maverick pro

any tankers or clubs in the south west florida area or florida at all?

thanks...mike

BiggTony

Aye! Emerald Coast Panhandle.....A.K.A. Lower Ala "friggin" bama.

maverick pro

whats up biggtony!.....we have one any more out there?

mike

ArmChairGeneral

Yup, Saint Cloud - central fla. We have more, they will chime in when they sober up :P

Paul aka ACG

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hey paul...you guys have a club in orlando or a place to meet and run your tanks? if there are some more people in the area im trying to get my local flying club to let use have a spot to build up for tanks. they have tons of room to build on.

thanks...mike

ArmChairGeneral

Nope..from what I can tell, Florida has people but no organized effort as of yet.

maverick pro

hey paul...i don think they will go for it unless i get a good size group going.

thanks...mike

sevoblast

We used to have a pretty good club in Jax, but it kinda fell apart 4 years ago when I moved east from Jax. Some may browse the forums still, so you may get some activity from there. They were building a battlefield behind the hobby shop on 103rd St last I heard some months ago.

Dugster

Do not give up Guys!

You just need to get started somewhere and people will join. You know; Build it and they will come! The DAK group started with just two members in April 2006. Our first battle day was in Ethan’s back yard in October 2006 with four of us attending (that was the entire membership at that point) and look at us now, over 25 members from all over Arizona and California.

maverick pro

hey Dugster, ive been looking at your guys website and WOW. thats a really nice club you guys have. wish we could start something like that here. the painting tips on the site are really cool to. this weekend im going to talk to the club and see what i can come up with.

thanks again guys....mike

Dugster

Yes, we are lucky. We have members that are master craft modelers, but we also have members that are just as good at the mechanics, electronics and RC side of the hobby. We help each other to improve our skills in all facets. It is a great group. Of course the BBQ on Battle Days does help…

maverick pro

yeah, if i could come up with some thing even close to what you guys have i think everybody would be happy.
maybe even try to get some of the local hobby shops to sell tanks and the misc parts, upgrades, battle systems would be nice.

but you guys deff have something great going.

thanks again...mike

maverick pro

hey sevoblast...i thought i heard of the jaks club and they where starting to build. that would be great if they did. i would love to get this going in my area and have battles and meets with some other florida based clubs. if i can really get something going i will post it on rcu and at all my local hobby shops and get a website going to. i just wish there was more people around that wanted to do it. but maybe if i do get a tank club going i can get some of the aircraft guys that fly at my field intrested to have another fun hobby to enjoy at the same field. like me i love planes to no end but ive also started to really like tanks and some of the people in that part of the hobby. to me tanks are cool, you have static modeling with some really cool detail work some of you guys come up with and you have the hole radio control. all at the same time with some really cool parts of history.

thanks again...mike

1sgt

If I could find a club close to Augusta Ga. I would convert from airsoft to IR. I know my dogs would like it a lot better LOL.

Jim

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lol...thats funny jim. my cats would like it more if i converted.

mike

slotcsx

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I,m in live in st pete also...........Bill

maverick pro

hey bill...what tanks do you run? is there a place you run tanks or just at the house like me?

thanks...mike

slotcsx

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Tamiya and Heng Long DBU...... conversions........ also have airsoft but not my favorite......mostly around the house

1sgt

Here kitty kitty lol.

Shark27

Hey I'm in St. Pete as well, (Just not at the moment).
Steve

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hey steve...what tanks are you running at the moment? you know of anymore people that run in this area.

thanks...mike

Jeff489

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Not sure how close they are, but there's already a club in GA.

www.sead.us/

slotcsx

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Maybe get friends, wives, girlfriends interested, even the numbers and go for it. Have extra tanks to use also...........try to get together....saturday not good for me though..... sunday or evenings...........Bill

Shark27

Maverick Pro, I currently only have a Tamiya Panther, but not for long!
Steve

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hey guys...maybe do like dugster from DAK said and start with a couple of guys and see if it grows. i havent had a chance to talk with my cub but will soon. maybe we could all meet up sometime. i have and order for a HL panzer III coming today i hope. for now thats the only tank i have. i sold my tiger and my snow leopard....wish i had them still though. but plan to get many more some day.

i live in st pete just south of gandy bridge. the club i fly at is in manatte county about 25 mins south of saint pete off of us 41.

thanks again...mike