Hovercraft Tank - Finished

[buzzbomb]

Right up the top of the "Totally impractical List" might be a Hovercraft Tank... so lets build one anyway.
I started this build a few weeks back for the GB over on BTS.

Whilst looking for inspiration an old Sci Fi build of mine from many years ago sparked my interest in perhaps another Sci Fi Hovercraft
This is loosely based on the Dragon APC from the Star Fist books


So starting with another relic from the past.. a old Tamiya T-62 Build and the Poly Conduit I used as a basis for the skirts

Bit of demolition on the T-62 and test fit Hmmmmm  not really working

What about a mix and match with an even older Panther Hull ?


Decided I could probably work with this better, so use some filler to pad out the tube and tinker with layout. Used a 3D printed intake trunk as nothing in my spares box really worked

[buzzbomb]

So to get up to date... some more progress shots

This time, not to be lazy, cut out the pipe to look a bit more like Hovercraft Skirts

Some 3D printed fans for Thrusters


Playing around with Turret layout and the intake trunk.


More 3D printer work for Skirt Air Dam fans


Bits and bobs around the hull, ditched the original missile launcher idea and went a bit sleaker Dome of Damage type business, plus some armoured Skirt Skirts.

There ya go.. up to date

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool, I like that!    Panther hull was the right choice, IMHO.

[Wardukw]

Agreed 👍
The Panther has the right shape..liking this Buzzy   

[zenrat]

 

I used conduit on my Hover car.
Hammerbarn can be a good source of raw materials.

[NARSES2]

Looking good 

[PR19_Kit]

A great Whiff, just totally impractical in the RW. 

Imagine the complexity of the gun aiming computer software to deal with the almost random movements of the hull, they'd need a trailer just for the hard drive! 

[Vulcan7]

looking really cool & great idea         

[Wardukw]

The Steve Martin comedy Sgt Bilko shows how much fun trying to get a hover tank to work is 

[Steel Penguin]

high energy lasers   a  setting to act as a pointer, then fully press the trigger and " bang"  plasma along the beam and 1 mole of the target becomes 24 L of gas ( for example 18g of water becomes 24L of steam) and at most palnetry ranges its fast enough to be instant 
im channelling my Traveller  design stuff thing again arnt i 

[NARSES2]

im channelling my Traveller  design stuff thing again arnt i 

Yes 

[Weaver]

Good project Buzzbomb: that really looks the part.

I used to use Panthers and Jagdpanthers as sci-fi vehicles back in the day because there was little modern stuff around then, and they were one of the few WWII vehicles with the right kind of lines.

high energy lasers   a  setting to act as a pointer, then fully press the trigger and " bang"  plasma along the beam and 1 mole of the target becomes 24 L of gas ( for example 18g of water becomes 24L of steam) and at most palnetry ranges its fast enough to be instant 
im channelling my Traveller  design stuff thing again arnt i 

And I'm here for it...

IIRC, District 9 is the ONLY film that's ever thought through the physics implications of vaporising someone, i.e. their volume expands rapidly, which is the functional equivalent of an explosion, and probably not at all good for the shooter in a confined space.

[zenrat]

I'm thinking about a hover tank with ERA.  It's hit, the ERA goes off, and the whole thing moves rapidly sideways.

[Old Wombat]

I'm thinking about a hover tank with ERA.  It's hit, the ERA goes off, and the whole thing moves rapidly sideways.

Making it much more difficult for the enemy to achieve a hit with a follow-up shot.  

[buzzbomb]

Bit of filler here and there.. or perhaps a lot


Sanded down and then a quick primer coat



All of sudden it is rather chunky

im channelling my Traveller  design stuff thing again arnt i

As am I.. as am I.
Recent "rediscovery" of a box of the very thing