ABC Fire-Rescue based on a 6wheel "Fuchs"-tank
 

Hi
My name is Marcel and am from Germany.
I found this project in a magazine 17years ago, and now I got the time and money to realize it.
This tank is original used in the german military for scouting and transport.
There is a german company which tried to use this nice vehicle also for supporting in the reacue and firefighting, specialy for airfields.
The tank could be equipped with different kinds of water/foamguns, and I will try to reallize this in my modell also.
I will add some pics, time after time to show you my project in 1:8.

regards
Marcel

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This will be interesting!!

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I have a lot of pics... But just saw that here is only a very small imagesize possible. So I have to minimize them...
Some facts:
The whole body is made from 3mm aluminium, welded. Only the drivercabine is made from Polystyrol.
The swimdrive has a 110W brushless, the maindrive gets an 820W brushless.
If you have questions, just feel free to ask. ;)

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first steps:

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All parts are cut by hand, no cnc ;)

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A friend of me welded the parts.

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Next step was to construct the swimdrive:

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1 more:

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The swimdrive at the back:

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The powerpack for the swimdrive, 110W Brushless with a 3:1 gear ratio.
Also the steering, makes able to turn the drive 360°. Its a compact unit, possible to remove and install very fast only with 4 screws in the tankbody.

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The installed unit:

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next steps:

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The roof is replaceble in 3 parts. On the middlepart I plan to install the water / foamgun.

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2 weeks ago the tires arrived:

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The 6 rims and the drivetrain/axles I will order at a friend, he will build them for me. But I have to get some money, its not a cheap job ;)
Later I will build a 3-gear transmission, but that will be in the future...

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That is the actual status:
Just build the flector, its to keep away the frontwave ifthe tank is in the water.

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How is it possible to show bigger images???

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Wow very nice! Making it swim too is even more impressive...

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Thats the plan... It has to swim!!! :D

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You can get a photobucket account then upload the pics to it. Then click on the image code link then you can post it to your build thread :D.

Keith

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A little progress^^ The 2 motorhoods. Under the hoods I will install 2 fans, 1 for freshair intake, 1 to blow out the warm air from inside.

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WOW I missed all the updates you posted somehow. Looking great! you are making good progress on it!

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Thanks! But right now there is only a small progress... I am waiting for some more money^^ But next steps will be some bodywork to prepare for paintwork, and I hate this job ;)

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Airsupport

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wow very impressive build! looking great so far. keep up the awesome work.

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Some bodywork...

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So, now I got the axes and wheels complete now.
But the next few weeks I won't have time to install them...

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very nice
please post more photos

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I would like to do... But have a lot work at my new house, so I think maybe in January will come some new pics...

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Marcel, I am in awe of your talents.

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Looks great ,,love the axles..great that it will be dual surface ..water and land too...

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Thanks guys for the nice words!
A friend of me made the axes for me...

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I have to sell it...
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Fuchs-Panzer-...item35d7519dcc