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Challenger 2 MBT
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:47 pm
by Mike Cooper
Does anybody know of a company that produces a 1/6th scale Challenger 2 Tank, preferably metal, that is or can be converted to r/c.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:40 pm
by Allan Richards
Mike,
I think that Mark-1 tanks have produced 1/6th scale Challenger 2 tanks
www.mark-1-tank.co.uk. I would try Mark as a first contact point. Mark's tanks are fully R/C capable like the Armortek tanks.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:51 am
by Roland Wallick
Oh my Allen, you said the 'M' word. LOL
I remember in the infancy of Armortek, the 'A' word was not allowed on the Mark-1Tank forum,(tank talk) and if you used it you risked being banned, and if not, your post got deleted.
Just goes to show how nice Mark and Gill are.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:43 am
by Allan Richards
Roland,
I remember those days only too well !!! I'm hoping that the two companies now live in harmony. I think Mike put a fair question on the forum, and if Armortek were to consider building a Challenger 2 it would not be available for a fair while.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:47 am
by Allan Richards
Roland,
I just remembered that in those days Mark 1 hosted tank talk, which was also the forum being used by the UKTC. Hence I can see why it was not the done thing to mention competitors producs. ll thats changed now with the dedicated UKTC forum.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:02 pm
by Robert Bruce
Thankfully those days are in the past
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:39 pm
by Roland Wallick
Allan Richards wrote:Roland,
I think Mike put a fair question on the forum,
I think so too, Id like to see some modern stuff also. But not yet, I havent recovered from the Panther.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:01 pm
by Allan Richards
Roland,
I know what you mean, I have the early Tiger and I'm now building the Sherman. I'd love to have all the Armortek models but I just can't justify the cost at the moment - maybe if my numbers came up and money was no object.
I think a modern tank would be a reall Challenge - pun intended. They would be very big (and heavy) models but I think the real challenge would be to make them perform like the full size tank, that would be almost three times the speed of the Tiger with the suspension making them almost float over the ground.
Having scratch built a 1/12th scale DUKW I am wondering about a 1/6th amphibious scratch built Stalwart. If I can source suitable wheels that would probably kick off the project.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:02 am
by Roland Wallick
Allen
Good to hear I'm not the only poor boy in the house. lol