thanks for the info !! i've never made a scenery, but i want to, it seems cool and fun, i always want to buy the model tanks and soldiers...

gtr- are you cantonese? i moved to the US 7 years ago(now 16) so my cantonese is excellant, did you mean you're going back to HK during christmas?

yes, but i've been in san francisco for the past 17 years.

i've been back to hk a couple times...my aunt goes back n forth and she helps me get stuff

i might be going back to visit this christmas. it's bargain time :D

never forget to ask for free stuff

o yea....i can also understand toi shan...hehe

awesome, people don't let you bargain as much anymore.. specially the economy is super bad in HK, when i went last summer alot of people are passing out ads everywhere, and it's like 100 degrees out... well i can't wait to go back... i hope you are too, i'm planning to buy some tanks/rc engines in HK then sell them here, there's this engine my dad got me for 110 in HK, and here it sells for 170, anyways later, did you get your tank yet?

and also, how old are you? you've been here 17 years(that's pretty old) but then you said you need your mom's permission to buy a tank.. hehe :D
and also, are you on hte hpi forum? there's this guy that always his aunt buys him stuff from HK:D

i just bid on like 6 tanks to raise up the price, hehe, and most of them are treky11

THAT WAS MY TANK!!! NOOOOO!!! (how much did u bid?)

i'm 17

can you retract ur bid?? thanks!! i'm gonna bid last minute

pitstain?? help help help!! i wanna cheap tank...

do you have an AIM name? i'm GTR627

Namuna,

Thx for clarifying the scale thing. I steered Pitstain wrong in my earlier post stating that HO would be the proper scale for the tanks. HO would work for a Bit. As far as the 1\87 scale, I got that from Model Railroad Magazine.

Anyway, I'm going to build an IR decoder so I can get the proper IR signal for the tank's gun. Then I'll build an IR receiver and make some interactive scenery. I was thinking some bright red lights inside some buildings to simulate a hit with some sound FX or perhaps a bridge that could be blown up, that kinda stuff. There are even smoke generators used in model railroads that run on veggie oil that would be cool. It might stink the place up, but as they say, war is hell!

If anyone has any thoughts on the subject, I'd love to hear them.

you got too advanced for me....

Pitstain,

It's not really all that complicated. Once the IR signal from the tank's gun is decoded, it's just a matter of building a circuit the can receive that signal only. I have a few ICs that may work from some other projects I have been working on. Once there is a working module built I'll post the schematic and parts list. You can find a techie friend to help you out with the rest.

I was going to keep it simple to start and make a capture the flag kind of setup. A module placed on opposite ends of the field, the first one to shot the other guys module is the winner.

I guess my first step would be to get a tank to start with. lol

mission status - fuxored