Steam Wars: Attack of the Duplicated Machines

[Karl LaFong]

[cobraman]

What the ?  That is so very cool. Are you related to our friend Ira ? : )

[Karl LaFong]

Hmm, my text  didn't show up-

This is based on the AMT Star Wars Corporate Droid kit.  I added rivet decals, replaced some plastic parts with brass parts, and painted it with Rustoleum bronze paint.  The headlights are from a 1/16th scale Mercer kit; the front drive wheel is a Hands mag wheel from the AMT parts pack.  Vallejo black wash was used to weather it. 

All in all, a fun break from automotive modeling!

[slusher]

Awesome work...

[Jim B]

Steampunk!  Love it.  Fantastic job.

[Agent G]

Now that's cool!

Love it.

G

[Dave Van]

I have a few of those kits put back.....you gave it a steam punk look!!

[bobthehobbyguy]

Cool. Star wars meets steam punk. Very imaginative.

[disabled modeler]

Very cool...!

[Karl LaFong]

Thanks for the accolades!  This isn't my first foray into steampunk 

And I don't think it'll be my last!  

One of my inspirations was a steampunk AT-AT that I had found online; the Corporate Droid that I based this on was just handier and cheaper.

The kit is a great slump-buster.  There was no flash, few mold lines, and it was well engineered - in many ways it's better than some of the AMT car models from circa 2005.  The most difficult aspect of assembly was applying the rivet decals and ho scale screws, the rest was just finding parts that would make it look like a century old war machine, rather than  a droid from a galaxy far, far away.

[misterNNL]

Very cool my friend!I was beginning to thinking I was the only one building anything steam punkish.Keep doing what you're doing.Thanks for sharing.

[darthsideous]

This is one of the best build ups of these kits I've seen. Great job!??