storag wrote:@ Shrike
Hugo Elrond-Smith maybe?

I don't think she'd pass as a lord

my family needs to go outside more

what is this "outside" you speak of?

lone dirty dog wrote:O come Shrike you always dress like that

dsteingass wrote:You need a proper beard to pull of a proper Dwarf!

Well, I've not gotten to the beard-growing stage (and it'd be pretty unlikely me sprouting a full-blown dwarven beard in six weeks), so I have a fake dwarf beard

My costume is minimal effort- fake beard, cloak, axe, plain shirt and trousers, boots, belt

@ shrike
Than lords daughter maybe? and where is the beer mug and smoking pipe? No respectable dwarf would venture off without them!

 storag wrote:
@ shrike
Than lords daughter maybe? and where is the beer mug and smoking pipe? No respectable dwarf would venture off without them!

Arwen doesn't appear in the Hobbit IIRC...

Damn, now I'm tempted to make a mug and pipe

now we are on lord of the rings? where is vik?

 cormadepanda wrote:
now we are on lord of the rings? where is vik?

To be honest, this thread changes topic so often it's barely worth noting any more
as for Vik, I presume he's been kidnapped or some such.

He said his wife was dragging him and the boys out to that "outside" place we keep hearing about. Maybe he was eaten by a grue?

Or a wortbladder beast

The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

 dsteingass wrote:
The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

should've brought his towel, or at least covered his eyes...

 dsteingass wrote:
The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

There we go, that was what I was thinking, the only other fate worse than that would be the wife dragging them to a poetry recital of the Vogonic variety.

 shasolenzabi wrote:

 dsteingass wrote:
The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

There we go, that was what I was thinking, the only other fate worse than that would be the wife dragging them to a poetry recital of the Vogonic variety.

in fact, there are two worse poets- Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, and Grunthos the Flatulent, of the Azgoths of Kria.

Shouldn't we dispatch a rescue mission or something? Maybe he's counting on us... Do we have any active agents in that region?

PS
Shrike, logically Arven could be around Rivendell that time, but random elf fits fine anyway ) Just don't forget the pointy ears, so some orc can cut them off muhahaha... We used to collect elf ears during live rpgs when I was young and healthy to run in the woods in full metal armour...

You know, I always thought that Humans were one of the only races that could ever actually appreciate Vogon poetry- for everyone else, the somewhat random nature of it is physically painful, and I imagine that the Vogons, despite their Beurocratic nature, simply make-up half the words they use. Arthur should've started reciting Lewis Carrol right back at them, see how they like that!

(Headcannon only).

No, at six weeks growth, you'd just be an itchy Beardling.

so vik eaten?

If Vik was eaten whole, as in swallowed, we can in fact send a rescue team in with grapnels and rapelling lines. If he was chewed on, we shall have to put him in the rivet-cloner

We only need a small amount of his DNA for the cloning process.

I suppose you could improve this new Vik at that time.

I heard that this Outside is pretty large... we'll need a Vik-detector of some kind to find his remains... If he's still salvageable we can make a rivet-cop or something. An in-build rivetgun will be a nice addition i think...

Tap into the greater-Berlin area public surveillance system, look at cameras near riveted areas of town.

This is just Vik-timisation ……..

Maybe his Rivettos have whisked him away to an undisclosed location.

Blame it on the fact that Vik has been bathing in the glory that is the DCM Moshpit. Yea.....its that awesome and warm there

Blame it on the drain, yeah, yeah.

So... Vik not eaten, but rivet-clone-Vik will be here now. Excellent. Rivet cop, rivet gun? how about rivet minigun!

Time to pull Vik's hair/blood/fingernail sample for the clonetronicrivetatomicreplimator

 KingCracker wrote:
Blame it on the fact that Vik has been bathing in the glory that is the DCM Moshpit. Yea.....its that awesome and warm there

well, above the ankles, it's warm

I always dreamed of reinacting "Taken" alright vik I'll get you off that boat!

dear gentlemen...

i hereby declare the insubstantial rumors of my recent demise to be just that... insubstantial!

tho i do have to anounce that i am indeed fell victim to a severe case of man-flu... thus my extended leave of absence... i think given some mere hours i am indeed able to follow you all again deep into this rabbithole of folly again like you are all used to.... *terminal cough*


seriously... thanks for showing your concern in your usual boyish way... much apreciated.... i indeed shiver now before the vast backlog i have to facethat has grown in these past few days... oh my... besides... update is coming... the arena is decalred finished and i will be starting something caring...or should i say carrying... something armored too stay tuned...


