I may someday build a modern tank, but if I do I would like to do it as more of a scale model and not a paintball target. I chose the KV-2, the Sturmtiger and the M113 out of a personal love for all of the those vehicles and the fact that they were more simple designs to build. Modern tanks have all kinds of crazy angles and compound curves. I would prefer a modern tank over a WWII tank, but only if I could go all out on the modern tank. JMHO.
Derek On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Michael Butts <[email protected]>wrote: > The Iosif (Josif) Stalin 3 (IS-3 or JS-3 and IS-3M variant) will be my > build. It's hemispherical turret and crazy hull lines are iconicly > Russian/Soviet. It really shocked the world with its debut. I think it has > very aestheticly pleasing lines as well. Many might disagree with me on > that point. Though difficult to model I imagine an Abrams or its peers > might be equally if not more difficult and I just don't like the way most > of them look. > Mike B > > > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > > Funny how I was going to start this conversation topic and all of a > sudden some one comes out saying they are going to build a modern MBT. But > this is my question. > > Why are the overwelming majority of our tanks of the WW2 era and not of > the modern design? What drives most of us to model after older and inferior > armor instead of the newer and superior breeds? > > I chose an M4 Sherman variant as my own despite the obvious flaws and > limitations it possesed in history. I did so for a few reasons > - It had simple lines > - It was iconic American > - It for some reason spoke to me in a way that no other had > That may sound funny, but I wasnt really overly interested in the biggest > and the baddest. I was drawn instead to the over worked and under powered > machine that did by sheer determination. > > What are your thoughts? What made you choose yours? > > Aaron F > > -- > 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 > -- 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
