Re: new guy wondering about tank cost?

[Joe Sommer <anvilus9-at-adelphia.net>]

Mike,

At 11:22 PM 9/13/2004 -0500, <buttsakauf-at-earthlink.net> wrote:
>I was curious if anyone can give a rough estimate of how much money it 
>takes to build a tank?

I list all components, costs and vendors
for Hetzer #T010 at
http://www.anvilus.com/hobby.html
under "components"
http://www.anvilus.com/Hetzer_components.xls

>Can a person build whatever tank or vehicle (new or old) they want as long 
>as it is to scale (1/6 or at least 3ft)?

yes

It must have been a production vehicle i.e. no
prototypes or make-believe vehicles.

>  Also these vehicles seem pretty heavy. 70 to 150 lbs right?
>Do you just drive them in and out of your vehicles?
>Is most of the weight batteries?

Hetzer #T010 carries two 17Ah, 12VDC batteries
that weigh about 13 pounds each.  I can pick her
up with or without batteries to load her into my car.
Bigger tanks often require two people to load/unload.
Steve Gusikowski uses a ramp to drive his Tiger
#T014 into his truck.
http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T014/14Transport-large.jpg

Joe


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