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."

Comments

What they failed to mention....

[telstar]

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.

Re:What they failed to mention....

[Angry White Guy]

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.

Cannon?

[ReidMaynard]

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

Americans DO like war

[Cyb3r]

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?

hey look

[Spicy Bisquit]

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

Builld your own Tank

[rodney dill]

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.

Give it a rest you anti-war hippies

[Anonymous Coward]

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!!!

Re:Give it a rest you anti-war hippies

[cyberlotnet]

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,

Just as a programmer can filter out certain inputs, a parents raising of a child filters there inputs,

You want a program to ignore a certain command you program it to, You want a child to not smoke you talk to them about it, now just like programming, there may be some bugs and it may not work but the parent has to try.

Im tired of listening to parents complain, when its a fact that parents spend less and less time with there children.

Before a parent can even begin to open there mouth they should look at themselves and answer some very simple questions.
1. Do I spend at least a hour of quality time a day with my child.
2. Do I know the names of my childs friends? Where does his best friend live?
3. Has my child every had sex? Do I know this for sure?
4. What is my kids favorite color

Some of the questions may seem stupid but come on, its your child.

Lets stop spending all our time blaming others and spend more time with our children, that is the only sure way to improve things.

Re:Give it a rest you anti-war hippies

[xanadu-xtroot.com]

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.

News Flash:

[Sayten241]

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

Not so fast buddy

[scotay]

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.

Hobby?

[dnoyeb]

At first it looked interesting. Then he starts running into problem after problem and I'm thinking, Does he want a job at General Dynamics? Because he is doing a ton of engineering. He put some real thought into that thing. I can't blame him at all for the $10-$25 fee for instructions.

Of course he will soon find that the instructions are equally as hard to make as the tank...

Just what I've always wanted to see. . .

[fr2asbury]

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

Cheers,
Jonathan

Re:Great for kids?

[timeOday]

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?

Re:How are you Gentlemen!!

[The AtomicPunk]

Which countries was this not popular in?

Re:War machinery is great

[mt_nixnut]

It's actally far more likely that the kid will grow up to be a model making nutlike his Dad. Since he will remember the project as much as the finished product that allowed him to actually climb inside and drive around the yard.

Who knows he may even grow up to be an engineer.

I worked in prisons for quite a few years and believe me, kids with dads that spend this kind of time with them don't typically grow up to be dangerous and violent.

Re:Great for kids?

[iggymanz]

Giving a kid a model of a vehicle that inflicted death and mayhem on the Nazis is a Good Thing. Teaching that freedom comes at a great price is a Good Thing.

Re:Heh

[sczimme]

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???