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Remote-Controlled Dave
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by Remote-Controlled Dave » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:45 am
I will complete my arena over Christmas to fit in Gary's battlebox. Are there any tips on colouring? I know Pete C's is bright yellow because its "good for video", but also gives Pete W headaches. I was thinking pale green or blue?
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by Rhys » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:06 pm
I don't really care about the colour, but could you put some sand in the paint?
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by Flippt » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:34 pm
Why sand in the paint?
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by Adam Hargreaves » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:35 pm
preferably a pale colour for the ATR. Need a dark stripe round the edge, but you could always use gaffa tape, just for its exhibition fight
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by Raizor » Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:23 am
Flippt wrote: Why sand in the paint?
It gives an uneven surface which makes it easier for wheels to get a grip on and also makes suction slightly less effective.
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by josh » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:42 am
and would mean that any low fronts would keep getting stuck
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by peterwaller » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:27 am
Definitly no sand that would eliminate over 50% of the ants because of there low fronts plus it would stop any vacuum robot.
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by josh » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:00 am
^^what he said^^
(dont mind much about the suckers tho
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by Remote-Controlled Dave » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:11 pm
No sand!
Adam, you can help with it, am back home now and will be building it ASAP.
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by Rhys » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:25 pm
Just the suction really. I guess you could always just drill holes.