[TANKS] Re: size

2009-10-26 Thread OdysseySlipways
In a message dated 10/25/2009 5:44:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kamd...@gmail.com writes: I was wondering if it is better to go with a 1/7 scale or a 1/6 scale. the tank im building is a tiger 2 the length heigth and width for the 1/7 is about 3.57 feet long, about 1.44 feet tall, a

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2009-10-26 Thread Steve Tyng
At whatever scale you will have plenty of room in a Tiger1 to fit your items. What you need to ask yourself is what you can comfortably transport? If all you have is a hatchback then a 1:6 scale Tiger would be difficult to move around. Personally I'd go with 1:7 or better yet, scale it down to

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2009-10-25 Thread wsmontg5
Wrong, Sorry the first Tiger was built to 36". I picked up two Tigers today and Frank's is a lot smaller then Doug Conn's. Will -Original Message- From: Gregory Pwneror To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, Oct 25, 2009 6:59 pm Subject: [

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2009-10-25 Thread Derek Engelhaupt
I would go for 1/6 also. Derek T065 On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Gregory Pwneror wrote: > I think everyone who's made a Tiger has made is 1/6th scale. If you make it > 1/6th scale it will also be easier to make, due to the larger components and > you will be able fit your electronics, ma

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2009-10-25 Thread Gregory Pwneror
I think everyone who's made a Tiger has made is 1/6th scale. If you make it 1/6th scale it will also be easier to make, due to the larger components and you will be able fit your electronics, marker and ammo in easier. -Gregory On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Clark Ward Jr wrote: > > 1/6!!! >

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2009-10-25 Thread Clark Ward Jr
1/6!!! On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Kamron Duncan wrote: > I was wondering if it is better to go with a 1/7 scale or a 1/6 scale.  the > tank im building is a > tiger 2  the length heigth and width for the 1/7 is about 3.57 feet long, > about 1.44 feet tall, and about > 1.71 feet wide withou