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hi all i must be getting treadheaditus, only had my first rc tank two weeks , a tiger , but went to a military odyssey today and bought a heng long s&s pershing,mind you brand new at £50 i couldnt say no !!!!!, going to keep it stock at the mo,so i have something to play with , untill the tigs finished?
regards icemonkey

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If you came in here asking for pity, you are in the wrong place...
[:'(][:@]:D

Welcome to the tank cult, then.

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Hi there.
As a fellow treadheaditus sufferer I have bad news for you, there is no cure.
I have the same symptoms as you;
Tiger 1 , metal upgraded everything, lot of detailing :- cost=unthinkable.
pershing, stock, paint job :- cost=cheap (so far)
pzrIII, not started yet.
you have my sympathies!!!
regards
Frank

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mee tooo.

i had a pershing, then i got a tiger, then a bulldog with IR from blitz, now a tam jagdpanther [X(]

their is only one way to cure the bug, get five of every tank in existance and ..... to hell with it their is no damn cure!! :D:D

regards,


Matt

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there is a cure BUY MORE TANKS;):D:D:D:D:D:D:D PMSL;)

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yaaa but buying more tanks is more along the lines of fooding the symptom, not stopping it!! ;):D:D:D

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HHMMM FEED ME;):D:D:D

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buying the tanks isnt realy the problem ,its all the upgrades:D, nice armour there fynsdad

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damn i meant feeding not 'fooding' !!! :):):) i can be silly at times ;):D:D:D:D

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man, look at all that wasted space on the floor behind the tanks. [X(] I could convert that to a motor pool.:D

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The "wasted space" is my sons nursery. I had to take the photos in there as I have no room any where else!!!! LOL

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ahhh fill up the nursery, all kids like tanks!

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No dont do that, i have seen what his son did to his panther:D

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To Fynsdad....love your Pershing- Redneck Boys! Very sweet job.

Now about this terrible case of "armoritis"....good choice on a second tank- I love my Pershing. I've spent about 100 hours on mine customizing so far, it is a very versatile tank. If you need anything looked up, I just got my book (recommended by this forum) "The M26 Pershing and its variants". I'm about a quarter thru it right now, but it seems to be all black and white pics but the colors are known by this forum anyway. If you go WWII, Testors has Model Master 1711 or 1911 (1911 is the spray) which is bang on. If you need anything about this tank, just ask. I think I bugged this forum for every scrap of info possible and I am happy to share.

So, I think you are well hooked. That is a very good thing- I've followed your Tiger post and you do fantastic work. I look forward to seeing your Pershing when you dig into it....I'll probably have to redo mine to incorporate changes you bring to light. It's not keeping up with the Joneses, it's just admiration!

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Damn the more Tiger I's i see with the Ardennes camo sceme the more I want to re paint mine. then my Tam Panther and HL Tiger could theoretically be from the same unit.

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cheers for the comment ,the tiger isnt to much of a challenge, liked this tank for years so have a few books for reference,plus gleamed what i didnt know of this forum, but the pershing is a different matter ,so i will be bugging you and others ( pattoncommander) for a bit ;), when i get around to it i probably will go the ww2 way as im trying to keep a theme to tie them all together
regards cliff

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armouritus.........It's hereditry!!!

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No Frank, you are brainwashing the poor lad.[X(]:D

That's only acceptable if you're a grandfather and you have a granddaughter. It was written in the Magna Carta in 1215 and subsequently updated in "Stan's Guide to Grandparenting" in 2006.:eek::D

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I have only been in this hobby as of may and got ten tanks now and one on the way plus upgrades .Yes its addictive I have the shakes must buy another tank got to have that porsche kt no no let go of that credit card please help darn now have to hit the pay now button !!! :D:D:D

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icemonkey,
I had not heard the phrase treadheaditis coined before, but I can definitely relate, and all I can say, young man is RUN!!!! Run very fast, run very far, and don't look back, this hobby is a bottomless pit of buying and building, and it will suck you in. It is like quick sand the more you fight it the deeper you get sucked in.

I have only been in this hobby for about 2 years and I have gone head long. In the first two months of discovering this hobby, I was out of pocket over $1200 US, had buried nearly 60 hours of building time on my first projects, me and my buddy had started a club, procured land, designed a battlefield, started designing and constructing buildings and battlefield elements, and launched a website. Then we started the recruiting process to try and get new members to join.

2 years has gone by, and we now belong to "several" clubs including those in neighboring states that we travel too on a regular basis for battles. Host battles on our on field at least 4-5 times a year, continue to develop the field and the club, we now have 20 something members plus close to 40 tanks, and I can't begin to calculate the time or money invested.

This is a steep and slippery slope to a very deep rabbit hole. But I wouldn't trade it for anything, so don't even try to run you won't find another hobby with a greater group of people, I know I've tried!

Just to give you an idea, I now have a Tamiya Tiger 1, Tamiya Panther G, Tamiya Sherman, WSN/Trumpeter T-34 Convereted to and SU-85 with Tamiya electronics, Bandia Pz IV, and HL Pz III. Oh yeah, and as an added bonus those around me including my wife and teenage daughters think I'm completely off my rocker! (LOL)

Squid

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You have definitely caught the bug, and If all the rumours about up and coming releases of new models are anything to go by, you have caught it at just the right time. :D

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Hang the kid's bed from the ceiling and build tank shelves above his dressor and changing table!

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good idea! or you could half the sive of his room by putting a wall though the middle - one side for the kid and one side for the tanks!! :D:D

more tanks ...... :D

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oh well no cure then, mind you i keep telling the wife theres worse things i could be doing??

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btw icemonkey, you mention you have a DBC/DBU ... from blitz or from Darkith?? assembeled or dissesambeled?

just curious!

thanks,

Matt