Here are some videos of the tank doing it’s thing.
First engine start up.
Moving the turret.
Firing two shells, note the tank recoil. The shells go a long way but leave the gun too fast to see on this video.
RC Models
Challenger 2 Finished
The model is now complete and ready for testing. Videos of the testing will follow.
The front view showing lots of the details including wing mirrors that are folded down, mortars (or maybe grenade launchers), and various towing points.
I think this is a demountable Bren Gun, but it could be a machine gun. The hatches can be opened and one is used to load the BBs.
The rear of the tank has lots of things mounted including fuel cans and lots of shackles.
The side view shows the tank tracks and suspension.
Challenger 2 Tank
My first true radio controlled model build.
After lots of hints from B-I-L John, I finally decided to build a proper radio controlled model. The first one is a one sixteenth scale model of the Challenger Tank. This photo shows it about 3/4s built, with lots of small fiddly bits still to fit.
The ruler shows the rough size of the model and the controller is just visible under the glass work bench, right at the front of the model.
Once complete it should be very impressive, as the gun fires BBs with a range of 25 to 30 metres. The engine makes a huge noise and chucks lots of smoke out of the exhaust! Once it is complete I will post videos of the test runs, so watch this space.