RC baneblade

[Biotitan]

Yes you heard right, i am going to be making a remote control bane blade
I wont be able to start till after new year, but the tank im going to be modifying arrived today ;D
its a VS tank pro 1:24 tiger, its 25 cm long and 15 cm wide
IIRC thats pretty much the same size as the plastic bane blade
my original plan involved permanently wrecking the original tank, but its just to good to destroy so im going to try make the parts interchangeable so i can switch from tiger to bane blade and back
i got the tank for $172 with postage, which was at a discount cos i met the seller on a forum and he gave me a discount(also one for been in a water damaged box)
its quite a lovely model, and fairly detailed


and with a marine for scale


ill update when i get the bane blade kit and start converting it

[Queen Of Shreedd]

Nice!
I hope all goes well....

[wormwood]

If I were to do such a thing, I'd probably try to remove the tiger's chassis and turret servo from it's armored body then graft those mechanicals into a Baneblade kit.

Which Baneblade configuration are you planning to use?

[Biotitan]

thats what im planning at them moment, though ive opened it up and i don't think ill be able to get the turret internals out intact, nor do i think they'd fit inside a baneblade turret, so ill just add the co-axile auto cannon adn use the tigers turret, it looks alot like the baneblade one anyway.

i plan to go for the standard baneblade, but ill see if i can magnatize it to become a hellhammer
i hope to eventually get a second one to turn into a macharus, so ill make it in such a a way that i can add a second set of sponsons to it easily

[rakados]

That will be awesome and bring a new meaning to tank shock.

[n00b1n8R]

I thought a baneblade cost less then $170 :S

at any rate, good luck (can't wait to see how this turns out).

[Biotitan]

if i wanted cheap i would have just made one out of cardboard

thanx, hopefully i can finish it by the end of the holidays

[CoBrA]

Hasn't this been done with a Land Raider? It had working headlights and everything.
Will you make a actual working cannon? That would be great!

[Overread]

hm gunpowder and plastic - might be a problem there cobra, however, you could install a spring loaded launcher into the barrle - or steal one out of a toy

[Biotitan]

it has a built in IR battle system, and the led for that is in the end of the barrel, so i don't really want to interfere with that, so i wont be giving it a working cannon, well not the turret, i might to the demolisher though