Tank Plans
 

Hey Fellas!

I've been kicking around doing some scratchbuilt tanks since nobody makes them in 1/16 scale. Where would I get the plans for them? I've seen guys with plans for the Panther where they simply made a trace of the slab of armor and traced it right onto the material to be cut. I'd like something like that but anything is a start. Anything you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

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paper models? heaps can be found on P2P programs, just look for "Papermodels@Emule" or just "paper model ______ " (insert tank name). Theres tons out there!!

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P2P??? Like Limewire? [sm=confused.gif]

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Shareaza!! :)

Kazaa was great, then Limewire, now its Shareaza

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I would love to make a Ferdinand......:D:D
Think They have that in a paper model?

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Would an Elephant do?

(Papermodels@emule) [GPM 147] [Armor] SdKfz 184 Tiger I (Elephant).pdf - 39mb

Have attached some pics of the complete paper model in 1/25, and an example of the plans

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Here are some site I've run across

http://cardmodelshop.com/store2/prod...fb9eab23e9369e

http://www.papermodelstore.com/advan...8229a6&x=0&y=0

If you look at Merle Mohring's Elephant on our site, he started out with a paper model, and scaled it to fit an old King Tiger chassis he had. In first few photos you can see the paper pattern's camouflage still on the tank.

http://web.mac.com/ksoc/Special_Proj..._184_Ferd.html

Good luck

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I bought a cheap 1/35 scale Jagdpanther and made plans from that-

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...anther/ht1.jpg

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If you have ACAD you can make a very accurate as I did for the Zrinyi:

http://www.sead.us/Zrinyi-Eric-Views.pdf

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I looked, no M18 Hellcats. [:o]

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SURE DOES!!!!!! Thansk Very Much WACKYWHEELS

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No problems mate, glad to be of assistance :)

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Wozwasnt can you give me the measurement I have indicated on your drawing? I need to check an enlargement of a paper model I enlarged from a printout of the pdf tank file

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Whipped up a diagram of a 1/16 Jagdpanther

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Thanks whacky

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I got almost the same as Wacky's - 343.5mm

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Well both are within reason as long as I apply the same resizeing to everything no one will notice a 2-3 mm difference

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http://members.iinet.net.au/~wackywh...et_counter.jpg

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I knew it LOL [:-] very funny whacky

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If you're printing out PDF's then make sure that the plans are all in the same direction ie the front of the tank is always facing the top.

A lot of printers distort an image (usually length ways) as the paper feed isn't 100% accurate. Even top end printers can have this problem.