Racing/Competition GB ideas (get a jump on your competitors)

[Rheged]

Whilst looking for something else I discover I have a BT-7 tank model. No idea who's as it's unboxed but it appears to be in "wargames scale". So maybe a racing tank as they were fast tanks after all 

Tank racing sounds an interesting sport.  Perhaps a military biathlon event as in  the winter Olympics  :-"Biathlon is a Winter Olympic Sport which combines cross country skiing with precision target shooting."   Race your competitors round a cross country course with tank target shooting on the way.


   Cromwell, or Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, (A27M), was good for 40 mph  and could even leap across wide ditches according to Wikipedia        Cromwell was the fastest British tank to serve in the Second World War, with a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h). This speed was extremely beneficial in both attack and defence, outmanoeuvring opponents. At least one case is known of vehicle commanders using the vehicle's fast speed to jump large gaps. In The Netherlands, a troop of three Cromwells was able to leap a 20 ft wide canal when surprised by enemy forces

Then there is the Scimitar/Scorpion / Sabre family to consider.

[Mossie]

I've got several ideas, most won't work out because I can't get the bits.  Main ideas are something using a Swordfish and with possibly a L-39 or Alpha Jet, or a Dakar rally Supacat Jackal/Coyote.

EDIT: Important word change!

[kerick]

How about the aircraft fuselage mounted on regular ground chassis we see pics of occasionally? Painted up in racing colors instead of camo?

[perttime]

Whilst looking for something else I discover I have a BT-7 tank model. No idea who's as it's unboxed but it appears to be in "wargames scale". So maybe a racing tank as they were fast tanks after all 

Tank racing sounds an interesting sport.  Perhaps a military biathlon event as in  the winter Olympics  :-"Biathlon is a Winter Olympic Sport which combines cross country skiing with precision target shooting."   Race your competitors round a cross country course with tank target shooting on the way.

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Tank biathlon, or something similar, is actually a real world thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_biathlon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Army_Trophy


Wikipedia image

[joncarrfarrelly]

Whilst looking for something else I discover I have a BT-7 tank model. No idea who's as it's unboxed but it appears to be in "wargames scale". So maybe a racing tank as they were fast tanks after all 

Ditch the turret for a pure Christie Racing Tank look.

 



... perhaps stripped down like one of Christie’s high-speed airborne designs:



... or go full Stan Mott:


The Christie-Cunningham LeMans Sportank (1962). The ultimate American sportank, designed by J. Walter Christie and financed by millionaire sportsman Briggs Cunningham, was winner of the 1962 French LeMans 24-hour no-holds-barred classic. Its low profile, heavy armament, and high speed allowed driver Cunningham himself to knock out most of the competition. To put it is his own words: "It was really gratifying to blast all those foreign bastards to hell. I guess I can go home now."

[NARSES2]

... perhaps stripped down like one of Christie’s high-speed airborne designs:

I've a fair few books which cover the Christie in some detail, but I've not seen that one before. Thanks Jon 

[NARSES2]

   Cromwell, or Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, (A27M), was good for 40 mph  and could even leap across wide ditches according to Wikipedia        Cromwell was the fastest British tank to serve in the Second World War, with a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h). This speed was extremely beneficial in both attack and defence, outmanoeuvring opponents. At least one case is known of vehicle commanders using the vehicle's fast speed to jump large gaps. In The Netherlands, a troop of three Cromwells was able to leap a 20 ft wide canal when surprised by enemy forces

So tank Long Jumping ? Mind you if I'd just been surprised by a Panther/Tiger/King Tiger I could probably jump 20ft or so 

[joncarrfarrelly]

http://www.warwheels.net/Baker8x8JumpingTankIndex.html

http://www.warwheels.net/Baker4x4JumpingTankIndex.html

[zenrat]

Ah, you can't go past Stan Mott.
 

There is also the Ripsaw as seen in Fast & Furious 6.

[scooter]

How about the aircraft fuselage mounted on regular ground chassis we see pics of occasionally? Painted up in racing colors instead of camo?

Already done in the Real World of LeMons racing


How about "unusual" entries...like a Lada?

[PR19_Kit]

Already done in the Real World of LeMons racing

Not if you use the fuselage of an SR-71 or a Beverley though. 

[nighthunter]

What about a Vulcan drag racer?

[joncarrfarrelly]

Not if you use the fuselage of an SR-71 or a Beverley though. 

Surely the Bev would be horse-drawn? 


Or perhaps mule? 

[NARSES2]

Not if you use the fuselage of an SR-71 or a Beverley though. 

Assuming it could catch them, or perhaps it would wait until "they" tried to lap it, the Beverley could swallow its rivals.

[PR19_Kit]

Not if you use the fuselage of an SR-71 or a Beverley though. 

Assuming it could catch them, or perhaps it would wait until "they" tried to lap it, the Beverley could swallow its rivals.

Yes, just leave off the doors and fly directly in front of them as they try and pass. GULP! 

It's 'Competition' too, so models need not be 'Racing' in nature too, which means I could build my Extra 300 kit in some Whiffy scheme perhaps...........