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That is amazing .

Good job...worth the wait

Amazing work Dr. Looks spot on.

Looking forward to next bit. So good so far.

inmygravenimage wrote:Gosh, that's ever so pretty!
btw, is the plog title a reference to Thermodynamics, Muse, or what?

Thanks Graven.
It's a reference to the second law of thermodynamics. That explains Entropy as a measure of disorder. Which, as a chemist, is what I think of when I think of Chaos.
Although I do like Muse, that was not in my mind at the time.

It's all explained in the fluff and, conveniently, I've recently sorted out a thread in Dakka Fiction (as I ran out of space in the article area) with all the bits of fluff that are spread throughout this thread compiled together. The link is in my sig' should you or anyone else fancy a long, amusing, read. It's really not meant to be taken seriously.

Co'tor Shas wrote:That is amazing .

Thanks Co'tor.

monkeytroll wrote:Good job...worth the wait

Good O. Thanks.


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 Camkierhi wrote:
Amazing work Dr. Looks spot on.

Looking forward to next bit. So good so far.

Thanks Cam. Glad it's gone down well with you all.

I thought as much. Funnily enough, I used it as the basis for a Borg plotline in my long running trek rpg

Can't wait to see it all finished up. It has been a fun ride.

inmygravenimage wrote:I thought as much. Funnily enough, I used it as the basis for a Borg plotline in my long running trek rpg

That sounds good.
The Borg are not too dissimilar to The Scientist's army; Brainwashing any and all races to believe in one thing...

Red Harvest wrote:Can't wait to see it all finished up. It has been a fun ride.

Thanks Red. Indeed it has and there is much farther to go.

Very nice on the auto-loader work!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Very nice on the auto-loader work!

Thanks Shas.
Gluing of hull has commenced...

Bloody good job mate! I wish i had your patience! :-) but I'll settle for looking at your models instead!

 Dr H wrote:

Gluing of hull has commenced...

Ooh,ooh,ooh.....I just remembered the important bit to go in there...

Shush you
There's no room and you've had plenty of time to speak up.

Poor little gaunt, its so dark n there now bzzztt, okay he's feeling better now

 Theophony wrote:
Poor little gaunt, its so dark n there now bzzztt, okay he's feeling better now

He likes the dark. Look at his little cheeky grin.

I've been quiet recently (more Portal), but the hull is glued together with minimal gaps (that still need filling ), but I decided that I should start at the top and work down. This means... more turret action...

Namely, the (much hinted at) spaced armour.
I've been researching and have now started adding the support struts. I took a picture to check the look so I thought I'd share it here.

Notice that the struts on the example turret are fairly thin. While that makes sense, I didn't think they would be very durable so opted for thicker pieces of sprue (obviously).
The curve will only be around the rear of the turret (the ammo box is quite nicely shaped I thought), but will be a little flatter at the back.

I'm going to get all the struts on first and then see about attaching the armour (and whether it will be the card used here or resort to using plastic).

Thats some top notch detailing mate! Really impressive stuff!

Thanks Magos.

The main struts are on. But due to the asymmetric shape of the turret some will need trimming to give a symmetric shape to the spaced armour...

Spot on DR, looking great. I have a feeling this thing is going to be a brute.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Spot on DR, looking great. I have a feeling this thing is going to be a brute.

Thanks Cam. That is the look/feeling I am aiming for with the Predator.

The rear piece is on. I nearly glued myself to the turret in several places in the process, but it is on.


I think it both bulks up the turret (will be more apparent when the front pieces are on) and looks pretty symmetrical (considering it's done by eye).
I had to take off 1.5mm from the bottom of the plate after attaching it because it was catching on the tank.

Next to do is the front pieces and then add some lower supports (will be much thinner than the main struts) and rivets (obviously).

Nice start to the armour, that'll bulk up the turret a fair bit

It does however raise the question of whether the scientist decided only the turret needed spaced armour............

I'm a fan of schurzen as well. I made a panzer-blade but I straight up used a panzer 4 J turret with the schurzen. I agree that the turrets look more beefy with the armor.

Here's mine (old photo, it's a little more complete nowadays)

monkeytroll wrote:Nice start to the armour, that'll bulk up the turret a fair bit

Thanks MT.

It does however raise the question of whether the scientist decided only the turret needed spaced armour............

Well I decided to do the turret as (much like the original sponsons) it looked a bit weedy. With my "modest" sponsons added on, it only made the turret look smaller, but also made the body of the tank bulkier and so I probably won't do the hull as I don't want to make it even bigger... I may save that for something like a Razorback.

Boblogik wrote:I'm a fan of schurzen as well. I made a panzer-blade but I straight up used a panzer 4 J turret with the schurzen. I agree that the turrets look more beefy with the armor.

Thanks, Boblogik and welcome.
I was flicking through a book I have on WWII tanks looking for things to add to this tank, came across a Panzer (if you've got a moment... a PzKpfw III Ausf N) with one and thought "yeah, that'll do the job".
It's a good look.

Nice bit of extra armor there on the turret!

Thanks Shas. Glad you approve.

Looking good, "spru" supports look perfect.

Well it does grab a Panzer feel to it

Camkierhi wrote:Looking good, "spru" supports look perfect.

Thanks Cam. See what you think of the non-sprue support.

shasolenzabi wrote:Well it does grab a Panzer feel to it

And I hope that feel is now complete.

I need to go back once the glue is fully set to tidy up a few bits, but the turret is complete (well I may yet add an aerial/radar/etc...).


So, on to the next job. Which is... I dunno... maybe the outer details of the sponsons (yeah, not finished with them yet...).

Thoughts, opinions, etc...

Looking awesome mate! REALLY cool..... That spaced armour islookin sweet..... i tried out something similar on my ESTOC Assault carrier...... so i know how tricky it could be... but yours is looking awesome!

Awesome, just spent the last 10 min catching up with what i've missed. I love what you've done with the interior.

Can't go wrong with a bit of extra armour!

MagosBiff90 wrote:Looking awesome mate! REALLY cool..... That spaced armour islookin sweet..... i tried out something similar on my ESTOC Assault carrier...... so i know how tricky it could be... but yours is looking awesome!

Thanks. I'm pleased with how it turned out. One slightly wonky plate is already sorted and the last one still needs a little work (but may get some battle damage to excuse it's wonkyness ).

OneManNoodles wrote:Awesome, just spent the last 10 min catching up with what i've missed. I love what you've done with the interior.

Can't go wrong with a bit of extra armour!

Thanks OMN. Glad you like it.

Well it looks awesome, and brutal, as we have said. Need some rivet heads in the spaced armour. but I am probably a bit premature.