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quote:Imagine trying to get on a plane with a load of RC stuff. They'd think you had some remote control bombs!!!....LOL
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Took my Mountaineer and other 2 cars to my parents house by plane to make more place in my own[;)]

Was so very nice to see the Mounty chassis in the Xrays-scanner of the airport, should have taken a pic, stupid me... :-(

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I have just been to Snetterton today to sort out lots of details[:D]

in no particular order here they come [:P]

Food,

On Saturday there is nowhere to get food on site , although there is a resturant that's within 100yards of the track and i might be able to get it opened up for us if enough ppl are sure (got to be definate) that they will want to use it.

On Sunday there are numerous burger bars etc... at the market which are within a stone's throw from the track, and the resturant is open on Sunday .

Campsite and parking

There now has been a partition put to seperate the race track parking from the market parking, we park / camp right next to the track and there is space for plenty of cars, tents and caravans, more then we will ever need.

When you arrive if your not camping over please go to the back of the car park away from the track as those camping need to be close for power etc... if then you could come to race control (under the podium) when you arrive to book in that would be great. The money for camping will be sorted out when u get there aswell. £5 charge(per night).

The track is signposted from the main entrance so all u need to do is follow them .There are shower and wash facitilties and toilets and they are next to the track aswell.

BBq's and beer will be allowed on site if you wish to bring them.

Pits

There are no pit tables inside, you will need to bring your own with you, i can recommend foldable picnic tables which don't take up that much room and are just right for the job, i think that most Argos shops have them. There is power points in there and the pits will be open over the whole weekend (through the night). There are limited sockets but if your camping during the evening it is ok for them to be extension leaded out to the camp site. Must be disconnected during the day though, and only used for charging etc..in the pits.

Selling and Trading

We will not be allowed any sale signs etc..Sorry..[:(] this is because of the rc shop, but we can do as much in house trading and selling as we want, please keep that to the campsite / car park only.

Racing Times

We are allowed to race aslong as we want with electrics, all through the night , and it will be allright to run Nitro's up untill 11 pm. There are flood lights aswell so the track can be lit up at night.

There is also the offer of the computer and transponders for our use on Sunday, we will need to give them a list of the heats, upto 10, on Saturday so they can get them into the computer, and then we get printouts of laptimes etc.. hung up, there is a £30 pounds charge for this however so i guess it depends on what everyone thinks and how many ppl go.

I must say that the offroad circuit was awesome, even though they still have lots of plans for it, there are jumps and dips and a banked curve, i saw a terra crusher eating it up when i was there[8D]

Behind that is the boating pond, (Don't panic i doubt anyone could manage to drive into the pond[}:)]even if they tried[;)]) so if anyone has any boats then feel free to bring them along too.

That's it for now, but i'm sure there will be more quetions etc.. that need to be answered[;)][:)]

Michael

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i've also been asked to ask if there are any Hotel's, B&B's ect near by ?

Cheers

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Breckland Lodge: London Road, Attleborough

Tel:01953 455 202

That is where the Tuscan teams stay as its about 0.5 miles from Snet. It's about £40 per night for a double room, from what I remember it's quite a nice hotel. That's where Wireless and myself will probably stay.

Claire

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As far as i'm aware the meet is a casual "run what you brung" although the main interest will be probably the vintage cars and the big 4x4's, just bring what you have there will be someone there to have a race with.

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Don't take life too serious, you'll never make it out alive!
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i'll be taking a modded Scorcher and i know Wldnas is not sure who else, i did here that somenoe else was but i can't remember who it was [V].

Biggus don't bring a modded SRB unless you want to take a serious beating on the track [}:)], only kidding i would love the chance of racing aganst some more modded motors.

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I should be taking a Modified Sand Scorcher which I don't mind racing. Should be good to have a SRB only race - be sure not to make a track with tight corners, My car won't turn in time [;)] NO diff!!!!

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What have i done, will have to do some serious work on this poor excuse of a car now[:D], time to swap diff out of the RR, and into the racer. And time to chat to some mates of mine who used to race em, find all the tricks[:P][;)], soniq I dont want another of the beatings on the track you like to dish out[:P], the brat still has a dislike for modern tamiya big wheeled vehicles (verging on a fear).[:D]

Bring it on guys should be a giggle

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Hey can we turn up at the track on friday evening or is it strictly saturday morning, I was hoping to camp over, save me sleeping in the car somewhere.[:D] The seats are to hard, slept once in car and crippled me for a weekend... dont wanna do that again.[;)]

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Thoughs pic`s make me wish i lived in the UK[:(]

at last i live in the US and can`t wait to see the pic`s when it`s all over! Good luck to all going aand have fun[:D]

allso crash & bash a few for me. Scott.

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It has an infra red beam.Once you fire at another tank thats fitted with it they get the sound of an incomming shell and them the tank judders.I can only test it on test mode at the moment.

Im hoping someone else will take a tank this time

A

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Hopefully, work commitments won't get in the way, but if I can make it, i'll bring our fleet of tanks ( 3 Shermans and 2 Tigers, all with battle systems fitted ) so those that haven't got one, can have a BLAST with ours.....looks like our van will be rather full....

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has anyone contacted any of the magazines about this??

It would make a great article in RRC for example ( www.traplet.com )

You will have probably the biggest gathering of older r/c cars ever assembled in the UK, and you also have some pretty well known drivers there including a current World Champ !!

I'd love to see it in print...

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quote:Originally posted by DJTheo

Well, since we unfortunatelly cannot attend the Spring Drive, some friends and I did a small realism spring drive, with 3 generations of realistic Tamiya off roaders (Hilux, Bruiser and XC-chassis) Many pics and videos will be added in time on my webpage...

For now you can check a preview at http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=8157&id=16

Njoy and cheers! [:D]

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You must have been inspired by the King Blackfoot movie I made in the snow... [;)] [:P]

If anyone wants my movie, it's 14MB for the big version and 5 MB for the little one... Drop me a line over Messenger if you want it as I can't get it working on my website! [:(] [:(] [:(]

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gingerboy98 Proficient

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I got my tickets, I got my tickets, yeah baby I got my tickets..do do do do.[8D](that was sung as I was typing so will proabably make no sense)

Sorry am in a unusually good mood this morning.

Anyway I have just paid for my tickets so I guess thats one reason.

A word of warning I will be bringing my father who although a driver himself and the man who got me into this hobby, has not driven for quite a while, and recently crashed my midnight pumkin at high speed into my neighbours Silver S-Type Jag.....oops. it now has a nice little dark blue mark on the front bumper (the Jag that is) - So be warned.

In case you are interested, I intend on bringing:

Bigwig

Madcap

Clod

Fox

Lunchbox

Monster Beetle

Vanquish

Boomerang

Hornet

Looking forward to it!

Si.

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quote:and recently crashed my midnight pumkin at high speed into my neighbours Silver S-Type Jag.....oops. it now has a nice little dark blue mark on the front bumper (the Jag that is)
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Hope you dont need to sell now many of your Tams for that damage! [:0]

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