Re: Converting plans

[paul needham <paul.2.needham-at-btconnect.com>]

philip

Hmmm

I am in the UK !
Have made a start http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T027/ ?
Not been any where near a CAD program ! I doubt if any of the first dozen 
tanks built did either !
I got a drawing in a picture format put it into a poster print program 
scaled it up to the size I wanted [ 1/6 ] and printed it out.
Build a mock up from the drawing from corrugated card , iron out all the 
build problems at this stage and copy in wood [ or your preferred building 
material ]
Some people use CAD but to be honest the drawing is of no use to a accuracy 
of 1/100 of a inch if your drive motors then won't fit , and all the time 
spent slaving over the CAD could be better spent cutting wood !
Just my 2 pence worth.
Paul

At 19:03 13/10/2004, you wrote:
>hi
>
>I have been toying with the idea of building one of these things, >but i am
>in the UK so no 1 2 play with< any how, i have seen on a few websites, that
>people, have converted plans they have found on the world wide wait, to cad,
>and then changing the scale, so, how do u do it, i have/can get most
>programs:P
>
>Thank You Very Much
>
>Philip Moreton