Jagd-Stuart

“Jagd-Stuart” - When I was a little boy 6, 8, 10 years old I would have given anything to see, touch, & get into an army tank!!  We played army daily and shot each other as the enemy.  I watched Combat on TV and we had toy soldiers etc.  As I matured I was in the army, finally I was around a few and sat in them, and was still fascinated with tanks!   At one point I was lucky enough to buy 2 ragged M5 high-speed tractors from WWII.  After much research, I realized they have the same chassis as the 13 ton Stuart tank of WWII era.  Then, through the years of design and doubt, I devised a plan.  My favorite tank is a German WWII Jagdpanzer...it is huge and weighs 50-odd tons. The plan is to shrink the body and place it on my M5 chassis.  I planned on using a quarter-inch aluminum plate because of its lightness and rust-proofness lack of maintenance.  I don't want it to run...strictly a static display full-size tank.  I plan on finishing the inside enough to fool young children into believing they might be driving and operating the monster - with a little imagination of course!  No engine noise and no toxic fumes. Wheels, handles, gauges, levers, and periscope.  It would bing out the dormant desire all over again as I was a kid driving and fighting in a make-believe war.  I would like to display the finished Hybrid Art tank in various places in the future but I'm afraid access to the inside would be prohibited because of the bloodsucking lawyers that infest our nation - I would be sued if little Johnny hurt his finger etc.  On the other hand, they could climb on it and pretend to ride it if their imagination can come down to low-tech level of nonvideo stimulation that me and my fellow childhood friends only had back in the day. I still think it would be a righteous project to pursue.
 
In the pictures youn can see my hand-drawn rendering, the small scale maquette model, and me sitting atop the M5 chasis with the start of the housing frame.
 
Price:  TBD

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