The U.S. military unveiled this week a concept combat vehicle that combines new blast-deflection technology with the safety features of a commercially...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Robotic vehicles competing for a $2 million prize will have to traverse 150 miles of rugged desert that begins and ends in Primm, Nev., the...
Greetings Rosedachs and All, "Built on the skeleton of a Ford F-350 truck...." -- Leave it to a bunch of NASCAR engineers to try and build an AFV out of a...
Greetings All, Did anybody else catch these off of Rosedachs? Links to LIVE SCIENCE.COM??? Remember my argument about the terror of the Micro-Bot and its ...
Greetings All, While hunting for some things I stumbled across this site. The computer gamers on our list might find this of interest. Heck, it got me tempted...
http://www.actionheroes.homestead.com/reviewstwohundredfive.html Click the link if you would like to read a photo-review of Talebones, A Magazine of Science...
From the guys on RC Universe: http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/rc_steam_tank_final/ Grab all the *.mov's there, then go out one dir, and grab some more. Too bad...
Wow, great tank! Some kind of "retro-design" as far as the powering is concearnded - like the spider tank in the movie "Wild Wild West". Regards, Hannes ... ...
Greetings WW and All, I really, really like it!!! For the longest time I entertained the idea of attempting to build something similar, but the high cost and...
Greetings All, A handful of ex-military (from the loosing side) just trying to stay alive (and one jump ahead of the law) while earning a small living out on...
Hi, I'm a newbie here, so just wanted to say hi and share. I am interested in old tech with a sci fi twist. My latest project is a RC steam tank. Hope that...
From: "crabfu1" <> I used an old RC tank chassis, and mounted live steam engine for the ... What tank chassis did you use? what software is needed for .mov?...
Tank chassis is an older tamiya 1/16 (with clutch drive). Treads are all metal, the thing weighs like a, well.... tank. mov is a quick time format, you can...
Greetings Crabfu and All, ... a RC steam tank. Hope that this is suitable for this forum, if not, just ignor it :) < "Ignore it" ??? You have got to be...
Greetings All, Well since we are on the topic of Vintage Armor (always my favorite) I thought that I would share a couple of other items. Vintage tech becomes...
Thanks! and tanks for the welcome :) ... Yeah, it was quite a project, I too did not think it can really be done - well I knew it can be done but just didn't...
Wow very cool Dan, I have to check those out :) Also has there been posts about Steamboy in here? It too has lots of steam powered machines, lots of crazy...
Great Walker!!! Now that is really something different! Regards, Hannes ... From: crabfu1 To: Sci-Fi_Armor@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 3:24...
Greetings All, In the long, grand, and noble tradition of The BOLO Sagas it was bound to happen sooner or later? I hit a real CLUNKER. Now some folks are...
Greetings Crabfu and All, ... I need one of these: < Now THAT looks like just way too much FUN!!! --LOL ... twin piston, double boiler. Will keep you posted :)...
Greetings WW and All, ... " Hey, it beats nothing... " or more of a 'lost regiment' that became an isolated colony...? < Sorry, No Spoilers. --LOL Rent the...
Greetings Crabfu and All, I do not recall any STEAMBOY postings. I saw it at the video store last week and have been wondering if I could slip it past the wife...
Its been a while since I've posted here. This is actually regarding my model warship combat club, the WWCC, but you guys like combat and machines and stuff,...
Greetings Eric and All, WOW! Thanks for sharing the Link and update. I love the shots of the sunken ships! It looks like you all had a great time. It looks to...
Sinking is all part of the game. I struggle to understand why people make models that don't do what the original was supposed to do. Why build a model...
http://www.actionheroes.homestead.com/reviewstwohundredseven.html Click that link to see and read the Photo Review of the amazing Greece Hoplite Infantry ...
Greetings All, A few days ago I was looking over my stacks of read books deciding what to do with The Dust Collectors (books I probably will not reread). Since...