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You have taken modelling to a whole new level. I applaude your work on this project. This is simply awesome. The Baneblade needs to go into Golden Demon cases and run down the competition. Great work.

hi ...
during the last week i made little progress on my tanks, because i finaly brough my brand new blopage online.
check it out if you want to ... - viitors and comments highly appreciated.:
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http://www.bobpanda.de
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additional to that i continud building a little look-out for the hb-gunner.
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This is amazing stuff I thought just making the tanks move was cool and then the turrets and lights just made my jaw drop!
Look at all that dakka.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. I know absolutely nothing about electronics myself, but you've managed make me want to try! keep up the fantastic work.

yesterday i did most of the main armor ....
. more pics on my page ....
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This is awesome, ultimate vehicle ramming now!!!! Great job on everything man, cant wait to see more!!

hi there ...
new vid online ... ! :... :rolleyes:


comments welcome ...

Can you put a tutorial up?

mcfly wrote:Can you put a tutorial up?

i'm planing to post a detailed projectlog on my page ... but give me some time ... at the moment i'm spending more time in building than in writing ...
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bang bang !!!

Very very cool. Just a question. Are you custom making your electronics or sourcing them commercialy? the reason i ask is some of it looks rather bulky and i was wondering if you had looked at some of the Micro radio on the market.

hmmm i wanted to keep it as cheap as possible and therefore have not always bought the smallest but those that were relatively cheap AND small. the controlers themselves were all taken from other tanks or bought completely assembled at e-shops. in the end there's not a lot of electronics needed at all.
a sender, a reciever (in my case 8 channels), some servos, a 2-channel speedcontroler, and a single-channel-switch, somebatteries, a powerswitch and the cannon. :-)

Do you realy need 8 channels? If i where you i would use some y leads and have the turrets etc on the same channel. What are the servos for? I realy would look at micro servos, they are not that much more expensive.

What motors are you using? If you are using the same ones that come with the kit you got the tracks from i would suggest they are vastly to powerfull. I have thought about something similler myself using a Leman Russ, i might get around to it one day. For motors i was looking at using motors from standard size servos. You dont want a fast tank, even some of the small unes designed for model boats would work.

ollieholmes wrote:Do you realy need 8 channels? If i where you i would use some y leads and have the turrets etc on the same channel. What are the servos for? I realy would look at micro servos, they are not that much more expensive.

What motors are you using? If you are using the same ones that come with the kit you got the tracks from i would suggest they are vastly to powerfull. I have thought about something similler myself using a Leman Russ, i might get around to it one day. For motors i was looking at using motors from standard size servos. You dont want a fast tank, even some of the small unes designed for model boats would work.

the servos i use are somewhere between mini and micro for 5€ each. i used them for the laserturrets, the gunner on top and the up n' down for the cannon.

for the motor i already used 2 heavily modified standard-servos, as you can see in the following pics.:
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the good thing about servos is, that they are very powerfull and reliable. i mean two servos of the same type normaly run in exactly the same speed when driven by the same voltage. this is a huge advantage and helps you to avoid getting tracks moving at different speeds.

Have you thought about stripping off the servo casing? would save some room.

I will see if i can dog out my internet source for micro radio gear. They did some sub micro servos for good prices.

yes .. if you look closely you will see that i already cut the cases to make than slide into each another in a 90° angle. the remaining cases do only cover gear and motor. the controlunit is completely removed.

holy cow those look awsome! How epic would it be to turn the turret on the table after declaring your target in shooting. LoL

Make one for me too, please! (pun intended)

Even though I've got a few radio controlled cars and planes/copters, I'm not seeing myself copying you! It would be a sorry second...

Keep it up!

Azmo

how much money did the land raider project cost and do you think i could make a rhino RC?

Its awsome keep up the work

wow, so you moved the servo circuit board to a remote spot...nice

hey Bob, have you thought of using the transmission/engine from a Tamiya 1/35th scale R/C tank kit? it should fit in the hull perfectly...

jep'ray wrote:wow, so you moved the servo circuit board to a remote spot...nice

hey Bob, have you thought of using the transmission/engine from a Tamiya 1/35th scale R/C tank kit? it should fit in the hull perfectly...

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hi ... thanks for your comment ...
the problem with the 1:35 from timaiya is, that they cost about 100€, which 3 times as much as the tanks that "kill" for a conversion. but maybe i'll give it a try.
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btw ... i new vids regarding those 3 tanks online .... :

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now you should try a battle wagon

dear god!

amazing!

This thread keeps getting better and better
Dakka dakka dakka

I think that you did a great job.
how are you going to measure movement.

Battlebots! Except with tanks.

here are some pics of my remote controlled shadowsword, which will finally count as my iron saint. some rivets, chains and accessoires are still missing, but the major part of the build is done. ... comments are welcome ...
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Uh why's it crewed by a Space Marine not a Guardsman? These are really cool although shooting your opponent with a Shadowsword cannon is probably cheating. Funny Though.

Nice - I want one badly. How much did it cost to build?

How do you move it on the board?