Re: 1/12 scale M41 [TANKS]

["Milenko" <milenko-at-king-nerd.com>]

Wow, that thing looks crazy.  Some of those pictures look like screencaps 
from video.  I would love to see the video if you still have it.  And, you 
jump it?!?!?!  Craziness I tell you.

Where did you get the tread and drive sprockets?  They look really sweet. 
Also, what are you powering it with?  Must have some serious speed!!

-Jeremy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Mastoras" <idiom-at-optusnet.com.au>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:12 AM
Subject: 1/12 scale M41 [TANKS]


> Hi all,
> wanted to show you all what I have been working on.
> Have put up some pics, the first 2 where taken about an hour ago, the rest
> show some of the detours it took till I realised I like bulldogs.
>
> IT started as a king tiger, then considered making it a T55, then it was a
> Sheridan for a couple of months b4  I found the tank the Sherridan 
> replaced
> and just knew thats it.
>
> Its 3mm steel all round, has accurate torsion rod suspension and bump 
> stops.
> It hoons along at about 1000rpm and a first for me is it has a track
> tensioner  as well as a compensating idler wheel. The idler pivots on an 
> arm
> and is linked to the first road wheel arm so as the first road wheel lifts
> it pushes the idler wheel forward maintaining track tension at all times.
>
> I found excellent reference pictures of the compensator for the Chaffee, 
> the
> tank the Bulldog replaced.
>
> Apart from not having the V shaped hull its fairly accurate in a 
> mechanical
> sense.
> Notice the drivers compartment, that took ages.
>
> It was cut out with an angle grinder and I got a friend to weld it. The 
> body
> cost nothing and the springs where a few bucks, steel is everywhere so 
> dont
> ever pay for it.
>
> The tracks are too wide for it as I want them to tuck in with the guards 
> and
> have side plates as per the danish M41 so will make another set soon which
> will mean another set of sprockets. The sprockets at the moment are based 
> on
> a  Pershing/Paton tank.
>
> I obviously could not decide what to build when I started
>
>
> http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/robot_tank/
>
>
>
>
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