(still) not dead vik

I see this new Vik has accepted the memories perfectly.

aye... tho the point where the transfer apperatus was connecting with my skull/brain still itches like hell

Glad yo see you (or your clone's) demise are false Vik! I hope we all get over this crud ASAP.

Must have been a computer Virus …… well we all seem to have caught it around the same time

Not me. No flu at all, I have a good immune system as I am Papa Nurgle afterall.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Not me. No flu at all, I have a good immune system as I am Papa Nurgle afterall.

You are the carrier or creator, therefore unaffected

I love this crazy place. If you've ever wondered what the mosh pit is like, this is the condensed version...

*tut tut* Man flu, no excuse xxx

I can fax you a sneeze if you'd like then you will understand

Please do not, I had the flu jab t'other day and it made me feel like crap for daaayys! :( Also, who uses fax anymore? Post me that sneeze if you please xxx

Fax, tweet, text, what ever you creatures do three days, I use carrier eagles with American flags strapped to their back, and pictures of me glued to their beak. Call me old fashion but if it works it works

LOL I find smoke signals work best xxx

Unfortunately bonfires arnt permited in this area otherwise I'd agree

Move to England xxx

NO

:O xxx

Alright Ldd papas coming to town, mind if I borrow some money, clothing, food, shelter, and your car? Passport would be nice too , thanks bud!

Only if you take my sister and mother as well

No one can resist the RW charm, no one

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
No one can resist the RW charm, no one

Charm away mate and good luck ………. you will need it

 bubble wrote:
Please do not, I had the flu jab t'other day and it made me feel like crap for daaayys! :( Also, who uses fax anymore? Post me that sneeze if you please xxx

How comes you had a Flu jab you don't look like a pensioner

Maybe I am actually 80 and I just have a damn good anti-wrinkle cream?

Nah I have asthma, and thus am in the 'at risk' category lol xxx

 bubble wrote:
Maybe I am actually 80 and I just have a damn good anti-wrinkle cream?

Nah I have asthma, and thus am in the 'at risk' category lol xxx

I nearly thought diabetes but you drink to much beer for that

You look great for 80 can I get some of that cream for my gran

Lol at you knowing how much beer I drink!

Sure I'll send some over

Also, sorry for hi-jacking your thread Vik! Was not intentional *halo* xxx

 n0t_u wrote:
I see this new Vik has accepted the memories perfectly.

aye- hopefully he will be able to model as well as his predecessor...

 bubble wrote:
Lol at you knowing how much beer I drink!

Sure I'll send some over

Also, sorry for hi-jacking your thread Vik! Was not intentional *halo* xxx

Every pic on your tumblr has you drinking beer somewhere

My Gran will be pleased

shrike hows the beard coming on then

How rude! its more like every three pics haha xxx

I meant the ones with you in the pic LOL except the one when it looks like you have passed out on the floor

Whaaat? Now you're just making stuff up haha xxx

 bubble wrote:
Whaaat? Now you're just making stuff up haha xxx

The one where you make up some excuse about Skyrim file being corrupted…………. one to many more like it

Hahaha oh dear oh dear, again sorry Vik for filling your thread :S lol xxx

 bubble wrote:
How rude! its more like every three pics haha xxx

between the beer there are baby primarch pics.. and heresy talks of marrying them thats the one wierd 40k arguement I have never seen

Ok but the baby primarchs are just too cute and funny!

Now quiet down you Tumblr lurkers xxx

lol my GW store manager showed me the baby primarchs last week and it is a cool pic!

Hey you added the link so did you go red riding hood or beer maid ……….. do we really need to ask

In my defense... The beer maid costume was cheaper!! Xxx

with that little blue cartoon girl in your sig I would only assume you go with the blue... plus all the beer as already stated

I always thought that was for Tumblr. That is the first thing it brings to mind... :/

Probably the text above it.

Oh bubble, you took the needle! some of my special soup would have made you invincible! LOL! Oh a nice Nurgley hug and who needs needles? heheheheheheheheh!

