Rex Ross

OMG ....... I wish I could build (and drive) stuff that good. That video goes beyond crazy ---- that's insane !!!!!!!!!!

1sgt

Hi, being the Tankers' Lounge, I was wondering if there is a site like this for model trains? Mainly HO. Don't worry, I'll never give up my tanks.

Thanks
Jim

M60A1Medium

Hey guys I bought my very first tank it a m26 Pershing , it ships on the 30th and I gets here on the 5th, brand new in the box.

Augustus1967

The Koolness (at least to me) of an Electric Dog Sled not withstanding...

I can imagine this Tracked Sled being used as the basis for some Interesting Builds...
Plus they just Look Fun to me...

At the end of the video they show a pair setup side by side...


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcIwrdeP21s

-gus

Augustus1967

Welcome Aboard M60A1!

Congrats on your First Tank Purchase!
Now You've Done It...
You won't even notice as the Addiction Takes Hold...



-gus

M60A1Medium

Hey guys my tank finally came in the mail it's awesome!

M60A1Medium

Does anybody know how to give a tank battle damage look?

M60A1Medium

So I had my father train my how to air brush , and I did a really good job making my pershing look rusted. I just need to finish painting the commander

Airbrushler

Looks good my first tank was the Pershing

Martellus

How can one look up the service record of former military family members? I have the names of some family in ww2 and one in ww1 that I want to know more about. I am not a direct descendant of any of them though. All I know is one or two were in the pacific in ww2, and another was in italy under the first armored.

Gun Tech

http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/arc...val/index.html

Hope that helps

Mark

Martellus

I will look into this, thanks

Gun Tech

Might be a dead end, it says 80% of records lost in the fire, but worth a shot.

Mark

Martellus

ugh

looks like I have to be next of kin or get their signature to do this for each person (and it costs $70! per person??)

Gun Tech

??? I thought I read that differently if it was 1952 or prior, regarding who can access. The cost is debatable if they can find info, if not, it's a waste.

Mark

Martellus

AH, yes, my fault. Didn't read it all. Thanks

Lord Haw-Haw

http://youtu.be/kn271kr_ks0

Augustus1967

Sweet!!!

-gus

olegnA

did he say 'world war two abram tank'?

great video and funny...LOL

strmnd54

Outrageous treatment of Canadian war veterans by the federal government:
http://youtu.be/XQeRppIguas

phrogjlf

New to the tankers' lounge... been a tanker since OSUT in '84... :P Driven M48, M60A3 and M1A1 tanks, Loader for the M60A3 and M1A1s. M48 was unit display tank, in Germany. Anywho, I'm a new member of the USABOT (United States Army Brotherhood Of Tankers), and in the Texas Lone Star BN. Our 'official' tank is the M41 Walker Bulldog. Got interested and started looking to build a ride-in scale... Need help finding scale plans with dimensions, to develop from. Any scratch-build info, as well, if y'all don't mind helping a Brother out... I actually like some of the variants, such as the trac-skirts on the DK. Looking for something from Diesel conversion and up, for the Hull. Don't care too much for the Danish turret mods, but Armor upgrades that retain the majority of the turret shape are cool. I can pick and choose, since it's a one-off. I figure to use something along the lines of the 1/5th scale Sherman belt-drive... KISS principle... Any and all help appreciated! Later, Jeff

MAUS45

Hi Jeff and welcome to the forum. You may want to look at this link. It is a facebook page for a guy that built his on "Ride In" M60 powered by a Honda engine. Hope this helps.

https://www.youtube.com/user/craigkimble58

phrogjlf

Cool Beans! Hadn't seen that one. He sure puked a lot of bearings, on the run after fueling up. Said Honda... I figured Civic, not motorcycle. LMAO

MAUS45

Yes, I think he had to rethink the drive system after that? That said it is a interesting build. He used a metal frame and plywood to construct the lower hull and turret. Strong yet still light weight. It is a one man tank, but cool!!! Not under powered either by the way, as you said, "He puked a lot of bearings". It was LMAO moment to say the least. I need to look and see if he re-engineered that?

phrogjlf

There was an (Australian?) 2/5ths scale Sherman with modified V-belts. Could always go electric, or Bat/Gen hybrid, too.

My plan is plywood and lumber, screwed and glued, primered, textured and then coated with concrete-floor paint, or maybe bed-liner. Road wheels will probably use trailer type torsion suspension and disguised coil-over shocks. They even make dual-torsion 'axles' for those tiny trailers for motorcycles, these days.

I want it to be fairly easy to piddle with. Did a quick MS Paint cut-n-paste, putting an M60A1E1/M60A2 rear deck and turret on a Walker hull. Aside from the color mismatch, it looks pretty neat... I want to be able to play with mix-and-match, like this. Add the skirts from Denmark, swap turrets and so on, but, for display and parades and such, a fairly accurate, recognizable, standard-variant of the M41 Walker Bulldog. Custom combinations not thought of, but using the standard scrap-heap parts, as well as upgraded mods, like the stand-off blast defection skirts off the "Killzone" 'Helghast' 'tank'... (NOT a tank... Missiles are NOT a replacement for a main-gun).



In one version, I even swapped-in R2D2 for the cupola... >.<

Later,
Jeff