RC Land raider

[Darathas]

My friend and i have thought of creating a remote controled land raider for laughs.

 

What you guys think?

[Tfcdogbert]

With tracks it might be a little challenging, especially to get the GW track patterns, although ig you can do it then go for it.

[Pariah Mk.231]

Clearly it's the machine spirit at work :)

[morcus]

I'd sugest that you build most of i from scratch around a suitable R/C track unit and I'd go for a larger scale than 40K (around 1/70i belive) a good base would be an R/C WWI (British) tank.

 

NB. The British thing is because the French and German tanks would be unsuitable and because the tanks that would work were named with numbers.

[CaptainLaevitacus]

This has already been acheived it was a much larger version of a land rasider but everything moved on it it had working lights. It was also seen in the pages of WD

[Okidus]

where where!

[BobPanda]

if you do not care about using the original tracks ir can be done relatively easy.

all you need to find is a fitting already existing rc-tank in 1:35.

but normaly ordinary thanks except e.g. the m113 are far to long and therefore the chassis needs to be shortened in most of the cases. a german marders width should suit pretty well as far as i remember it is almost the same.

but onf the original tracksize of the marders to small compared to the landraiders.

but hey.... the leopard2 tracks are just fine.

so why not using a 1:35 rc controlles leo2 to start from. but i think it is to broad. not much but a little. but maybe you'll find an easy way to make it thinner.

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ok ... that would be the easy version.

some time ago i had the same project planned. i tried to find a good way to reproduce the original tracks in a usable way but didn't succeed. even with quite hard resin it didn't work. the only chance i saw was to do the tracks from rubebr or silicon but i found no good solution glue both sides of the track to close it and i also found no good way for the enginewheel to transport it.

=> i dissmissed this project, because i didn't want to create a rc-landraider that looks like a real one except the tracks.

[werewolf_nr]

My friend and i have thought of creating a remote controled land raider for laughs.

 

What you guys think?

 

I recall seeing one that simply had an RC car drive unit (with wheels) mounted in the middle of the tank. The Land Raider kept it's tracks, but the tracks didn't move. It also had working lights.

[morcus]

Working lights are easy (Unless you try and use gas, don't ask), but the wheels thing is a good idea.

[Battle Captin Torodin]

been there done that lol

 

i used micro sevos and placed them inside the model land raider, how ever i didnt make to tracks go round, i cut holes out of the bottom and had wheel that where just big enough to get tracktion on the ground

[Eddie Orlock]

Someday, someone won't use the hidden wheeles trick and I'll be duely impressed by custom articualted treads.

[maniclurker]

Just search for some electric motors and rc equipment on google or whatever. It's not hard to find a guide to hooking up things like that. As far as this talk of using articulated treads, it is pretty much unfeasable. But, you could get 2 rubber treads off of an RC vehicle, or just anywhere really. Edited June 6, 2008 by maniclurker

[morcus]

Articulated tracks arn't so much difficult as time consuming. you'd have to track down tracks and wheels in the right style then cut and drill the hull untill they fitted.

[Liltom]

 

So, anyone else heard of searching for stuff?

 

I bought a landraider because of this. Not because I wanted to make a motorized one, but just because it makes them look awesomesauce.

[chromedog]

A mate of mine did this about 7 or 8 years ago.

 

The LR tracks were NOT used (at all.)

R/C tank kit was modified (drive train, ervos and battery compartment) to fit within the LR, LR was shaved to make the tracks fit into the space available. Tracks fit into the spaces left in the kit and were able to freely move.

 

The tank would move forwards, backwards, turn left or right and even the heavy bolter "turret" would rotate left/right.

[Eddie Orlock]

R/C tank kit was modified (drive train, ervos and battery compartment) to fit within the LR

Are there any pictures, or construction documentation? Do you know which tank kit was used and if it is still commercially available?

[Steven -Grim- M]

If you'd like something a little larger I bet these guys could do it:

 

http://www.mark-1-tank.co.uk/games-workshop-baneblade.html

[Aidoneus]

Saw a link on Turn Signals on a Land Raider couple days ago to a larger-scale Land Raider some guys had scratch-built, that they then added remote controls to. Not only does it move, it has headlights, muzzle-flashes, and yes, turn signals.

 

[Zeller]

God, tanks are frickin scary.

[chromedog]

R/C tank kit was modified (drive train, ervos and battery compartment) to fit within the LR

Are there any pictures, or construction documentation? Do you know which tank kit was used and if it is still commercially available?

 

 

Don't know if he still has it (he stopped playing a few years back ), but it was painted up in CSM Black Legion colours. All I know is he used a commercially available Tamiya R/C kit (he used the tamiya rechargeable battery - I remember the logo) but I don't know which tank. I didn't see the construction of it, only the finished result (but I did get a pretty good look at it as he was my usual gaming opponent at the time.). I've since moved cities, too, but I do usually see him usually once a month.

 

I do remember that he wasn't very welcome at one GW store after his tank's treads chewed up the surface of their new foam table :) The battle-bunker out the back had regular wooden tables/boards, so it was ok there, though.

 

I'll check to see if he still has it, and whether I can get a pic of its insides.

[NemFX]

Stick a small R/C car in the middle, make the tracks not quite touch the ground. About a millimeter's clearance. Nobody will notice unless they are looking carefully.

[sid8]

Great find, this Hobby of ours never ceases to amaze me with the variety of skills and talents displayed by its enthusiasts.

 

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[*Furyou Miko]

You could use Instant Mould to take imprints of the Aquilas on the LR's tracks then cast them up to stick onto the RC tracks. That could work, at least partially.