Calling yourself papa nurgle then offering your "special" soup within the same comment scares me

By the lack of vikness on dakka I must say that this new Vik fails to deliver what's expected... We should consider Mark 3...

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Oh bubble, you took the needle! some of my special soup would have made you invincible! LOL! Oh a nice Nurgley hug and who needs needles? heheheheheheheheh!

But... but...

shrike wrote:

 n0t_u wrote:
I see this new Vik has accepted the memories perfectly.

aye- hopefully he will be able to model as well as his predecessor...

he is hopeing just that too

bubble wrote:Please do not, I had the flu jab t'other day and it made me feel like crap for daaayys! :( Also, who uses fax anymore? Post me that sneeze if you please xxx

it´s called man flue for a certain meaning.... if women were allowed to have it too what would be the point?...

inmygravenimage wrote:I love this crazy place. If you've ever wondered what the mosh pit is like, this is the condensed version...

the last coupla pages i have to totally agree with you mate....

dsteingass wrote:Glad yo see you (or your clone's) demise are false Vik! I hope we all get over this crud ASAP.

are you talking about health or your crud election thuingy? the later will be over soon... and atm it is rather disturbing the lving crap outa me...

storag wrote:By the lack of vikness on dakka I must say that this new Vik fails to deliver what's expected... We should consider Mark 3...

ups... in fact i have to point again for yesterdays absence to the flu ...

THE DIRTY BUBBLE!!! .. lol
nice shirt vik

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
THE DIRTY BUBBLE!!! .. lol
nice shirt vik

Whaaaaaa? lol xxx

No not you, I assume your clean, it's that picture notu posted

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Oh bubble, you took the needle! some of my special soup would have made you invincible! LOL! Oh a nice Nurgley hug and who needs needles? heheheheheheheheh!

I'm scared. Very scared... lol xxx


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 Rogue Wolves wrote:
No not you, I assume your clean, it's that picture notu posted

xxx

Bubble i just saw you Halloween costume and i have to thank you for two reasons.
1) thank you for picking a dutch beer brand.
2) thank god for that brand of beer. i needed to cool my finger last Sunday and they didn't had ice packs so a nice cold beer was my only salvation to bad my finger was broken so it didn't really help but everybody loves beer.

and vik what is this jibber jabber about clones?

 fatty wrote:
and vik what is this jibber jabber about clones?

He got eaten by the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, so we cloned him using DNA samples taken from his hair, blood and toenails.

 bubble wrote:

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
THE DIRTY BUBBLE!!! .. lol
nice shirt vik

Whaaaaaa? lol xxx

Doesn't know spongebob?

I know spongebob! I doooo! xxx

I bet if sponge bob drank a lot youd watch it :p

SpongeBob is fething hilarious.

^ My mother, in her 60s, has just discovered spongebob. Truly, Patrick is a god.

and i made my wife and kids all convert to sponge bob too! i think sponge bob is verging on the religious... really... i´ve seen bloody stupider things worshiped

at fatty... well... would i know if i got cloned? i think if i am thinking about me as the real thing... would that make me suspicious then... ohoh...

by the way... someone started an age ago the buolding of an arena... well... it´s considered done...hope you like it...:













i tried to add some printouts (lousy ones at that) to bring a certain advertisment air to the arena... well... i think on my next projects i should do it differently... but well... you live you learn...probably...hopefully^^

now that this is done... i am looking forward to start a new project... and it will be a tank...gosh... it has been so long... plan is to make it über big...^^ a transport and such thing...with heavy weapons and lots of transport capacity... need to figure out if i do my own trackshoes or use some GW bitz i have... depends on the amount of the stuff i have atm... well mates... that´s all for now...

cheers says spongebot

Well done Vik. Looks good.
I like the adverts, look like holographic projections. And I like the block things that appear to be popping up all over the arena floor. And pong, lol.

thanks for getting the holo adds right^^ i wasn´t actually that sold after seeing the pics... in RL it doesn´t look THAT spluttery^^

and yeah... pong!!!!

Dude love the adds and pong!

thanks mate... i am actually glad i can call this one finished... it was really bugging me the last coupla days... hopefully i can now start something fresh and funny^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
thanks for getting the holo adds right^^ i wasn´t actually that sold after seeing the pics... in RL it doesn´t look THAT spluttery^^

and yeah... pong!!!!

