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Build Your Own Sherman Tank

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the constructing-the-universe dept.

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."

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  1. Heh by w.p.richardson · · Score: 3, Funny
    I like the pictures of lil' Rambo rolling along there in the panzer. Reminds me of my youth.

    I can hear the shrieks of the gun control activists now!

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    1. Re:Heh by sczimme · · Score: 4, Funny


      I like the pictures of lil' Rambo rolling along there in the panzer. Reminds me of my youth.

      Where the heck did you grow up???

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  2. Uh, can you get me out, now? by soloport · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone els think the kid in the tank looks like he's got to take a leak?

  3. What they failed to mention.... by telstar · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:What they failed to mention.... by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Kindergarten won't be so bad. Have you ever picked on a guy in a tank?

      Although 5th grade might be rough. Reminds me of Bonzai Kitty.

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    2. Re:What they failed to mention.... by JPriest · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, bet there is a kid who will never come up short on lunch money.

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  4. Cannon? by ReidMaynard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man it looks like a Estes(sp?) model rocket motor would fit right in the canon. Look out neighbourhood cats!

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  5. Americans DO like war by Cyb3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  6. hey look by Spicy+Bisquit · · Score: 5, Funny

    its elian gonzalez. see what the little punk has gotten into in cuba? it is only a matter of time until he invades again.

  7. Builld your own Tank by rodney+dill · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  8. Give it a rest you anti-war hippies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!!!

    1. Re:Give it a rest you anti-war hippies by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: 4, Funny

      No kidding, Children are a lot like computer programs, Input affects output, but in the end its the programmer ( parents ) that direct the nature out the output

      Oh, you don't need to tell me about that stuff, man. My son is still in diapers.

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  9. News Flash: by Sayten241 · · Score: 4, Funny

    7 year old child with 1/5th scale tank conquers Iraqi military through sheer cuteness.

    1. Re:News Flash: by JDWTopGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

      7 year old kills Michael Jackson with 1/5th scale tank after Jackson tries to get in tank with kid. World rejoices, film at 11.

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  10. Not so fast buddy by scotay · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  11. Just what I've always wanted to see. . . by fr2asbury · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pictures from the childhood of Davros.
    "Father" of the Daleks.

    Cheers,
    Jonathan

  12. Re:Great for kids? by timeOday · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why not give them a mock up of a chemical warfare agent? "Hey, kids, it looks and smells like real sarin gas!
    Gimme a break! Look, if you ever become dad enough to pull something like this off you can make a VW bus, ok?
  13. Re:you'll put your eye out with that thing! by morgajel · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...wood isn't exactly "designed" for chairs either:)

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  14. Rough for who? by mikosullivan · · Score: 3, Funny
    Kindergarten is going to be rough for that little one.



    The kid's got his own Sherman Tank. Kindergarten's going to rough for the other kids.

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