The Maus did enter production and one actually fought, so superheavies aren't totally against the rules. Just handicapped by being really big for the same firepower as a Panther or Sherman or modern tank. Not sure a Maus would be buildable using the 3-foot-long rule. But definately doable in 1/6. Put on big enough motors and it can be a lawn tractor in the non-battling times :)
On 8/1/09, Gregory Pwneror <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome Human, > I would recommend a Tiger too, the only problem is that there's heaps in the > hobby already. A panther would work quite well too. I would recommend > building a Super Heavy Tank, but I believe they are against the rules, as > the vehicles have to have been in production. You could always build a > support vehicle, armored car or fixed artillery. Artillery is probably the > easiest to make, the most expensive thing in it would be the paintball > marker. > > -Gregory > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> First of all, welcome. Hmmm....starter kit? Not sure exactly what you >> mean there, but any "kit" in the size of vehicles we dabble in would be >> kind >> of expensive. I bought a 1/35 scale model and took measurements off of >> it. >> Then I multiplied the measurements by 35 and divided that by 6 to get to >> 1/6 >> scale (yes, I know there is some number to multiply the measurement by to >> get directly to 1/6 scale but I personally didn't use it). I would choose >> a >> tank that is somewhat large (small tanks as a first tank can cause issues >> with fitting everything in the chassis). I would also build a tank that >> doesn't have too many curves or wierd features that are hard to build. My >> tanks are built using a table saw, drill press (and hand drill), grinder, >> miter saw, dremel, and a jig saw. If I were you, I would start out with a >> material like wood since it's cheap and fairly forgiving. Other than >> that, >> look at how some of the tanks are constructed on the rctankcombat website >> to >> get some ideas on good and bad designs. It took like a year and a half >> for >> me to build my first vehicle. I'm building a second one and it will be >> mobile by the end of this weekend after only a month and a half. And by >> all >> means ask questions of the group. Personally I would build something like >> a >> JSU-152, a Jadgpanther, or a Jadgtiger as a beginner, but that's just me. >> Tank destroyers like those have gobs of room in them. >> >> Derek >> T065 >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Achtung Bill >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Well I am new to the R/C tank hobby, but I have been building armor >>> kits forever and of course I like the German WW2 panzers just like >>> everyone else. I would like to know what a good starter kit would be. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >> > > > > -- Clark in Georgia M4 Sherman --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
