Re: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]

[Kevin Ross <kjrcartoons-at-yahoo.com.au>]

I Gregory

I'm name is Kevin

and I live in oz (hunter valley) I'm half finished my
jadbpanther.
 so I put an advert in hunter papers only got one
person.

there are more guys here but there all over Australia 

none close.

 so build anyway have fun then play.

there is a RC tank club in NZ but I can't remember
there site. look it up it is there.

all best Kevin

--- Gregory Pwneror <sockless67-at-gmail.com> wrote:

> hey good job on getting the tread mill belts. my gym
> throws them out as soon
> as they wear out, so i cant get any
> other wise i would be building a tank right now also
> i dont want to spend
> $800 odd on building a tank when theres no
> oppisition because i live in new
> zealand
> 
> On 12/22/06, George Mastoras <idiom-at-optusnet.com.au>
> wrote:
> >
> >  -at-Gene, If you are looking for some video
> reference you should  source and
> > buy the dvd of the movie - The Beast . Good tank
> movie where you see a lot
> > of that tank - Its also in the tank car chase seen
> in a bond film.
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> > on 22/12/06 2:50 AM, Gene Burbeck at
> gburb-at-advantagecs.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > A bunch of pictures and info about the tank I'm
> building.
> >
> > Gene
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > *From:* tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
> [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]
> > *On Behalf Of *Gene Burbeck
> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:18 AM
> > *To:* tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> > *Subject:* RE: Gene is building a tank! [TANKS]
> >
> > 12/19/06
> >
> > I worked on tracks today, got most of the cleats
> cut out. The conveyor
> > belt material looks really good. The one potential
> weak point I can imagine
> > is the hammer-in aligator belt lacing. I'm a
> little concerned it will tear
> > out, so I'm considering overlapping the ends of
> the belt under one of the
> > cleats, and glueing them together in addition to
> the 3 bolts through the
> > belt ends.
> >
> >
> >
> > 12/21/06
> > The tracks are coming together surprisingly
> quickly. By making jigs for
> > the drill press and the chop saw, I have been able
> to really speed things
> > along and make my work more accurate. Each (of
> about 150) cleat needs 3
> > holes drilled in it and each 6" wide belt needs
> about 40 sets of three holes
> > drilled. The 1/4"-20 screws look a little wimpy,
> so I think I'll send those
> > back and get 5/16"-18 hardware.
> >
> >
> >
> > Gene
> > t55-004.jpg
> >
> > t55-1[1].jpg <t55-1%5B1%5D.jpg>
> >
> > OT-54 flame tank 2.jpg <OT-54_flame_tank_2.jpg>
> >
> > T-55-3[1].jpg <T-55-3%5B1%5D.jpg>
> >
> > OT-54 flame tank flaming.jpg
> <OT-54_flame_tank_flaming.jpg>
> >
> > T55-AMX-13[1].jpg <T55-AMX-13%5B1%5D.jpg>
> >
> > OT-54 flame tank.jpg <OT-54_flame_tank.jpg>
> >
> > T55[1].jpg <T55%5B1%5D.jpg>
> >
> > t54 collage.jpg <t54_collage.jpg>
> > COMBAT CHARACTERISTICS
> >
> > Years of manufacture 1947-1959
> >
> > Weight 36 t
> >
> > Crew 4
> >
> > Overall dimensions:
> > - length 9,000 mm
> > - width 3,270 mm
> > - height 2,400 mm
> >
> > Armament:
> > - main gun, mm 100 mm
> > - coaxial machine gan and bow machine gun, mm 7.62
> mm
> >
> > Armour 20-200 mm
> >
> > Engine power output 520 hp
> >
> > Maximum road speed 50 km/h
> >
> > Cruising range  350-400 km
> >
> > T-54line drawings.gif <T-54line_drawings.gif>
> >
> > t54-001.jpg
> >
> > t54-002.jpg
> >
> > t54-003.jpg
> >
> > t54-005.jpg
> >
> > t55-001.jpg
> >
> > t55-002.jpg
> >
> > t55.jpg
> >
> > t-55-wire_big.jpg
> >
> > t-55_big.jpg
> >
> > t-55-1_big.jpg
> >
> > t-55-2_big.jpg
> >
> > t-55-3_big.jpg
> >
> > t54-004.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> 


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