......and I thought the Soviet Union made some odd looking designs.............

Doesn't Jay Leno have one in his collection? 

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And I thought Object 279 was weird.

Ixion

And I thought Object 279 was weird.

 It looks like the love child of an M3 Lee and a walrus. 

Nice glacis! Is that the female or the hermaphrodite model?

Ixion

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And I thought Object 279 was weird.

 

Must have been the Drone prototype.....................

hogfanfs

Doesn't Jay Leno have one in his collection? 

 

... the love child of an M3 Lee and a walrus? 

Lol, yeap first thought was it would be awesome in a dio facing off against an Object 279! 

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

hogfanfs

Doesn't Jay Leno have one in his collection? 

 

 

 

 

... the love child of an M3 Lee and a walrus? 

 

^ I liked it.

RBaer

^ I liked it.

 

....I liked it so much I used it in another thread ! 

 ( With apologies to Moff .....) .

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

RBaer

^ I liked it.

 

 

 

 

....I liked it so much I used it in another thread ! 

 ( With apologies to Moff .....) .

 

....do I want to know?

That's pretty horrifying.  The TV-1 even more so.  Who was the intended crew for the TV-1, the old woman who lived in a shoe?  Normally I love weird armor, but this one is just too weird!  

Still, it is intriguing how the world once embraced atomic power for everything!  I remember the promises of atomic powered cars with engines the size of walnuts.

Real G

Still, it is intriguing how the world once embraced atomic power for everything!  I remember the promises of atomic powered cars with engines the size of walnuts.

 

Moff

 

 

Real G

Still, it is intriguing how the world once embraced atomic power for everything!  I remember the promises of atomic powered cars with engines the size of walnuts.

 

 

 

 

Have you heard of nuclear pulse propulsion? It's a method of spacecraft launch where you basically blow up a nuclear bomb behind you and use the shockwave to propel you. Supposedly it's actually pretty plausible. The U.S. government had Freeman Dyson building a spacecraft for it during the Cold War. Luckily for non-astronauts, the project got terminated. Try googling it, there's actually a ton of info on it.

 

 

Yeah, I believe it was called Project Orion (not to be confused NASA's planned Shuttle replacement). It does sound nuts but apparently tossing a small nuke out the back and surfing forward on the blast is the most effecient drive technique. And considering how much radiation is already in space as long as you use a conventional drive to get out of Earth's atmosphere it's not really 'dirty' at all. 

Gamera

 

 

Moff

 

 

Real G

Still, it is intriguing how the world once embraced atomic power for everything!  I remember the promises of atomic powered cars with engines the size of walnuts.

 

 

 

 

Have you heard of nuclear pulse propulsion? It's a method of spacecraft launch where you basically blow up a nuclear bomb behind you and use the shockwave to propel you. Supposedly it's actually pretty plausible. The U.S. government had Freeman Dyson building a spacecraft for it during the Cold War. Luckily for non-astronauts, the project got terminated. Try googling it, there's actually a ton of info on it.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I believe it was called Project Orion (not to be confused NASA's planned Shuttle replacement). It does sound nuts but apparently tossing a small nuke out the back and surfing forward on the blast is the most effecient drive technique. And considering how much radiation is already in space as long as you use a conventional drive to get out of Earth's atmosphere it's not really 'dirty' at all. 

 

Just an aside, look what I found advertised while surfing Armorama! It's 1/72 and the quality looks to be Lindberg level, but...

http://shop.okbgrigorov.com/product/402/usa-medium-tank-tv-8.html

Moff

Just an aside, look what I found advertised while surfing Armorama! It's 1/72 and the quality looks to be Lindberg level, but...

http://shop.okbgrigorov.com/product/402/usa-medium-tank-tv-8.html

 

Looks cleanly molded with what appears to be injection molded tracks and suspension components....could be tempting to display it along with  " Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century " in his typically heroic pose...........

Moff

 

 

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

RBaer

^ I liked it.

 

 

 

 

....I liked it so much I used it in another thread ! 

 ( With apologies to Moff .....) .

 

 

 

 

You did? I can't imagine where else "the love child of an M3 Lee and a walrus" would be applicable 

 

....do I want to know?

 

You know Moff I think I have heard some references about using Orion in Earth's atmosphere and that the fallout wouldn't be a big deal if you use a 'clean' nuke. Yeah, still sounds fishy to me... 

That resin kit of the TV-8 does look pretty cool! Not thirty-five bucks for a 1/72nd kit but cool. 

Gamera

You know Moff I think I have heard some references about using Orion in Earth's atmosphere and that the fallout wouldn't be a big deal if you use a 'clean' nuke. Yeah, still sounds fishy to me...

Gamera

That resin kit of the TV-8 does look pretty cool! Not thirty-five bucks for a 1/72nd kit but cool. 

 

Moff

 

 

Moff

 

 

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

RBaer

^ I liked it.

 

 

 

 

....I liked it so much I used it in another thread ! 

 ( With apologies to Moff .....) .

