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."

Heh

[w.p.richardson]

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!

Uh, can you get me out, now?

[soloport]

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

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.

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?

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.

potential GWB jokes...

[buzban]

• every man, woman, and child against terrorism...
• look, they make it into Iraq virtually undetected...
• one for saddam, one for dubya, let 'em duke it out...
• (okay, i'm lost, but this seems ripe for the picking to me... ;)

The best part

[photonrider]

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!"

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:Uh, can you get me out, now?

[pergamon]

What is it you think the gun fires?

Hmmm...

[WegianWarrior]

...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*

News Flash:

[Sayten241]

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

Next thing we'll here

[sielwolf]

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!"

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.

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

[fr2asbury]

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

Cheers,
Jonathan

Re:What they failed to mention....

[JPriest]

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

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: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.

Re:you'll put your eye out with that thing!

[morgajel]

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

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???

Misread

[einhverfr]

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?"

Re:Cannon?

[nerdguy0]

The top parent is one of the reasons why.

Re:News Flash:

[JDWTopGuy]

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.

That things only going to take...

[deathcloset]

like two panzershrecks, three max.

Rough for who?

[mikosullivan]

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.

Re:Awsome model..

[DJPenguin]

a) have another kid
b) sell it on eBay for $$$

Sweet! That's one way to deal with unwanted pregnancies!

Re:Not so fast buddy

[dillon_rinker]

The CEOs of Miller, Budweiser, and Guiness meet for lunch. The first CEO orders a Miller; the second, a Budweiser. The Guiness CEO, however, orders a Coke. "Why didn't you order a Guiness?" the first two ask. "I thought that if you weren't drinking beer, I shouldn't either."

The German Kid Down the Street...

[vudufixit]

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.