Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

8 of 240 comments (clear)

  1. 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.

      --
      You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
  2. 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?

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

    --

    Use your head, can't you, use your head,
    You're on earth, there's no cure for that     - S. Beckett
  5. 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!!!

  6. 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.

  7. Re:War machinery is great by mt_nixnut · · Score: 5, Insightful
    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.