 

 

 

 

You did? I can't imagine where else "the love child of an M3 Lee and a walrus" would be applicable 

 

....do I want to know?

 

 

 

 

No comment?

 

 

Actually, it was posted in a reply to a Tankerbuilder 6 wheel auto gluebomb suggestion

Moff

 

 

Gamera

You know Moff I think I have heard some references about using Orion in Earth's atmosphere and that the fallout wouldn't be a big deal if you use a 'clean' nuke. Yeah, still sounds fishy to me...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gamera

That resin kit of the TV-8 does look pretty cool! Not thirty-five bucks for a 1/72nd kit but cool. 

 

 

 

 

I'm not a fan of 1/72 unfortunately.

 

 

Ergo , the hope that 3D printing can eventually be a useful tool for the average model builder.

Of course, if the suspension is available in a 1/35 scale kit.........the , er, turret looks relatively simple as does the hull...............

It appears somebody already scratch built a larger scale version per the initial photo

maybe something for the scratchbuilding section of the FSM forum? 

Gamera

 

 

Moff

 

 

Real G

Still, it is intriguing how the world once embraced atomic power for everything!  I remember the promises of atomic powered cars with engines the size of walnuts.

 

 

 

 

Have you heard of nuclear pulse propulsion? It's a method of spacecraft launch where you basically blow up a nuclear bomb behind you and use the shockwave to propel you. Supposedly it's actually pretty plausible. The U.S. government had Freeman Dyson building a spacecraft for it during the Cold War. Luckily for non-astronauts, the project got terminated. Try googling it, there's actually a ton of info on it.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I believe it was called Project Orion (not to be confused NASA's planned Shuttle replacement). It does sound nuts but apparently tossing a small nuke out the back and surfing forward on the blast is the most effecient drive technique. And considering how much radiation is already in space as long as you use a conventional drive to get out of Earth's atmosphere it's not really 'dirty' at all. 

 

Was the movie 2001 Discovery One supposed to use that type of propulsion? 

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

Gamera

 

 

Moff

 

 

Real G

Still, it is intriguing how the world once embraced atomic power for everything!  I remember the promises of atomic powered cars with engines the size of walnuts.

 

 

 

 

Have you heard of nuclear pulse propulsion? It's a method of spacecraft launch where you basically blow up a nuclear bomb behind you and use the shockwave to propel you. Supposedly it's actually pretty plausible. The U.S. government had Freeman Dyson building a spacecraft for it during the Cold War. Luckily for non-astronauts, the project got terminated. Try googling it, there's actually a ton of info on it.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I believe it was called Project Orion (not to be confused NASA's planned Shuttle replacement). It does sound nuts but apparently tossing a small nuke out the back and surfing forward on the blast is the most effecient drive technique. And considering how much radiation is already in space as long as you use a conventional drive to get out of Earth's atmosphere it's not really 'dirty' at all. 

 

 

 

 

Was the movie 2001 Discovery One supposed to use that type of propulsion? 

 

I think it was talked about, though if you read 'The Making of 2001' they tossed around a lot of ideas. In fact the main backbone of the plot basically stayed the same but they changed almost all the details. 

Gamera

 

 

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

Gamera

 

 

Moff

 

 

Real G

Still, it is intriguing how the world once embraced atomic power for everything!  I remember the promises of atomic powered cars with engines the size of walnuts.

 

 

 

 

Have you heard of nuclear pulse propulsion? It's a method of spacecraft launch where you basically blow up a nuclear bomb behind you and use the shockwave to propel you. Supposedly it's actually pretty plausible. The U.S. government had Freeman Dyson building a spacecraft for it during the Cold War. Luckily for non-astronauts, the project got terminated. Try googling it, there's actually a ton of info on it.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I believe it was called Project Orion (not to be confused NASA's planned Shuttle replacement). It does sound nuts but apparently tossing a small nuke out the back and surfing forward on the blast is the most effecient drive technique. And considering how much radiation is already in space as long as you use a conventional drive to get out of Earth's atmosphere it's not really 'dirty' at all. 

 

 

 

 

Was the movie 2001 Discovery One supposed to use that type of propulsion? 

 

 

 

 

I think it was talked about, though if you read 'The Making of 2001' they tossed around a lot of ideas. In fact the main backbone of the plot basically stayed the same but they changed almost all the details. 

 

Thanks ! 

Purely speculation but a wave detronation pulse propulsion system would require a large, heavy, shock absorbing plate to take the explosion force and shield the crew from deadly radiation.  I had read a long time ago that the Discovery was supposed to use such a powerplant, but hey who knows.  It's like when guys start arguments over intakes and wings in space for sci-fi vehicles.  On another forum.  Heh-heh.

But back to the TV-8, yes it looks easy to scratchbuild with parts from an M48 hull and a vac-formed turret.  I wonder why there are so few road wheels though.  The enormous size of the turret combined with the radiation shielding would make for a very heavy tank I would think.

Nope nope nope, not gonna do it!    Honest.