I just have to have a 1/18 merkava !

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:26 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol4Pk9M1XvI LOVE

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:56 pm

Awesome vehicle. The only MBT that also carries infantrymen (only four I think... the IDF has always been a little fuzzy on how many infantrymen it can carry), which can come in handy.

TTT

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:24 pm

Oh I thought it was just Sh-ting out transformed enemy's...

fightin · Post by **fightin** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:36 pm

That thing looks awesome!

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:26 am

PTE or chap mei, made one but not exactly 1/18, I think.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:05 am

Doubt we would ever see a Merk in 1/18, but with enough time and effort you might be able to scratch build one.

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:21 am

chap mei made one. Hull was about 1/21 scale and turret was about 1/19 scale.....similar to what they did with the recent T-80.

There are 1/25 paper models of a merkava that you can scale up and use as templates for making a plastic version.

Doubtful we'll see a 1/18 one but a 1/16 is feasible.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:23 am

Awesome tank...better than the Abrams??

The IDF is Bad Azz

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:51 am

All the MBT's have the same basic family of electronic targeting and landscape imaging.

Quite a few, like the Merk and Abrams also have the CBR protection where they can operate on any battlefield.

I always thought it funny that these MBT's can be running around a radioactive battlefield where everybody else is fried, diced and par laded. Oh, the horror.

TTT