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Woh! Funky!

Any progress on this?

Thanks artic316!

Somehow, over all these years, I have failed to comment on this build!

This takes the image from the cover & brings it to life! A great build!

Welcome aboard, JIPI! I've been away (doing What If... stuff, rather than SF) & on my 2nd or 3rd visit back in a year or so, look what I find! :shock: Great stuff! :thumbsup::) I take it you have a "future history" in mind when you build most of these, because, with a few exceptions, t...

Thanks, DEC!

Any compliment's a good compliment - no matter when it arrives!

Good to see this beastie moving again, Brian.

Looking very good! :D

(PS: Ya gotta have a commander to give it scale inna pictures! )

Magnets have been used for several builds posted/linked to on this site over the last year or so. At least one was a Ma.K Falke with a power lead but no tether, as such. The builder used positioning of the magnets to prevent movement. Unfortunately I can't remember where any of them are now... Sorry...

That's a great looking concept, Dom. Keep up the good work! :8)

By the way, is that fluffy alien-hunter dead/stuffed/catatonic or merely mega-chilled out?

Thank you, Dr. Yo & Scotaidh!

Thanks, Butters & Brian! I appreciate your compliments, very much. You may, also, have noticed some slight cracking in the weathering/dirtying from my use of Tamiya flat lacquer spray (I usually use Testors Dull-Cote but couldn't get any). A little back story re: this tank. The 68 tonne Centurio...

And here we are, folks, back at Battle Central! :P OK, the tank's finished! As you will see shortly, the base isn't. Depending on how it turns out I'll probably put a few shots of the completely completed diorama up here but it may take a while. Decals are taken from various sources, 1/144 F-16's (x...

Know exactly how you feel, Brian! :) Like Dr. Yo, I'd lean towards 1:35th but that's just the 1:35th armour modeller in me talking. :roll: Our host and instigator has yet to so much as acknowledge my builds, let alone offer any comment on them. :? Don't worry, Doc, we love your builds! :wink:

Totally ORK-some, Butters!

Love that Targit is tied into the grot's nest.

That's not a problem, rallymodeller! Just thought I'd bring these over, too. LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) can carry a single M1A1 Abarms or a passel of smaller craft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion Lightly armored hovercraft were used in Viet Nam as riverine craft http://...

Well? Is a tank the size of an Abrams sitting on a base roughly the size of a LCAC (about, what, 8 times the base area of the Abrams?) a practical vehicle? The PACV's massed about 7 tonnes operational with a base area of about 81m^2 [0.086t/m^2], an Abrams (for example) masses over 60 tonnes with a ...

Bringing this across from rallymodeller 's thread on "Navy Hovertanks":- My take on this; A "tank" is a land vehicle, once it becomes a seagoing vessel it becomes a "ship" or "boat". Anti-gravitational devices basically make any such powered vehicle an aircraf...

My take on this; A "tank" is a land vehicle, once it becomes a seagoing vessel it becomes a "ship" or "boat". Anti-gravitational devices basically make any such powered vehicle an aircraft. Air cushion vehicles over water are subject to water displacement, as are other ...

Waiting! Waiting!

They look really good, particularly these 2; http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagallery/saumur2006/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_17.jpg http://spmaquettes.com/images/phocagallery/saumur2006/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_18.jpg Was there some set of rules or specifications these guys were building to? Because they all...

Thanks, Scotaidh!

Of course it was your Matilda that pushed me into building this, you know!

Butters, that's looking (dare I say it? ) ORK-GASMIC!!!!!

Awesomely detailed, man!

Thanks, Doc! :D So, the cooking salt was too coarse (use table salt next time). Thinking about it; the guy whose technique I was trying to follow was building a car, probably in 1/24th or 1/25th scale, which might explain quite a bit. :P I also think using rattle-cans is a bit of a problem with the ...

Here we go, another update! :) Getting closer to the end, it's almost in sight now. :wink: Still got some clean-up & touch-up work to do; find some decals & put them on; finish dirtying & weathering. Pic's:- Front Rear Left Right Top Any suggestions or advice will be accepted gratefully!...

Ta, Brian!

Actually, I'm loving this build; everything seems to be (for the most part) falling into place & behaving itself. You should see the quad-barrel gatling gun I've bashed for the commander's cupola! (Soon, folks! Soon!)

Thank you all! :D Butters, I was thinking of an all silver/chrome look but I figured that was more for the mega-big super tank (if I had used 1/72nd scale figures). I will, now, be doing a camouflage scheme but have no set idea for what it will look like yet but I do have 4 Tamiya rattle-cans (2 lig...

Already planning that, Doc!

The goggles ain't goggles, they'll be part of a helmet mounted VR system, & the helmets are going to be built up out over the headphones.

Small update. Working on hatches & cupola. Almost complete. Started on the (visible) crew, driver & commander (gunner is tucked away inside). Guess I'm nearing the end of the construction phase & about to enter the painting & detailing phases. Here she is; Front Left Right Rear Crew ...

Thanks, Brian & Andrew! :D Wish it was final metres, closer to kilometres from where I'm sitting. However, I did some work on the "drive" vent (at the rear) tonight; still to come are the hatches, aerials, lights & a few other bits. When they're done I can start painting (hard bit!...

Thanks, Butters!