Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / October 2005

refer to
Tanks & Tracked Vehicles (RC)
at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~atong/
AAVP7A1 Money Pit
Armor Group West HQ
Bay Area Tankers Home Page
Crazy Ivan's RC Tanks
Field of Armour = 1/6 Tanks
Kwong's Modeling World ¥D­¶
RC Armory - 1/8 scal.
RC Tank Combat - The Ultimate Tactical Warfare Game
R.C.T.C - Radio Control Tank Club of Auckland NZ
Radio Control Tanks - Big Scale
SdKfz Modellbau - 1/10th Scale German WWII Armour Vehicles,
Sherman Builders
Sherman Register - Main Page
Schumo-Kits, detail & upgrade parts for 1/16 + tanks
Tamiya 1/16th scale radio controlled M4 Sherman tank
Track-Link
Tankrc 1/10-1/15 scale Tanks & Halftracs
Tanktraxx - 1/15 and 1/16 scale.

Alan's Hobby, Model & RC Web Links
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~atong/
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Sine you already have the links to the big tanks, let me mention some
smaller ones.

Iwaver has some tanks out now that are about $100 each.  They are small
electric ones and they can move, aim their turret and fire an infrared
cannon at each other.  The other tanks can register the hits and react
with sounds and lights.

For $600 you can get 6 of these things, invite some friends over and
play war in your house or a dirt lot.  If you have a 2 car garage you
could set up some terrain and have some fun.  While all the Iwaver's
are M1s, you could paint red stars and blue stars on them for teams.
Even better would be mouting wireless cameras on them and having
everyone operate the tanks from the next room.

For not much under a grand you could get the Tamiya 1/16 Tiger and the
optional sound and combat systems and radio.  The problem then becomes
finding enough other people to do the same to have a good battle.

You could also do a search for airsoft tanks.  These tanks shoot small
plastic balls.  They come in various sizes and prices.  Would need
somebody to act as ref to decide who is "dead" since the tanks don't
respond when a ball bounces off them.  Could open up other scenarios
though, knock over enemy base in the form of soda cans, get trucks from
A to B without getting hit, etc.

While I would love to do something along those lines, the only way I
could pull it off is if I bought all the stuff.  I need richer friends.

Techpriest
4 years in the US Army as a M1 Tanker

Assuming you have NOTHING related to R/C, it would cost you about $600 to
get started with a decent 1/8 monster truck.  Around $400 for the truck
itself and then $200 worth of support equipment.

The tanks range anywhere from $100 to $1000 a pop, depending on what scale,
maker, etc.

I'm contemplating doing just what Techpreist suggests and grabbing a cheapo
Airsoft tank (about $50 on e-bay), mounting a wireless cam and flashlight to
it, then puttering around my house (driving from my recliner in the living
room) harassing my cats with foam bb's.  This would be my wintertime r/c fun
as nothing compares to the speed, noise and fun of my 1/8 nitro trucks in
the warmer months.

For $1000 you could grab a nice 1/8th monster or stadium truck, all support
equipment AND a pair of Infrared battle tanks.

Doc