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Full size model tank, Go big or go home...
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 02:42 AM UTC
https://www.odditycentral.com/art/cardboard-modelling-experts-build-life-size-replica-of-israeli-battle-tank.html#more-66694
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 02:48 AM UTC
I guess an eventual crew would not be allowed to smoke...And they would stay at home on rainy days

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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 02:51 AM UTC
Does it leave a paper trail??
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 04:59 AM UTC
Hamas might pick up a few of those as a light-weight replacement for their previous generation of Mk.4 mockups...



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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 05:49 AM UTC
Amazing work!! Takes the "recycle please" idea to a whole different level.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 06:01 AM UTC
Much better than "Paper" panzer

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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 06:13 AM UTC
that is one impressive model, I'm just wondering how big the shelf is going to be that they display it on in their living room
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 06:23 AM UTC
Are we sure the Chinese Government isn't doing a full sized mock-up for a future tank design?....lol
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 06:23 AM UTC

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that is one impressive model, I'm just wondering how big the shelf is going to be that they display it on in their living room


Never mind the shelf I WANT that living room .....
Kenaicop
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 08:04 AM UTC

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Does it leave a paper trail??


With lots of red tape
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 08:28 AM UTC
They choose a Merkava because it has the original cardboard color.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 10:29 AM UTC
Why? Just why? Just build in plastic-- avoid all the "paper cuts". You'd also need a couple of dump trucks to recycle the thing.

VR, Russ
Biggles2
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 10:41 AM UTC
When I was a kid I had a "tank" made from a cardboard box, with a gun made from an empty paper towel roll. This one's a bit better!
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 10:48 AM UTC
At the Rememberance Museum in Belgium, the owner has built an M-10 out of plywood and styrafoam that I thought was real at first.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 07:34 PM UTC

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Are we sure the Chinese Government isn't doing a full sized mock-up for a future tank design?....lol


This chinese man did take the homemade tank idea a step further: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-12/03/content_27557370.htm

Tanks made of snow: https://funnyjunk.com/Snow+tank+sculptures/funny-pictures/5817372/
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