Introduction: Cardboard Tank With a Rotating Turret (for TONKS)
This tank, or, CARTONK, is designed for use with the game TONKS, where players fight each other with miniature tanks. It has a rotating turret with space for a blast marker and an indent for your hull point die. If the last sentence didn't make sense, check out the game here: https://28-mag.com/games/
Supplies
- 14 x 9 cm (~5.5 x 3.5 in) cardboard, cereal box thickness is ideal
- half of a toilet paper tube
- 6-sided die
- scissors
- hobby knife (optional, makes some steps easier)
- pencil
- ruler
- stapler with a narrow jaw (optionally glue)
Step 1: Turret Marking
Draw a line around the side of the toilet paper tube, approximately in the center.
Step 2: Turret Cutting
Make six cuts with even gaps between them from one end of the tube up to the line.
Step 3: Turret Assembly
- Fold five of the flaps inward and one out.
- Staple (or glue) the five flaps together.
Step 4: Hull Measuring
Make markings 2cm (or your hull's height) from the corners on all sides of the cardboard.
The example measures are for a 5x10x2 cm (~2x4x0.8 in) hull. To find out how much cardboard you need add twice the hull's height to both the width and the length. I.e., if height is 2 cm, length 10 and width 5, your cardboard should be 10+2x2 long and 5+2x2 wide, that is, 14x9 cm. Remember that the turret has to fit, so don't make your hull narrower than the toilet paper tube.
Step 5: Hull Cutting
- Cut lightly according to your markings, but make sure not to apply too much pressure: these cuts are for making folding easier and should not go through the cardboard.
- Make cuts through the cardboard to create four flaps.
- Fold along all lines.
Step 6: Hull Assembly
Staple (or glue) all flaps to create a box.
Step 7: Final Marking
Mark places for the turret and the hull point die.
Step 8: Final Cutting
- Make cuts as seen in the pictures and shorten the flaps for the turret.
- Fold the flaps inward.
Step 9: Final Assembly
Push the turret and die through their holes and adjust the flaps if needed.