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The big news in this issue of our newsletter is all about a big tank. To be honest, Forge World
has always been heavily involved with making big tanks but this time we outdid ourselves.
In the summer of 2003, Paul our website guy, was working on the internet. He called a few
of us across to see this Russian website that had photos and video clips of very large radio
controlled tanks. ?Wow, that's cool" seemed to be the overall opinion throughout the
office. It was noted that the owners of this website, who make and sell these large models, said
if you couldn't see the tank you wanted they would be happy to build it for you. Well, we just
had to ask them didn't we?
Paul sent off an email to Alex in Volgograd asking if they would consider making a science
fiction style tank? Yes, came the fairly swift reply. Talk to our partner in the UK, a chap
called Mark. A few weeks later Paul, Tony and Warwick went to meet Mark at a large militaria
show in the south of England and Alex happened to be there too. Everyone had a good chat and
after seeing what we were getting more and more interested in making, Alex and Mark said they
thought they could do it.
Do what' What are you going on about' A Baneblade of course. Forge World is the very proud owner
of a 1/6th scale radio controlled Mars pattern Baneblade.
The following link will show you the very same photos we received from Alex in Russia as this
mighty project carried on through the autumn and winter of 2003, all the way up till Paul and I
went down to collect our new toy from Mark in early August! www.forgeworld.co.uk/rcbaneblade.htm
We first displayed our 1/6th scale Baneblade at Games Day UK at the beginning of October. We
laid out a small arena for it to rumble around in, mocked up some fuel drums for it to run over
and crush and a large ramp for it to clamber up and over. Each time we fired up the
â??engineâ??, a hugely loud sound processor, a massive crowd rushed over, completely surrounding
the display area five or six people deep.
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