What rules are we talking about?
On Aug 1, 9:09 pm, 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.
>
>
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