Mike, Welcome. I love the way Russian tanks look. What I have done is buy a 1/35 scale model and scale all the measurements up to 1/6 or whatever scale you want:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tamiya-1-35-Scale-JS3-Stalin-Russian-Heavy-Tank-Kit-/170893427017?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ca0ac149#ht_2061wt_1397 Derek On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Michael Butts <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello all, > Just wanted to give a quick introduction now that I have joined the > list. My name is Mike Butts and I am active duty Navy and stationed in > Charleston, SC. I have been following RC Tank Combat since 2003 (near > end of high school) but have sunk my resources into RC Naval Combat. > Some might recognize me from various forums/ lists realted to Big Gun/ > Fast Gun formats. > > I have a fetish with all things Soviet and my very favorite tank is > the IS-3 (Iosif Stalin), aka JS-3. I have a great many drawings and > pictures of it. I have seen some 3D renderings of it but have had no > luck in contacting the person responsible so as to get their hull > dimensions. I have looked at all the links on the site and have yet to > come up with hull shapes/ angles for the IS-3. Only 2D drawings that > with some creative geometry I could come up with said dimensions. The > front of the tank is made up of 6 plates meeting at various angles. Is > it the most practical tank... nope. Is the turret going to be rather > complicated... oh yes. Am I going to consider any other tank... > absolutely not. My mantra is that if you don't love it... don't build > it. Because when you hit a snag you might quit. > > My build will be slow and not due to start for about a year. > However, I can get a good plan together in the mean time and maybe > accumulate some good parts. Thanks for letting me join and I look > forward to gaining some knowledge! > Mike B > > -- > 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 > -- 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
