Man builds incredible paintball tank for his son from scratch by reusing old vehicles

Forget a rickety tree house, this dad went one step further and built his son a working tank.

However, instead of bullets, it fires harmless – put fun-looking – paintballs.

He built it almost entirely from scratch.

All he used were parts from an old quadbike and a broken scooter.

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Building a tank from scratch

Shared by Meanwhile in the Garage, the impressive footage sees his harvesting parts and soldering them to format a solid-looking frame, into which he affixes a borrowed engine and a comfy-looking seat.

Next, the wheels and working tracks are put in place – making it drivable on almost any terrain.

Last, and certainly not least from a fun perspective, the tank hatch and paintball gun are affixed.

There’s even a screen inside to allow the driver to aim and fire without sticking their dead above the proverbial parapet.

Painted in khaki and black – this is a sheer work of DIY art.

Plus, watching each part slot satisfyingly into place is a form of automotive ASMR.

Seeing it in action must have made every moment of hard work worth it – talk about a labor of love!

Other incredible tank-related projects

First up, this YouTuber and urban explorer looking around a creepy abandoned mansion found a DIY tank in its basement.

While the body of the tank appeared to be complete, it’s unclear why the project – and the mansion – were abandoned.

No stranger to finding and restoring tanks, content creator, Mr Hewes, recently completed a restoration of a T-34 tank and attempted to fire it up for the first time in 30 years.

This is the same guy who found an abandoned FV432 APC tank (an armored personnel carrier used by the British military after the early 1960s) in a bush and decided to take it home and attempt to drive it.