Since this has gone from daddy-and-son to full blown adult playing with toys, I wanted to build this as well as I could. This means that I’m going to try to get it to look and act as much like the real thing as possible, and only diverge when limited by materials or simply not being fun.
The Tiger Cal and I had built together was closer to 1/20 scale and only superficially looked like the real tank. It was also wobbly and fragile, which I wanted to address with the new build. I also wanted to make it somewhat modular, so I could easily adjust the design and have Cal playing with smaller subassemblies.
I also have the dual-motor with wired controller, so while I am doing the initial build unpowered I am making sure to leave room and design elements to make adding power easier. I’m putting in all the gearing for eventual power, with simple clips or friction providing resistance in things like the gun laying.
