Hey guys.

I want to build this tank.



And the base will be this two tanks ( Many thanks to Peter aka ''stormbringer'' for the two tank he send to me )





The kit will be in 1/72 and I will scratch those ''wings'' on the turret with evergreen plastic sheets.
I want to ask to you, how can I bend the evergreen plastic sheets??

Also I want to Thank Barv for his help he will give.

Thanks for your time

What is that? Is it from a movie or a game?

Yes this tank is from Red Alert 2 the game.

I didn't find this pic on the internet but made it by myself. I had to install the game and this pic will be on your installing screen. So I made a screen shot from it and saved it.
But because I don't play the game anymore I have to unstall the game. I did this only for this shot of the tank.

Hi Hilbert,
strange looking Chally ! Bending plastic sheet is not that a problem if you stick to thin ones. The bets you can do is create a skeleton on which you'll glue the skin made of thin styrene sheet.
It should do the trick.

Hope to see your project soon in pictures.
olivier

If you have a form, for example made of wood, in the correct curve you could try clamping the plastic to the form and then use a hairdryer to heat it up.

Another option would be to heat the plastic in hot water and then clamp to the form.

Just thoughts..

Martyn

Cool looking Challenger. As already stated, I think the easiest way to duplicate the bends is to secure your plastic to a form, ie.. wood dowel, and then dunk it in hot water for a few seconds then remove and let cool. Have done this on a few different projects and it works like a charm. Thanks for sharing your idea for your build. "Q"

Hey Hilbert,

That's the Allied Mirage tank right? I used to play RA2 a lot and this was one of my favorites.....stealth tank, changed into a tree when standing still, powerfull laser cannon which was especially effective against infantry.

I think you need to shorten the Challenger hull. The Challenger has got 6 wheels, the Mirage tank 5.

The shields can indeed be made by evergreen. Thin sheets can be bend with your hands

Martin

I managed that too, but I think it will be a combination of two tanks, the challenger and this sci-fi tank.
I have no idea how to shorten the tank, because the tank will be outscaled I think it difficult to look right.
Thanks for the evergreen tips.

Ow, It just came up in my mind, maby I can adjust the wheels, and not the hull.. I will think about that, but I haven't the kits yet so I will have to wait.

Hilbert looks to be a fun project, I look forward to seing this progress. Please keep us posted
Cheers Kevin

Hilbert has contacted me and we will use the posts here and what skills we can muster between us on-line ..............as it it 1/76 .....I may be at a disadvantage with small scale :-) ---not been there for a long time
As I am "play-station " challenged---this beast is alien to me...not never seen the beast or tef..will try to extrapolate the sizes so that Hilbert can have at least a rough drawing to work from ..................when I can get some sort of size for --width --wheel dia--length of kithull etc
Please chip in with thoughts and suggestions-------on second look may be easier than the short first view
aye
BARV
(GOSMG)

Actually, Red Alert iss a computer game, and one of my all time favorites!

Hilbert, try spacing out the wheel arms, and get rid of one of the wheel arms.

Thanks for the comments.

I will space uot the wheels. But first I have to look at the kit.

Steve, the kit itself is 15.5 cm. I don't have any idea what the the size will be in your system.