Mini "American" Landkreuzer

[Rick Lowe]

True
Much like their rocket program. It wasted their resources and didn't really change the course of the war.

Again, true.
Though it did help 'bootstrap' the US space programme.

[jcf]

The October configuration made me think of tanks like the Abrams, Challenger etc.
Scaleorama of a 1/72nd scale Abrams to 1/350th gives a vehicle with the "real world"
dimensions of a width of 58.33 ft. and 126.4 ft. long. Turret race diameter of 34.433 ft.
Interestingly enough the diameter of the "trunk" of the USS Iowa class 16" turrets is
35ft. 1 inch.

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[jcf]

Scaleorama of a 1/72nd scale Churchill gives "real world" dimensions of a width 52.25 ft.
and a length of 123.96 ft.

[Captain Canada]

This will be neat.

[kerick]

I don't have any BB turrets available or I would be more tempted to try this. One wild whiff! 

Unless someone has spares laying around? I live about 40 miles south of Chicago.

[Rick Lowe]

Not 106?
Is it dark, and are you wearing sunglasses?

[Weaver]

I have a feeling that a 1/35 Churchill tank might suit what you're after.

The hull might (will) need a bit of re-working but the numerous small road wheels would work & the track is, for the scale, fairly narrow.

I don't have instant access to my Mk.VII right now, for getting accurate measurements, but I'm fairly sure it'd do the trick.

Exactly this. When you look at all super-sized tracked vehicles, they have a large number of normal-sized wheels rather than a few big ones. The reason isn't hard to fathom: changing a 3-foot diameter wheel by hand is pretty much the same, whether it comes from a 30-ton vehicle or a 300-ton vehicle. Changing a 9-foot diameter wheel however... yeech. You only drop that on yourself once...

Also, as Jon said, changing a length of continuous track on one of these monsters would be a nightmare: better to have multiple track units, both lengthways and widthways, although changing inner/middle track would be "interesting".

Bit of a tangent, but speaking of multiple track units, I've often wondered about a WWII "Ogre", with two Sherman turrets, six Stuart turrets, two Calliope rocket launchers and lots and lots of tracks...

[seadude]

I don't have any BB turrets available or I would be more tempted to try this. One wild whiff! 

Unless someone has spares laying around? I live about 40 miles south of Chicago.

By any chance would you be coming to the Mad City Modelers contest in Madison on March 15th? I could give you a spare 16" gun turret then. If not, maybe I could mail one to you next year?

[kerick]

Not 106?
Is it dark, and are you wearing sunglasses?

Nope. I'm not that cool. But I do play the music a lot.

[kerick]

I don't have any BB turrets available or I would be more tempted to try this. One wild whiff! 

Unless someone has spares laying around? I live about 40 miles south of Chicago.

By any chance would you be coming to the Mad City Modelers contest in Madison on March 15th? I could give you a spare 16" gun turret then. If not, maybe I could mail one to you next year?

I don't know about the contest. Mail might be better. No rush. I have plenty of projects in line.

[Rick Lowe]

Not 106?
Is it dark, and are you wearing sunglasses?

Nope. I'm not that cool. But I do play the music a lot.

That's almost as good; you get Kudos Points!