2 or 4 I like the door and grates on 2 the most, the angle of the door from 4, and I think 2's ridge is a bit cluttered. Also prefer the (]:X:[) from 4 over the three small gates from 2.
on the merkava, the driver is actually on the side of the engine, like this: you can see the drivers hatch sticking up there. here's a CAD of the merkava powerpack: the transmission in the front extends to each of the drive sprockets. in most modern tanks, the armour actually consists of a lot of air, called "spaced…
@ Makkon & Hboybowen: Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you like what I have so far. Btw: Makkon your drawings are great. The engineer-cat and Darth-Owl and so many others are just great. To the tools I'm using: For all the modeling I've used Maya 8.0. Subdiv handeling is somewhat crapy I think. I heard this is fixed…