1/6 scale Stuart...

Anonymous

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November 2005

1/6 scale Stuart...

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 15, 2003 8:23 AM

Hi Ya'll
I was was in wal-mart with a buddy of mine yesterday and saw the most peculiar thing...

A 1/6th scale radio controled stuart. So being the die hard modeler that I am....I said to myself....myself....I can do something with that. So I barrowed 20 bucks (what are friends for) and put that sucker on layaway. I did take a quick peak in the box and it look like a good representation. I figure I'll drive it till I break it then start re-detailing it to make a really interesting conversation piece. You could probably used this thing as a garden tractor, it runs off a 12 volt rechargable motorcycle battery. WEEEE Tongue [:P]

Here is a link to a page about it....
http://www.21stcenturytoys.com/products/M5_RC_Tank.html

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, December 15, 2003 8:50 AM

woah it looks like it would be fun to redo that, all right!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 15, 2003 9:34 AM

I have one in the works right now, cutting it apart, detailing the interior... not something you do overnight. It's turned into a 'one piece at a time when I feel like it' project, but I have some great photos of it if you're interested I'll try to download them to Ron's site.

Ron. (the other Ron).

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 15, 2003 10:02 AM

I saw the same thing when i went to Wally World the other day. The only difference between that one and the one i saw is that it had the hedgerow on it. I looked at my girlfriend with the Sad [:(]

look on my face and she said dont even think about it. LOL cant blame me for trying.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 15, 2003 10:09 AM

Ron,
Does that thing actually work all that well as an R/C ? I would like to play with it a little before I start cutting it up... Big Smile [:D]

Sure if you have any pictures of what you are doing by all means share with the class.... Any inspriation would be great. I think it would make an interesting piece... Remaking it would be a challenge but worth it I think.

God Bless,
Kenneth

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 15, 2003 10:13 AM

They also have an M8 greyhound and M3 Scout Car.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 15, 2003 10:34 AM

Kennethc,

Mine wasn't radio controlled...so I just had the 'static' model. It's about as accurate as the Tamiya M5A1... maybe even scaled after it. So it looks pretty cool, but I'm redoing the 37mm and a lot of other parts to make them look much better. Pain in th' butt for most of them! That's why it's taking so long.

Ron.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:50 PM

Sorry to keep y'all waiting Zzz [zzz]

, but it took me a while to load these onto Ron USMC's web page. These are some photos of the 1/6 scale Stuart work I've done.

http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/upload?page=4

Like I said, this is a LOOONGG term project!

Ron. Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:59 PM

Holly cow man... thats awsome...
I don't think I am gonna build the interior.. Just detail the outside. I bet that will be a sight when its done.....some time from now Big Smile [:D]

Keep chuggin though. I saw a cool article in FSM years back, a guy built a 1/9 scale stug III from scratch. The way he talked he had to do about everyting several times and it took him like 12 years to build. So take heart......
I just got to figure out how to pay for mine now.... Confused [%-)]

God Bless,
Kenneth

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 4:46 PM

Looking good Ron. I can't wait to see the finished tank.
mark956

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 18, 2003 9:31 AM

Thanks all! I do a bit of work now and then on it. I'm trying to get up the courage to make the transfer case assembly. Need a few more measurements off the real thing first.

Ron

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, December 18, 2003 6:33 PM

Looks like a pretty cool project Ron. Should be fun to play around with when you're done.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:34 PM

They put out some really cool products. Has anyone seen their 1/32 scale Tiger and Hanomag. Dare I say they make planes also. Where were they when I was a wee lad?