Re: 1:6 [TANKS]

["Stacy Hilton" <stacyj-at-defnet.com>]

Chrys,

I've been watching you Ha-Go for quite a while now.  Yes, you are correct. My BT-7 will be a bit longer than 3 feet in length when complete.  I only brought up the 1/6th scale issue because I thought it unfair that a tank could be built much smaller than it would be at 1/6th scale and still be able to retain the "maximum" paintball capacity and number of hits to kill it. Meanwhile, tanks that would actually be 1/6th scale at three feet are penalized by paintball capacity or hits to kill or both.  I thought heavily about your small tank.  I also considered those building very large tanks in 1/6th scale like Aahz, among a few others.  I have no intention of angering anyone, I just thought it worth mentioning.  Also, if size has no advantage, why have a 3 foot rule?  I don't want to get chewed out again, so I'm going to drop this.  I  fully accept the rules as they are.  If a 3 foot Tiger can kill my 3 foot BT-7 with 2 shots, so be it.  Even if it takes 4 shots for me to kill him.

 

The Ha-Go looks sharp, by the way!

 

Paul Hilton.

----- Original Message -----

From: Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos

To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com

Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:32 PM

Subject: 1:6 [TANKS]

Now, I will think out loud and I'll attract everyboody's fire, however I see that a BT-7 is 5.58 m. long, which in scale 1:6 is 93 cms, when 36 inches long equal 91.6 cms. What is the problem? MOst probably something I've missed. The thing is that we'd love to see a Christie model that is plus minus 1.5 cms longer or just 5 cms longer in another scale. 

 

 

 The rule`s are fine as they are, what would I do with my 3 foot Leopard if the rules
changed ?

 

---You establish your own rules in your own local tank club! You already have 3 tanks to start your personal battle. (bending the rules in my local club ...) - not altogether serious either- Chrys

 

 

4) A number of veteran battlers have "increased" the size of their next
generation vehicles to be longer than the minimum 36" length to gain
internal volume for systems.
Frank Pitteli.

 

---- I figured this part out. That's why my tanks keep increasing in size.... I will never have the skills for a rotating turret, however. 

Chrys