzerYogi
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Hey, that was the 100th answer I just made...do I get a prize?  
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03.12.2003, 16:19 Uhr
Robert
BW-Meister
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Hello PanzerYogi,
i dont know if this is your 100th answer 
But i know, that it was only your 29th post in this forum !
Fore this, there is no price at all 
regards Robert (Admin)
[ Dieser Beitrag wurde von Robert am 03.12.2003 editiert. ]
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04.12.2003, 00:30 Uhr
PantzerYogi
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Hi Robert,
No, that was the 100th answer on the English spoken board in total....you sure do keep a close eye on things
I know 29 posts is not much but I'm very short on time the last couple of weeks....could do with some time off !
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03.01.2004, 12:18 Uhr
Kame
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quote:
Original von PantzerYogi:
Hi Robert,
No, that was the 100th answer on the English spoken board in total....you sure do keep a close eye on things
I know 29 posts is not much but I'm very short on time the last couple of weeks....could do with some time off !
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