should mention that is the hull MG sticking out the main gun's barrel On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 7:46:45 PM UTC-4, Weston wrote: > > here is a picture of it, got it home. sadly while out, our new dog killed > our 10 year old cat :( we had her on a foster to adopt basis to see if > things would work out, and sadly they didn't so we lost 2 animals today. > Since I just had to have this tank, i feel very responsible for the mess. > If I could go back in time I wouldn't have gotten it, but what's done is > done. I think the first thing I am going to do is name the tank and paint > it on. Lily, as that was the cat's name that passed. I feel really bad and > I am hating myself, I am surprised my wife isn't pissed at me about it > either, so I feel it would be something I could do to honor her memory. > > > I have an idea of how I want to arm it. I also participate in the RC > warship combats, which i have for 3 years now. My plan is to make an > enlarged version of one of those cannons, that will shoot airsoft BBs. that > way it should fit in the barrel or at least look very close to being > correct. Also would let me shoot regular airsoft BBs, or if it does make it > to a battle, i would just need to buy the special airsoft paintballs. > Still like the idea of the M8 conversion though with the big 75mm howitzer. > > > first step is to get it running and driving. gonna try to keep the sound > system if I can though. > > > [image: 20200414_134057.jpg] > > > On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 3:06:27 PM UTC-4, Doug Conn wrote: >> >> As far as the hobby is concerned, it's perfectly fine if the tank barrel >> or projectile is out of scale. You can install a standard paintball marker >> and be fine. We all use them. In fact, a scale cannon would have to be >> 100mm+. That's uncommon for most tanks, especially older ones. >> >> If you want to make the scale correct for your own preference, that's a >> different story. >> >> Do you have a link to the Stuart chassis you mentioned? >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 1:58:33 AM UTC-4, Weston wrote: >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I am picking up one of those 1/6 Stuarts pretty cheap since it doesnt >>> work (missing the transmitter) amd the guy has had it for 3 years amd >>> hasn't touched it. >>> >>> I know there have been a couple conversions to shoot 40 cal paintballs, >>> bit I was wondering if it was possible to swap the turret out for the M8 >>> with the 75mm Howitzer, so I could use standard sized more readily >>> available paintball stuff. >>> >>> I'd definitely need a lot of expert help.on this, I think first step >>> would be to get the chassis running with a 12v SLA battery and a flysky >>> transmitter. Get a couple ESCs and figure out how to mis the channels.I'm >>> not too worried about any sound or smoke, just want a working tank that >>> shoots paintballs. >>> >>>
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