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# Not very Halloweenie,
something I just found while digging through my old photo folders -

I made this from a 1/48th scale tank kit and a Bandai Rhinoceros Beetle plastic kit back in the 1970s.
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:19, archived)
# ace!
so it's real?
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:21, archived)
# real as plastic can be.
I made a few others but this one turned out the best.

it is about 7 inches long, including the gun barrel.

Just found this more modern version!
www.electronickits.com/robot/OWI8800.htm
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:37, archived)
# yay for beetletanks
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:27, archived)
# ooh, halloween icons, wish I hadn't been so busy now!
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:27, archived)
# I don't like it, I'm having to read people's usernames to distinguish them.
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:29, archived)
# says you with the different username
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:30, archived)
# It's like a fresh start, but only for today and only for people who don't recognise the end of my name or my profile.
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:32, archived)
# There is, of course, a button to
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:40, archived)
# hahaha
NO ICONS FOR YOU
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:44, archived)
# I swear that said "dogging" and then just stopped right there.
This is awesome though :D
*click*
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:39, archived)
# So wait, you're from Bristol and want(ed) to go to Warwick?
We're similar, you and I.
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:44, archived)
# Perhaps Warwick, but it will be difficult to get the grades required.
*studies hard*
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:51, archived)
# Thanks - turns out Rhino Beetles are really big in Japan
(like everything else) - there is even a blog!

www.vintagebeetle.com/Japanese_rhinoceros_beetle/images.htm

a steam powered Rhino Tank?
brassgoggles.co.uk/images/steambeetle.jpg
(, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 23:57, archived)