Check These Hovertanks Out!

The challenge: build any kind of hover tank without using a tank kit's hull or turret - because nothing saus 'fun' like 70 tons of floating mayhem.

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Very nice. Thanks for sharing them.
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They look really good, particularly these 2;

http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_17.jpg
http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_18.jpg

Was there some set of rules or specifications these guys were building to? Because they all look remarkably similar.
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Old Wombat wrote:They look really good, particularly these 2;

http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_17.jpg
http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_18.jpg

Was there some set of rules or specifications these guys were building to? Because they all look remarkably similar.
I don't know for sure, but I'd almost guess they were by the same builder.
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Hello, I'm the builder, i'm new on the forum.

You can see my tanks on my site here : http://www.jipimodels.fr/jipimodels-chars-antigrav.html
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Old Wombat wrote:They look really good, particularly these 2;

http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_17.jpg
http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_18.jpg

Was there some set of rules or specifications these guys were building to? Because they all look remarkably similar.
http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_17.jpg
This one is 1/72 turret from leopard and scratch.

http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagall ... b_l_18.jpg
This one full scratch 1/35.
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Those are some nice designs.
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Thank you :) .
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Indeed, Very nicely executed. Welcome to SSM, JIPI!
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Thanks Dr. Yo.
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My others over tanks:

MARS WARS 2095 (scale 1/35),Cougar 2 Germany(scale 1/72),Cougar 2A4 Germany(scale 1/72),T800, Russia (scale 1/35 full scratch),DRAGON USA (scale 1/35 full scratch):

http://www.jipimodels.fr/jipimodels-chars-antigrav.html
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Hey JIPI,

Those are all the same link.

All I get is a page with a single image on it.
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Welcome aboard, JIPI!

I've been away (doing What If... stuff, rather than SF) & on my 2nd or 3rd visit back in a year or so, look what I find! :shock:

Great stuff! :thumbsup::)

I take it you have a "future history" in mind when you build most of these, because, with a few exceptions, they seem to show a logical progression in their designs.
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Wug wrote:Hey JIPI,

Those are all the same link.

All I get is a page with a single image on it.
Oups, excuse me ... :?
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Thank you Old Wombat.

In fact, i do over tanks since 2006, the first one was the "Renault".
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