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From: Martin Helsing <martin.helsing-at-earthlink.net>
Subject: Big & Boxy Was:Maus? [TANKS]
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:11:56 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com

Take a look at the Churchill.

They had several versions with big boxy turrets. There is a gun carrier that has a 
simple "gun house" (more like gun mansion).

Big sponsons mean you can hide a lot of stuff in the hull and with teh bogies 
mounted UNDER teh tank, you wont have to worry about breaking the suspension.

The sheets of metal that covered the tops and sides of the sponsons werent always in 
place, so you have some "artistic license" when building it if you need to leave 
something off for practical purposes

The Matilda is another example of this type of design, although it is smaller.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Clark Ward Jr <ki4gyt-at-gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 4, 2007 12:23 PM
>To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
>Subject: Re: Maus? [TANKS]
>
>I will continue thinking on it, and wait to see what Frank and others
>think about a Maus.  I'd like to, but I don't want to build something
>I can't battle up north next summer.
>
>-- 
>Clark
>M60A1 "the Beast" under construction
>FT-17 "Frenchy" also U/C
>www.rc-artwerks.com
>KI4GYT
>--
>Why do tankers call infantry "Crunchies"??? Because they ARE!!!