| Details for building a 1/6 Scale Radio Controlled Tank. | ||
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been inspired by Marks Tanks at
http://www.cyber-innovations.co.uk/mark-1-tank/ and the construction ideas at I have decided to try my hand at building a 1/6 scale radio controlled tank. While I have chosen to build a British WW2 Cromwell Tank this has run into some problems I need to either find some parts for or inspiration to overcome ! Not wanting a tank someone could just buy [ they may compare it with mine !] I decided to try something simpler and chose a Hetzer. Left is both a drawing and a Photo. Once I had decided on which tank to make I looked for references that gave Length Width and Height to work out how big a 1/6 scale Hetzer would be. I then found a drawing which I scanned at 600 dpi and used a poster program to print the drawing out at the required scale. I then spent a happy couple of hours cutting and gluing 45 sheets of A4 together to get a working drawing. | |
| No tank is ideal and this one has a couple of bad points:- The tracks have 2 sets of teeth per tread which means they are harder to make and harder to make strong. The body is lower hull is quite small [bad] but the upper hull is quite wide [good] but I am not going to worry over much if I have to adjust it a inch here or there , anyone seen approaching with a tape measured will be fired upon ! Joe Sommer is my source of inspiration and has a excellent construction article for a Hetzer here. http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T010/ My construction will be based on Steve Tyng methods and his T34/85 can be seen here. http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T005/
As you can see my Workshop/Garage is somewhat cluttered and I can still get 2 cars in on a night ! The chipboard Cromwell tank prototype is sat on my saw bench and a Electric Golf Caddy is sat up in front of the saw.
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