Building a tank for shatnerball next year

**bornl33t** · 09-02-2002, 04:22 PM

I think the coolest thing ever... would eb a tank with a working turret. Something other then.. oooohhhh that looks cool.

I have NO clue about tanks, never even considered building one. But I would say CUSTOM is the way to go. Most tanks I've seen are extremly tall and narrow. Check out tired that wally world has and findsomething that won't get stuck easy. A larger size motor, something about 10hp or more and a tube chasis. built for 2 ppl. Make it wide. Than cover with fiber glass pannels. They are EASY to make and EASY to replace, not particularly cheap but... we are talking a dencent tank right?

The most though would have to go into the turret. I would find 2 or 4 old guns.. all the same, ie spiders of model 98's replace the trigger and stuff with cylinoids from radio shake and time them to be full auto, it's not that hard, but it will take some tweaking. Give the turret enough though that it will be able to pivot up and down enough to lob paint into the distance, as well es peg ppl closer. And I would definatly put ALOT of though into how you're gonna let the operators see what they are doing....Plexi glass is reasonable.. but what happens when it's full of paint? Windshield wipers? get real... A tight mesh grill would be better, but then you're going to have paint all over inside!!... so there's something to think about. As an added bonus... you could and even fairly easily come up with an idea to launch smoke grenades...with a simple pneumatic spud gun.

hmm... I think I need to get involved in this... it sounds like fun. If anyone in the Des Moines area thinks it might be fun, has maybe some of these parts laying around, maybe ya wanna drop me a line and we can talk about it? I surly don't wanna invest my life savings... but it would be a cool project?

**agdemagman69** · 09-02-2002, 04:27 PM

wow, thanx for the feedback.... those are some great ideas

**Tron** · 09-02-2002, 05:03 PM

First get one of these.

MAX Amphibious ATV | American-Built 6x6 All-Terrain Vehicles

http://www.maxatv.com/

MAX amphibious 6x6 ATVs are designed for hunting, fishing, farming, recreation, work, and search & rescue. Drive through mud, water, snow, and swamp. View models, pricing, and dealers.

Then go here and ask for a custom made 6 barrel gun with 2-Gallon loaders hoaked up to a scuba.

http://www.palmer-pursuit.com/

Then customize to your liking.

You could use a light mesh over the max roofs they sell so it will bounce paint and then you can wipe off whatever breaks on the windshield.

-Tron

**1stdeadeye** · 09-02-2002, 05:05 PM

Easy Idea!

A buddy of mine and I were actually kicking around a tank idea. You can pick up a used, beat up Suzuki Samurai for around $750. Plywood for the body design and then you have a 4WD thin tank. It won't be street legal anymore, but at least you'll have team-mates around you to set it right after it tips over.

**agdemagman69** · 09-02-2002, 05:09 PM

were gonna make a custom body for ours (were cheap bastards...) and were gonna hook up our own weapon system.

were gonna add some extendable walls to it so we can make it a moving Bunker for infantry. the walls will have small windows in them so people can shoot through the holes.

Im also thinking about putting a netting in front of the window so that MOST of the paint bounces off

anybody know the rules for the tanks?

**Coaster** · 09-02-2002, 05:11 PM

you could use both the mesh and plexiglass. Glass behind the mesh. Just a thought..

**Pand0ra** · 09-02-2002, 05:13 PM

Go there http://www.armoredfistpaintball.com/.

You'll find all the infos you need about tanks.

@++

**agdemagman69** · 09-02-2002, 05:22 PM

ok, i jsut found out that you have to be insured for 300 grand

so i dont think its gonna happen...

**Skoad** · 09-02-2002, 05:24 PM

can i have my sig back??

:)

Anyway.....I was thinking of changing my old go-kart into some sort of paintball vehicle, but i'm not really sure what kind of obsticle courses they ahve the tanks go through.

Can anyone explain what they had to go on for Shatnerball, or any other scenario for that matter?

my kart doens' thave much ground clearance :)

**Coaster** · 09-02-2002, 05:56 PM

it would be cool if you created a large "loader" of a case of paint and had it hooked to a gun via a warpfeed with a very long hose. And, ofcourse had some kind of bulk air tank directly connected to the gun.

**Crazy** · 09-02-2002, 06:01 PM

how about a huge motor home? ;x

**Coaster** · 09-02-2002, 06:01 PM

Re: Building a tank for shatnerball next year

Originally posted by agdemagman69
\i was wondering what the rules about having them were

http://www.armoredfistpaintball.com/tank_rules.htm

**FooTemps** · 09-02-2002, 06:37 PM

Is it possilbe to make a grenade launcher type paintball gun for scenario games or would it be illegal against players?

It would be a really interesting weapon to use in scenario games. Just imagine a shoulder mounted mass paint launcher....

**845** · 09-02-2002, 07:48 PM

It would be cool to mike a hellhound like tank..

Building a tank for shatnerball next year

Building a tank for shatnerball next year

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