T.I.V-Who's gonna build it first.

[Mr. Moparman]

If you have seen the show " Storm Chasers" Then you have seen this.

[highway]

  On 10/20/2010 at 12:43 AM, Master Modeller said:

If you have seen the show " Storm Chasers" Then you have seen this.

Are you talking about the show on Discovery? I don't watch it, but they had two other T.I.V.'s on "Mythbusters" last week and they were awesome! Of course, the one you pictured puts a whole new meaning to "Built Ford Tough"!

[Madd Trucker]

Here is some info on it

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorological-instruments/tiv.htm/printable

[Doughnut]

I'm not building the TIV, but I am building a follow vehicle from a Nissan SUV, complete with broken windows and lots of hail damage. It will have all the instrumentation on it as well. It will look nice next to my Twister Truck on the shelf.

[Mr. Moparman]

Yeah the show on discovery. Sean Casey has two of them now he built T.I.V2 last summer. The red one,the Dominator, is Reed Timmer's vehicle

[Chuck Most]

I've considered it, but I always keep thinking- "Uh... no."

Still, though, I'd think it would be very cool if somebody DID make a scale model of it!

[Mr. Moparman]

You would need a LOT of Evergreen!

[Chuck Most]

  On 10/20/2010 at 10:29 PM, Master Modeller said:

You would need a LOT of Evergreen!

Not if you did it in HO scale!

[Agent G]

I've gone through the stash of kits and spares. I really think I want to try this soon. With my abundence of armor builds this will be a natural!

G

[doublejuggs]

You would have to build a movable turret with it for sure, I dont know how you would replicate the leaks though that thing was like a sieve.

[David G.]

Mad Max would be envious!

Edited October 24, 2010 by David G.

[Agent G]

Watching this season really got me thinking of this. What would be a good base kit?

G

[highway]

  On 10/26/2010 at 3:52 PM, AgentG said:

Watching this season really got me thinking of this. What would be a good base kit?

G

Wayne, are you talking a base for one of the new ones or the one in the opening post? If it's the one in this thread, I'd say a good start would be one of AMT's 92-96 F150 kits, since it looks like there's a Ford truck somewhere under all that armor.

[Chuck Most]

  On 10/26/2010 at 5:33 PM, highway said:

Wayne, are you talking a base for one of the new ones or the one in the opening post? If it's the one in this thread, I'd say a good start would be one of AMT's 92-96 F150 kits, since it looks like there's a Ford truck somewhere under all that armor.

The first TIV was based on an early '90's Ford F-series, I think it was something like an F-450, so you'd need to swap in a straight front axle,but the AMT F-150 should be a decent base, or maybe the Monogram F-350.

[Joe Handley]

IIRC it was a 2wd F-450 so the Revell kit should work well for most of it, but you will need the later style headlights from the AMT F-150 kits kit

[Jordan White]

T.I.V. 1 was a '97 2WD F-450 dually with the 7.3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Intercept_Vehicle

[LDO]

I'd like to see a "design a TIV" project. Just daydreaming about what would make an awesome TIV. Something heavy...and heavy duty. Maybe a chassis from a big rig wrecker. That could carry armor and lots of gear inside. Imagine an auger at each corner to secure it to the ground. It could drill 2 feet down and then just ride the storm out.

A tank would be wild, but it would have to be carried around on a trailer and unloaded near a storm. Even the Army takes them to the field on a trailer. But wow...what an intercept vehicle that would be.

Just daydreaming...