AZZKIKR, on 8 Dec 2009, 7:45, said:
No one's said a thing about a couple of items, so I'll take the bull by the horns and weigh in. Firstly, I'm not quite sure about those 3 sewer pipes sticking straight out the back of the tank. I understand that they're supposed to be exhaust tips, but for a tank design that's all angles, something circular like a exhaust throws it all off. Now if those same pipes were mounted on top of where the engine would be mounted, and made to where they were just sticking out, then the design would work a bit better. However, as of now, they look rather silly and disconnected from the tank.
The treads are too thin. There is no other way for me to express it, other then the fact that the road wheels look like a foot-long hot dog sticking out of the bun. In short, there is too much overhang, and it can be handled one of two ways. One being that the treads are simply widened to the width of the wheels, or the wheels themselves are made the width of the track. In all honesty though, the track should probably be just a bit wider than the wheels.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the way the missile pods are mounted. Yes, I'm aware that once the missiles are launched, they can correct themselves right/left/up/down, but as part of a design and the overall appearance of the tank, the inward facing pods make it seem a bit cross-eyed. Perhaps mount the pods further aft on the turret, behind the leading edges. Doing this will also thin out the width of the turret. If you would like that coaxial MG on the roof of the turret to rotate 360 degrees, might I suggest moving that aerial to a more suitable location? Perhaps on the back of the turret, and angled rearward.