Wolf, you might want to take a look at the Comet, as it has a welded hull.

I'll definately give the Comet a look, thanks.

WOLF

Have you considered windshield wiper motors instead? They seem like they're designed to operate for extended periods, which I doubt window motors are.

Thanks for the suggestion Phil, I'll look into those as well since they also have a built in gearbox and should have more than enough power.
The top speed for most WWII era tanks was less than 45mph and most were considerably slower than that.
Assuming a top speed of 30 mph you end up with a 1/6th scale model having a top speed of 5 mph so it really isn't moving very fast.
Some of the heavy tanks were even slower so the increase in the reduction gearing will actually boost battery/motor life due to lower loads.
I'm also looking at various ways to do the final drives, most tanks of that period could not do a neutral turn where one track goes forward and the other reverses so it might be possible to just use one motor.
The R/C Tank Combat site has various how-to articles that can be applied to a scale model as well as the type of models they use.
Those paintball tanks look like fun but there isn't enough interest in the R/C hobby around here to get enough people to have any competition.

One drawback to the wiper motors is they're not bidirectional, so you'd need to make allowances for reverse in the drivetrain. Perhaps there are 2-wire wiper motors available, which should run backwards when polarity is reversed.

Couple more vids for you...now I got the hang of Movie editor. First is the 1:16th LVT from the commanders position


and the second continuing the LVT theme is a Nitto 1:35 LVT(A)5 converted to an (A)4 and to RC !.


It was inspired by a vid on you tube and the remarkable work of an italian guy Massimo Dantilo who does 1:35 RC conversions this is his site

Massimo Dantilos models