Homemade FT17 / M1917 3/4 Scaled Paintball Tank Build

[NiNjaRoo123]

let's see...

Paintball gun,check

safety glasses,check

kneepads,check

tank...check

[justron1234]

I will bet you go far in real life, none of the BS stuff , great job

[rwhendrix]

@justron1234 Thanks. Im told im crazy. But hey I have fun doing all this.

[iAmPwny]

one lucky kid.. nuf said

[bobcatblue431]

My father and I are working on a tank right now. Nice tank.

[optimuswhat]

reminds me of Brawl

[Tecnobingo]

Amazing. Nice work. Well done.

[montenlsn]

its amazing that u did that must of taken forever

[Gurkmomma]

awseome tank, and great choice of music, I love Mozart

[rockinarmy]

I get it! A 2/5 scale tank for a 2/5 scale kid!

[vietanmay911]

wow nice how much it cost you

[peetoy1]

how much you  what for it!!!!!!!! i give you 750 for it

[aerodynamicband]

correct me if i'm wrong but the renault was a ww1 french tank right

[Gurkmomma]

@aerodynamicband yes but US and several other countries bought some.

[Csmaster12]

Fuckin' awesome!! 5/5 stars!

[toxic3n3rgy]

How much did that thing cost to make?, Great job BTW!

[lhbeau]

That is so funny, that gun is almost as long as that kid is tall!

[RebelPeach]

was that a paintball bolt action rifle?

[Hotwheelsonfire]

you forgot the part that goes in the back of the tank so when you go a steep hill it wont tumble over

[balongaboy]

it not for hills its so i wont get stuck in the trenches

[ARMOROID5000]

Holy cow!

Most guys get off tuning their rice burners in their garage's but you guys built a friggin tank!

Great googly moogly! A tank!

You guys are by far the coolest guys in town!

5/5

[PracticePeace]

no theyed be cooler if an enemy tried to attack them with a homemade tank of there own

[KuchikiJ]

omg your awesome !

[manofthehour91]

you pulled all the shots on this tank, was that an actual breech loaded cannon you made or did it just look like one

either way bravo 5/5

[rwhendrix]

Thanks. The cannon breech is real.

[Draglineoperator]

its gonna be hotter than hack in there. good luk

[xhandbasketx]

This is the first tank I've seen where the builders actually used metal. Those treads, and the bulk of the undercarriage was all that off an old Tractor?

[rwhendrix]

Its recyled steel and dozer parts. I wanted it to be heavy and feel like a real tank. No golf carts here! lol

[TheCGIMaster]

@rwhendrix well put it like this, you did a DAMN good job at it, I LOVE IT!

[wboquist]

I think that's the running gear from an Oliver OC-3. It was a fairly popular little crawler for use on farms.

[dogomaticpro]

where'd you get the plans at and what kinda tractor did you use

[rwhendrix]

No plans to build one. But searching the net found alot of info. Used an old Cletrac tracks and frame.

[texasrebel2]

what does the cannon shoot?

[rwhendrix]

Its used for noise and the effect. But I guess it could be made to shoot a projectile if I wanted too.

[texasrebel2]

thatd be awesome like a blast of bb's or a tennis ball or something

[hockey833]

would a 14 yr old be able to do this all by themself? and how long did it take to build this, how muhc it cost?

[rwhendrix]

It would be hard for a kid to make their own tank like this Id think. You would need at least a few thousand to do it.

[hockey833]

darnit, thanks, what skills do u need in order to learn it? lots of mechanical skill?

[WernerWarhead14]

So cool... i what one...