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Build Your Own Sherman Tank
absolut.evil writes "OK, so admittedly it is only 1/5th scale, but still pretty cool.. especially if you're a kid. The thing comes complete with working suspension, meticulously built wooden tank treads and X-Arcade controls. Check out the pics and construction timeline."
I can hear the shrieks of the gun control activists now!
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Anyone els think the kid in the tank looks like he's got to take a leak?
What they failed to mention was that the Sherman tank was built AROUND the small child ...
Kindergarten is going to be rough for that little one.
Man it looks like a Estes(sp?) model rocket motor would fit right in the canon. Look out neighbourhood cats!
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No wonder Bush is looking for every last reason to attack Iraq...
Hey that big war budget HAS to be spent doing something "constructive" right?
is that the kid will outgrow it in a year and dad will have to think up a new project, maybe a bigger tank or an airplane. "But honey, it's for the kid!"
its elian gonzalez. see what the little punk has gotten into in cuba? it is only a matter of time until he invades again.
Cool.
Now I want to sell the instructions to Build your own mine field to this guy's neigbors.
Where was cool stuff like this when I was a kid, or at least when I was small enough to fit inside one of these. I was impressed that the treads were make out of wood, I would've guessed that you would've need an expensive trip too the hardware store to do treads.
Use your head, can't you, use your head,
You're on earth, there's no cure for that - S. Beckett
Studies have proven that it's NATURAL for kids to play with toy guns and the like. Children who do are not any more prone to shooting someone later in life than kids who merely play with dolls. I'm tired of pop psychologists/Oprah Winfrey telling us how to raise children/live our lives. I'm so pissed I'm going outside to shoot something!!!
...would a 1/3rd scale model be large enought for a grown man? Or should I try for a 1/2 scale?
I mean, this would be one hell of a toy to scare the neightbours with... *smiles*
Everything in the world is controlled by a small, evil group to which, unfortunately, no one you know belongs.
7 year old child with 1/5th scale tank conquers Iraqi military through sheer cuteness.
Is that it was made for 300 million dollars as a part of some Homeland Security/NSF grant. Tom Ridge: "We need to arm and armor our children. Otherwise the terrorists have won!"
What is music when you despise all sound?
Just imagine the looks on your neighbors faces when you rumble into the midst of their barbecue in a Panzer, and paste the beer cooler with your 37mm potato cannon. That'll teach 'em to drink imported beer on the 4th of July.
The response from my Guinness keg launcher promises to teach your 5-year-old a valuable lesson on the perils of unilateralism.
Pictures from the childhood of Davros.
"Father" of the Daleks.
Cheers,
Jonathan
...wood isn't exactly "designed" for chairs either:)
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From the article:
The power source in this model is two 12v 75Ah deep-cycle Autocraft batteries driving two 24v 1/5 hp electric gear motors (see the bottom of this page for more on these motors). emphasis mine
Anyone else read this "antiaircraft batteries?"
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like two panzershrecks, three max.
The kid's got his own Sherman Tank. Kindergarten's going to rough for the other kids.
Miko O'Sullivan
a) have another kid
b) sell it on eBay for $$$
Sweet! That's one way to deal with unwanted pregnancies!
Had a pair of 1/4 scale 88mm AA guns pointed right down the street. His son didn't make it past the cul de sac.