Re: GEV Tank
From: Derek Fulton <derekfulton@b...>
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 08:53:45 +1100
Subject: Re: GEV Tank
At 09:57 2/03/02 -0600, you wrote:
> > What sort of materials were you using?
> >
> > Richard
> >
>
>Mostly just Evergreen and Plastruct sheets and rods for the frame, and
>using Plastruct Weld (plastic solvent) to hold it all together. The
>turret ring is two small plastic bottles I had in my junk box that fit
>into one another. The skirt is actually a strip cut out of that tubing
>you can buy to run all your computer cables through. The tubing never
>actually made it to its designed purpose, and I owe my wife a new one
now.
>
>I had thought about the fact that the intakes were probably a weak
point
>in a realistic design, but then again it looked so much cooler than any
other
>layout I could think of. And in this case coolness had to win out.
>
>Randy Wolfmeyer
Maybe that anti-mine finish you see on German tanks in WW2 would look
good too?
Cheers
Derek
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