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Old 05-11-2016, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Pah co chu puk
Tankland is not in my backyard. It's on some land I own, but not where I live. There is a small cabin up there, so it's kind of in my yard. I picked cinder blocks cause they were free, and durable.

I moved the cinder block village last weekend to a better spot. It's more open, has two streams, and a nice mountain view. The old village location was boxed in, and could only be attacked from one direction, this new location has five directions to be attacked from. I still have lots of work to do expanding and improving on it, but I took these pictures just after I set the cinder blocks.


It's cool to see the backyard layouts you guys have come up with.

Thanks for posting these great photos. The cinder block buildings look great I am going to get a few and add a roof to them like you did
You have a great space! The more I see the bigger a yard I want lol! But I'm not moving!!!
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I did a little work on my rc playground yesterday and got to run on it today.








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Originally Posted by ChuckATruck
I did a little work on my rc playground yesterday and got to run on it today.




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That's fantastic. Your bridge looks awesome Chuck!
Old 05-12-2016, 07:03 PM
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That is a nice bridge. I worked on my Tankland today some. I put in a bridge and graded roads.

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Some good looking stuff Chuck and Pah
Old 05-30-2016, 12:53 PM
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I did some more work on Tankland, I started making paved streets for the village.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO0wJC2MmWo&feature=youtu.be
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Originally Posted by Pah co chu puk
I did some more work on Tankland, I started making paved streets for the village.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO0wJC2MmWo&feature=youtu.be
that looks great, is that roofing material for roads? Your doing a great job!
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Sweet stuff Pah. Thanks for taking the time to share
Old 05-30-2016, 02:38 PM
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Thanks guys.

It is left over asphalt roofing shingles. My plan is to get some of that roof patch tar in a can and paint it on the shingles, then spread sand into it while it's wet. After it dries, I'll sweep the excess sand off and have a blacktop road. I hope.
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Originally Posted by Pah co chu puk
Thanks guys.

It is left over asphalt roofing shingles. My plan is to get some of that roof patch tar in a can and paint it on the shingles, then spread sand into it while it's wet. After it dries, I'll sweep the excess sand off and have a blacktop road. I hope.
sounds like a good plan, post pics when finished
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Very cool. I'm think of finally building a small outdoor diorama in which to run my 1/16 stuff; I've not much room so I'll have to get creative. You guys are giving me ideas.

My biggest concern is how best to shield or at least protect my 'village' during the winter.
Obviously not everything can be made to withstand rain and such but I'd like to leave as much of the diorama in place as I am able.

Jerry
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Originally Posted by Tanque
Very cool. I'm think of finally building a small outdoor diorama in which to run my 1/16 stuff; I've not much room so I'll have to get creative. You guys are giving me ideas.

My biggest concern is how best to shield or at least protect my 'village' during the winter.
Obviously not everything can be made to withstand rain and such but I'd like to leave as much of the diorama in place as I am able.

Jerry
Hi Jerry! You should do it I think we live in the same area NORCAL , I have a little run off area built in incase it rains! Not much chance of that though
I am having a blast setting mine up. It's tiny but still fun to run around and good for photo shoots.
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Old 05-31-2016, 11:36 PM
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I've always run my models in my yard but I more focused on my 1/10 scale. I've run 1/16 as well but my yard has always had ample stone just large enough to cause mischief with the tracks/ sprocs. For years I've literally sifted my dirt to strain out gravel. In the past year I had two major setbacks to that process, having new cement walkways made, the contractor, before I could tell him not to, spread the dirt removed for the pathways out into my 'tank yard'. Secondly I had a new roof put on; the old one being, wait for it, 'tar and gravel' and while the guys did a pretty good job containing the removal of the gravel ( I instructed them not to mess up my yard) there still is more than before the roof work. I'd already began the sifting last year and where it counts
I've removed a large percentage of the gravel. Now after the rain we had the next and finer size is revealed to be removed.

Sifting isn't that difficult actually. I have a sheet of heat diamond pattern steel screen which I lay on the dirt. I rake the dirt on it and lift up one end of sceen.
the gravel is held, dirt passes. Either in a bucket, old sheet or sheet of plywood I dump the gravel. I put the gravel in a place where I want it.

So long story short I'm preparing the dirt( and I'll buy a yard or so of clean topsoil ) where I intend to build Monte Carducci; it will be terraced with a small winding road up to and around the Villa. I will have some paved area, possibly low voltage lighting as well as a water effect... It's forming in my mind as I write this... Plus I want a small lower section to offer some driving challenge to my 1/10 scale guys as well.

In addition to this I must teach my 2 old doggies the new trick of doing their 'business' somewhere else. Dog mines were banned by the Geneva Convention...

Jerry
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Hi Have to agree the best surface to run on is soil , nice and muddy if it rains(weathers the tanks) , But if you want a all weather surface that dosnt change , if you can get hold of crushed sandstone (I suppose it depends on where you live) here where I live its cheap its used a lot for drive foundation's .You lay it around 2-3 inches deep and compact it sets when it rains into a hard wearing surface(put plastic down to stop weeds coming up you can also water with weed killer) , you can run tanks on it and no problem with it jamming the tracks and no muddy foot prints when you go in the house.

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The bridge has been taken!
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"the bridge has been taken!" rotflmao!!!!
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Hallo,

here is a short video with my "Ferdinand" (an IMAI back build Elephant) at my fun area =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiIPrNITIXs Best regards from the KT...

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