Two things sent me towards the Leopard 2: 1- since it's my first time modeling something of the sort from scratch I was looking at simple lines and shapes. There are lot of superb older models that have a the look and the history that make them great... But since the internals are pretty much all the same and we don't scale the performence to match the original, old or new will theorically perform the same in the field. So I chose one that looks a bit easier, straighter lines, more room to works inside.
2- Since I may drive down from Canada and kick you butts I thought it would look nice to have something the actual Canadian army uses. Hehehe, seriously, with point #1 in mind, I looked at what the Canadians are or have been using and the Leopard 2 sounded like a good choice. So the Canadian will be roaming around with a Canadian tank... PA 2012/8/23 Aaron <afreem...@live.com> > Funny how I was going to start this conversation topic and all of a sudden > some one comes out saying they are going to build a modern MBT. But this is > my question. > > Why are the overwelming majority of our tanks of the WW2 era and not of > the modern design? What drives most of us to model after older and inferior > armor instead of the newer and superior breeds? > > I chose an M4 Sherman variant as my own despite the obvious flaws and > limitations it possesed in history. I did so for a few reasons > - It had simple lines > - It was iconic American > - It for some reason spoke to me in a way that no other had > That may sound funny, but I wasnt really overly interested in the biggest > and the baddest. I was drawn instead to the over worked and under powered > machine that did by sheer determination. > > What are your thoughts? What made you choose yours? > > Aaron F > > -- > 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 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
