kimbogum Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 Stealthy spike gets it's hatches. Had a lot of fun on the hinges. Added a bullet proof windscreen Fun part starts tomorrow ... paint!
Hollywood Jim Posted June 9, 2012 Posted June 9, 2012 letting the pics speak for themselves .. I might just finish this one!!! .. I'll blame Cranky for ruining my reputation.... Very cool !!! I Like it !!
Hollywood Jim Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 Stealthy spike gets it's hatches. Had a lot of fun on the hinges. Added a bullet proof windscreen Fun part starts tomorrow ... paint! Justin: How are you doing your weld beads? What technique? They look great.
kimbogum Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 Justin: How are you doing your weld beads? What technique? They look great. Hey, Jim Thanks. I rolled out milliput into thin, < 1mm, worms (thinner the better but with milliput you get a lot of time to experiment). Track them along the joint and press them down until they hold and then take a toothpick with one point chopped off and press it into putty to make the pattern alternating between blunt and pointy depending on what makes it look right. It helps to keep the toothpick wet so that it doesn't stick to the millliput and pull it off the model. Any epoxy putty with a decent working time would work just as well I reckon.
Hollywood Jim Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Hey, Jim Thanks. I rolled out milliput into thin, < 1mm, worms (thinner the better but with milliput you get a lot of time to experiment). Track them along the joint and press them down until they hold and then take a toothpick with one point chopped off and press it into putty to make the pattern alternating between blunt and pointy depending on what makes it look right. It helps to keep the toothpick wet so that it doesn't stick to the millliput and pull it off the model. Any epoxy putty with a decent working time would work just as well I reckon. OK ! Thanks for your help. I'll try it with some putty.........
Foxer Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 The gun is in the shop being calibrated but the boys took the Mouse Rod out for a spin with everything else installed! Tomorrow final ones with the weapon on.. !!
Dr. Cranky Posted June 11, 2012 Author Posted June 11, 2012 What a bunch of great pictures and progress. Great stuff.
rhs856 Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 It's been 6 months since I signed on for this and I'm finally ready to attack this thing. This is going to be a trading vehicle: a truck loaded with supplies, parts, weapons, and other assorted junk that travels the zombie infested wastelands searching for encampments of survivors to barter with. It's battle scarred - from it's past life as a farm truck, present use as zombie "crowd control," and persistent abuse from dead fists pounding to get at the driver inside. So far, I've started on the dents and scrapes. I drilled two shotgun blasts - one through the passenger door and one through the roof - where the driver had to defend himself from inside the truck. It's hard to get a walker off the roof and focus on your driving at the same time. From the beginning, I knew I wanted a minigun and it needed to be accessible to the driver. Below is where I am in the build.
Foxer Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 That truck looks like a good start, Randal. I especially like what you did for the gun ... simple but effective looking!
Dr. Cranky Posted June 12, 2012 Author Posted June 12, 2012 Randall, that truck is looking sweet. Keep it going. I copied the progress pics to the next TZH SQUAD CARAVAN video. Cheers, DC
Dr. Cranky Posted June 12, 2012 Author Posted June 12, 2012 All right, my friends, here's the latest TZH SQUAD CARAVAN UPDATE 13. Those of you who did not make it to this UPDATE, will most certainly make it on to the next. Keep up the great work.
Jantrix Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) Okay I got some time to some building today. More work on the skins for my ATRV. BTW gang, if you have friends that build and play Warhammer of other similar table top games, you might want to raid their parts bins. Edited June 12, 2012 by Jantrix
Dr. Cranky Posted June 12, 2012 Author Posted June 12, 2012 Rob, those are some clean and wonderful pieces. Looking forward to more progress pics. Keep it going.
rhs856 Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 Spent an hour or so making the driver's personal weapon of the Survivor Trading Vehicle. This sawn-off (not painted yet) keeps the walkers at a distance.
Foxer Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 That trigger is smaller than Lincoln's nose! You like to inflict pain on yourself?
rhs856 Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 That trigger is smaller than Lincoln's nose! You like to inflict pain on yourself? If I really wanted to punish myself, I'd make some scale shells to load it with! Dragon Fire, anyone?
1320wayne Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) Here are a few more small updates. I added the brackets for some small tools that are mounted on the sides. These will eventually be weathered to blend in with everything else. Next is the ammo belt being fed into the gun. I stretched a piece of electrical tape out on the workbench, upside down and taped down each end to hold it in place then cut small pieces of styrene rod along the tape and when I had enough length glued the belt in to place. The final update was to create the ladder to the turret opening. I also added the antenna. All of these items will be weathered to blend them in as well. Edited June 13, 2012 by 1320wayne
Foxer Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) I'm done on this one ... the gun is in place but it fought me to the end. I finally cut the air cooling hose as it was too stiff in kept breaking the glue bond. All in all the look of the gun pleases me, so that's all that matters. Here's a few final shots and more will be in the Under Glass shots as this is my first completion in 20 years! Edited June 14, 2012 by Foxer
Kit Basher Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 That came out great, Mike! I bet you're proud of that one.
Shadowsabre71 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Well first of all I would liek to say EXCELLENT builds and cudos to all. I am new here and actually stumbled across this forum just today. I am very interested in this contest and I had a question. have read all the rules but what if some has already chosen the "base" model for the build, say a 1980 Ford Bronc, does that matter? Anyway great work and look forward to seeing more builds!
Foxer Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 I would doubt that any two builds here using the same kit as a base would be even recognizable as the same starter kit!
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