RC Tanks

At Bovingdon I have seen model tank clubs represented. This has stirred my interest and I wondered if there are many RC tank owners (Niel?) on here.

I was interested mostly in the active infra red combat competition, but there seems to be precious little information about that particular activity as opposed to semi static model displays. (at least in the south) Have contacted a couple of clubs but IR comps do not seem to be popular??

If any member could help. I am interested to dip my toe in!

I can't help, I'm afraid.

You are more likely to find infra red combat systems fitted to the smaller 1/16 scale Tamiya plastic tanks sold by model shops and toy shops. The large 1/6 scale, all metal, tanks you would have seen at Bovington are made by a British company called Armortec. They cost between £5K and £10K on the road. I don't know of any which are used for 'battle system' games

There was a photo of a model tank in ME quite a few years back, it sported a 12g shotgun, "interesting".

Ian S C

I’ve seen several very nice RC Tanks at the model engineering shows. They look very good and were made largely from metal. Not cheap though.

Thank you gentlemen. I am looking, at the moment, at 1/16 scale with infra red. Still cannot find much on I.R. competitive use but following a couple of leads next week.

I think this is the one I’ve seen.

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Yes that’s right, they are quite large. I seem to remember reading the Russians military have something similar and the gun is real and fires .22 LR.

Here is a video of my 1/6 scale STUG 111, a German anti-tank self-propelled gun.

You will need to cut and paste the address into your browser

The gun uses 50 cal cartridge cases. The gun made to be incapable for firing live rounds or blanks,(Home Office Rules) so the simulated firing is achieved with compressed air (or CO2) and a small quantity of baby talcum powder. It smalls sweeter than cordite. The recoil and recuperation are also powered by the compressed air supply

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I saw this beauty at Alexandra Palace a few years ago, owner brought it over from Australia! Not in hand luggage that’s for sure!

Powered by a V12 OHC Engine, it is called the Wimmera Tiger. Google it.

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Its the Wimmera Tiger built by Gerard Dean ( 1/5 scale PZKW VI Tiger Tank Ausf E ) approx 10 yrs to build and you can read the story of his build in the book Der Tiger  - this is not a book of plans to build it  but i found it an interesting read anyhow .

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Just been looking at the Wimmera Tiger, What an astonishing piece of work, I am certainly going to be buying the book. Incredible skill set

To see a model Tiger tank in action get hold of a copy of a film called JACKBOOTS on WHITEHALL.