Apr 10 2008Boy Builds Homemade 1:2 Scale Panzer Tank
This isn't the first miniature Panzer tank we've featured on Geekologie, but it certainly is the most plywoody one. Kettering University mechanical engineering student Will Foster built the 1:2 scale tank using plywood, a three-cycle diesel engine, and a bunch of other random crap. It has a top speed of 20 MPH and can shoot paintballs, golf balls, and empty Red Bull cans out of its air cannon. Will estimates it's got about $2,000 worth of parts in it, but says he's spent over $10,000 due to the trial-and-error nature of its construction. Let's see, what else? Oh yeah, it's got a sweet "420" painted on the turret in red. Will, you funny little stoner you -- so crafty. Seriously though, I commend you on your ability to finish a project while smoking the chronic. Did I say chronic? I meant schwag (and maybe the occasional beaster). Still, good job -- the only thing I ever made in college when I was high was straight D's.
Video of Will and the tank after the jump, along with a link to the longer article.
Thanks to Brandon, who doesn't need a plywood tank because he drives a platinum monster truck, for the tip
Reader Comments
1. SmokingGirl - April 10, 2008 5:15 PM
First.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I think I need a nap.
2. BigDan - April 10, 2008 6:04 PM
420 is also Hitler's b-day. Maybe this dude's a neo-nazi??? Well, probably not.
3. Atrides - April 10, 2008 6:25 PM
I'd have built two....
....only then will the world learn to fear me....
4. magoo - April 10, 2008 7:18 PM
umm its said alot but unless you can accoutn for the extream shadowing i call photoshop
5. bonzo420 - April 10, 2008 8:06 PM
ha he said beasters!
super geek u puff head!
~420~
6. bootems - April 10, 2008 8:59 PM
@4 Click the link and watch the video..... then call photoshop.
7. poop - April 10, 2008 11:51 PM
all they need now is a little infantry division that shoots bb's at them. they could reenact the battle of mai gai son.
8. Samuel - April 11, 2008 2:22 AM
i lost my job because i was watching this video.
Will Foster, you're on my list.
9. Samuel - April 11, 2008 2:25 AM
no, seriously. I got the can today, watching this very video. Wanna talk to me about Nazis?
Contact 1-2-1 kanst mich mal. Arsh mallen.
10. Cyberwulf - April 11, 2008 2:57 AM
I shall build one, and have it fire fish. Call it 'Fishiekrieg'... or 'Blitzfish'... Fuck, there's a humorous name somewhere in there...
11. Trevor - April 11, 2008 8:29 AM
He wouldn't stand a chance against my Brunton Helios :P
12. poop - April 11, 2008 8:52 AM
pfffft!! he wouldn't stand a chance against my *lawnmower*.
13. poop - April 11, 2008 8:53 AM
...but i just noticed that nobody's giving him props for writing "420" on the turret. damn. you guys are slipping.
14. Ken - April 11, 2008 10:30 AM
Pretty cool, i would be interested in these home projects in the future.
15. Scott - April 11, 2008 10:43 AM
Anything that cost $10,000 and made of plywood has got to be well thought out.
Nap + me = spoon
16. Atrides - April 11, 2008 11:48 AM
@13
Because the Geekology writer did it first
17. warlord - April 14, 2008 5:45 AM
he better be careful... an M4 sherman is gunna bust through a building screaming "DIE FILTHY KRAUT!"
18. penis - June 28, 2008 11:49 AM
he should have dildos shoot out of its air canon