Thanks for the advise Chris. I think I'm going to have the parts laser cut and I have a fair amount of tools at my disposal so hopefully all will go well and I will wind up with a very scale looking and detailed tank.
On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Chris. b <barthelso...@hotmail.com> wrote: > http://tankcombat.blogspot.com.au/ that is a tank I am building, there is > a little bit of information there about steel fabrication. > > I like steel as it is the easiest for me to work with as my shop is setup > for steel fabrication. I honestly think the weight saved with aluminium is > minimal, if compared to a well designed steel hull, obviously steel is > heavy so try and use as little as possible! I have most of my parts laser > cut, as it saves me a lot of time and increases accuracy. With that said, > if you are willing to spend the time you could achieve the same result with > an angle grinder, pedestal drill and mig welder. Other tools that aren't > needed but would make it easier, a sheet metal guillotine, plasma cutter, > oxy acetylene torch, linisher, bandsaw etc. > > Chris. b > > > On Wednesday, 24 December 2014 02:31:18 UTC+10:30, j chilton wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I'm new to this hobby but I have experience in other similar ones (rc >> planes mainly). I would like to build one of these tanks and I have read a >> lot of the articles on how to build them, including the ones on the rc tank >> combat website. I have one complication however, My only option for the >> moment would be to build the tank out of metal and I cannot find any good >> how to articles on that. Can any one offer any advice or anything else? >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> James. >> > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
