Well, after having battled the little 250, one thing became clear. The AAA battery solution wasn't going to work! At best, I could get in 2 or 3 battles before draining the batteries. At the last battleday we had here at DAK, Jeff Ousley once again encouraged me to try the LiPo route instead. I considered it in the past, but the batteries were still to large to fit inside the Half Track and that would mean getting a new charger, batteries, etc.

Jeff suggested putting them outside the HT which got me to thinking right away. So... here is what I came up with. It's a first pass and it's not finished yet as there is more painting, weathering, etc. to blend it in better still ahead. Basically, it involves covering the batteries in a canvas type of material, some small threaded string, and a plastic duffle bag off a New Toys Mellinium M113 APC that I cut and hinged to the side of the HT to hide the wires. The batteries are as big as I care to get given the small size of the HT but they're twice the capacity of the AAA solution I had.

Here are some pics.

Dave