I started with buying a 1/35 scale model of my tank. Then I took all of the measurements from it, scaled them up to 1/6 scale, and cut the pieces out of wood. I know there are formulas to do the scaling up, but the way I did it was to multiply all measurements by 35 (since my model was 1/35 scale) which gives you the full size measurement and divide the result by 6 (giving you 1/6 scale). Whatever material you decide to work with depends on your skills (wood, Plexiglas, metal, etc.). If you don't have access to tools for woodworking or metal working via friends or family, building a tank is going to be a daunting task. A general question about where to start is going to yield vague answers since it's a vague question. First place to start is to decide what you want to build. In the rules of the game, the bigger guns and heavily armored vehicles get to hold the most paintballs and take the most hits. If that doesn't matter to you then build what ever vehicle you want. There are research sites like www.onwar.com that has listings of tanks of WWII with their gun sizes and armor thicknesses. Search "tanks of WWII" on Google and if you see design that makes you want to build it, do some research on it as to what armor rating it would have and how many paintballs it could hold in the game. I choose the Sturmtiger because it had very straight lines, but that doesn't mean that it's not hard to get all of the angles correct. Rounded turrets and such are hard to construct depending on your skills. I don't know what your skill level is to recommend something to build. Tanks envoke an emotional response from people. A tank I think is cool looking could not be so cool to someone else.
Derek T065 On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Michael Clark <ironnerd...@gmail.com>wrote: > And look through the gallery. There is a lot to be gleaned from that. > > Also, http://www.gizmology.net/tanks.htm is an indpeth 1/5 scale sherman > plan. Just rescale to 1/6. > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Tango71 <tango...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Read the faq's and build one. >> >> On Apr 12, 9:44 am, rbunc...@aol.com wrote: >> > Im new to this but have always been a ww2 history buff abd wouldnt >> > mind getting a rc tank but have no idea where to start. >> > Rick >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
