Ok so....

My parts from Sparkfun electronics arrived the other day.... As could be expected, I was super excited....

The tank treads were about what I expected them to be... Sturdy feeling rubber and plastic wheels:

However.... As soon as I saw the parts for the gearbox, I knew there was a BIG or i should say SMALL problem..... It was going to be small.... TOO small... There was NO way this gearbox would drive this beast of a frame i have built.....

This was going to be a severe issue, I could clearly see that... After spending some 6 hours and more planning out and making my body, I wouldn't be able to use it with this setup..... I really do not want to remember this part, because I keep beating myself up over it. The short of it was that I rebuilt the body from the ground up using thinner, smaller plexi.... In my frustration and anger, I forgot to take photos... You probably wouldn't want to see them if i had though.... I was quite put out with myself for making this mistake and took it out on my work bench along with several objects that were unfortunate enough to be in my way.

I am going to leave this post here at this point. I want to get more pics of what I DID create before I post the final product. I've got to rip the little guy down again for some tweaks anyway... Stay tuned.