The Plans: With Forgeworld and White Dwarf versions for reference ...
Scaled to a Leman Russ ...
Always cut away from any part of your body. The cardboard is the standard 1 mm thickness, from the back of A4 paper pads ...
Gluing the top of the track unit to the outer track side. Make sure the outer side is flush with the edge of the top. I am bracketing with the soft timber that 'orange crates (OCT)' are made from. Easy to cut with a copper cutter/scissors and free from the local market ...
I printed the plans onto A4 paper and glued (Pritt Stick) that onto the cardboard, as my printer is not too keen on card. I peel most of the excess paper off. All this will be internal, so it is not an issue, here. A little more care will be taken with exposed surfaces, or I will use fascias ...
All nice and secure ...
Rear drive wheels: Using an old Citadel pot for the former. It seems the right size from the plans and images. I use 'gaffer tape' to secure temporary joints. Again, this will be internal, and I will create fascias for the exposed 'sides' of each wheel. A little dampening can help if it needs to be curved - these don't ...
Secure the seal with the glue gun ...
Decide where it is going to go ...
About there, I think ...
Now, bracket the inner track sides (inner distance decided at 72 mm) ...
A mixture of OCT and cardboard ..
Scale from to the top ...
Scale from top left ...
Scale from top left 2 ...
Straight corks, cut to standard size (22d x 23l mm), although this will be refined, during fitting ...
Old Space Hulk blast markers ... a perfect fit for the rear drive wheel fascias. A little experimentation with a fascia for other wheels ...
Impression of a side ...
Underside front. Plenty of reinforcing glue-gun goodness ...
Levelling plinths for the lid. Again, plenty of reinforcing glue-gun goodness ...
Reinforced lid ...
Lid on plinths. I decided, very early on, that this would be a modular piece, so as to allow the variants ...
For this reason, this only requires the construction of a base, with sufficient levels to allow apparent embedding of the armoury (in the case of the Baneblade), but will easily accommodate the other variants' fronts ...
Engine box attached. This was scratch-built, not taken from plans. Comparison to
a number of Baneblade styles was carried out ... the slope on the base will be
decided, once the wheels are attached ...
Rear engine box bracket and box attachment ...
Collecting a few other accessories ...
The main reason why I have resurrected this project, is that I have been refining my 'rivets' techniques and I am now ready to boogie.
Very cool project, it certainly seems like more of an undertaking than I could handle myself. Best of luck to you!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks,
ReplyDeleteIt is on-going :)
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