Yeah, photos always seem to do that. You spend your time painting away, nose almost touching the model, and then you sit back, happy that it is painted to the best of your ability and looks perfect...you take a photo and THEN you see all the rough edges and want to pull your hair out.

But if they look that good on here, then they must look perfect IRL.
And in the future, all holo-screens look a bit spluttery, who wants HD tv when you can have rough holographic displays...

OMG Vik! That is friggin' Sweet! I LOVE the Rivet Zone sponsor and PONG FTW!!

 Dr H wrote:
Yeah, photos always seem to do that. You spend your time painting away, nose almost touching the model, and then you sit back, happy that it is painted to the best of your ability and looks perfect...you take a photo and THEN you see all the rough edges and want to pull your hair out.

Well,atleast there's not moldlines there to f**k up the pic.

and that arena looks really great Vik! gotta say that i love the adds too! and for the tank project, make it able to carry a baneblade! and a landingpad for a valkyrie or a stormtalon!
after all.. you said uber *insert two dots above U* big.

Rogue Wolves wrote:Calling yourself papa nurgle then offering your "special" soup within the same comment scares me

I make a nice big cauldron of deelishuss wonderful soup everyday to pass out to the universe at large! hehehehehehehheeee!

bubble wrote:
I'm scared. Very scared... lol xxx

Don't be sacred, embrace the wondrous awesomeness of Nurgle! hehehehehehe!







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Nice signs work there Vik

Boo to the Porifera!

A:tLA all the way!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
by the way... someone started an age ago the buolding of an arena... well... it´s considered done...hope you like it...:

Great finished product! It's the attention to detail that really makes this arena awesome: the pong jumbotron, the advertisements, and I especially love the floating readerboard

Looking forward to that tank

Looks soooo cool Vik! xxx

Dr H wrote:
Yeah, photos always seem to do that. You spend your time painting away, nose almost touching the model, and then you sit back, happy that it is painted to the best of your ability and looks perfect...you take a photo and THEN you see all the rough edges and want to pull your hair out.

But if they look that good on here, then they must look perfect IRL.
And in the future, all holo-screens look a bit spluttery, who wants HD tv when you can have rough holographic displays...

lol... pulling my hair out... at least that is not likley as i wouldn´t get much hold to pull on them and thanks for explaining my work to be viable in the future

Anvildude wrote:Boo to the Porifera!

A:tLA all the way!

whut??? i am hoping here for the best

shasolenzabi wrote:

I make a nice big cauldron of deelishuss wonderful soup everyday to pass out to the universe at large! hehehehehehehheeee!

Don't be sacred, embrace the wondrous awesomeness of Nurgle! hehehehehehe!

Nice signs work there Vik

i am feeling disturbed now too... but thanks for the compliments all the same

DiDDe wrote:

Well,atleast there's not moldlines there to f**k up the pic.
LOL see?! that´s the best reason to scatchbuild something no mold lines EWWWWAAAAA!!!

and that arena looks really great Vik! gotta say that i love the adds too! and for the tank project, make it able to carry a baneblade! and a landingpad for a valkyrie or a stormtalon!
after all.. you said uber *insert two dots above U* big.
OMG... i just saw such a thing the other day on google pics... landing pad crassus... now you really gave me some food for thought...

dsteingass wrote:OMG Vik! That is friggin' Sweet! I LOVE the Rivet Zone sponsor and PONG FTW!!

well a classic game hommage never hurts, eh?

It's the Holiday season Vik, so I have so many Nurgley gifts to spread to the people! hehehehehehehehehehheheheheheee!

Only gets creepier.

So, 6 sets of zinge tracks will cost 80bucks



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 n0t_u wrote:
Only gets creepier.

Aww, what lovely gift would suit Not_U???? hmmmmmmmm,

always happy to help a fellow dakkanaut!

i got a pretty badass idea for a basilisk myself. based on the swedish archer artillery just haven't had the time nor money to buy plasticard yet.. but when i get hold of it i'm gonna build and build and build until i'm good enough and hopefulle then i get to join the league.

i'm looking forward to see that big ass tank!


and shaso, i think i'll survive well enough without your nurgley "gifts".. so please don't send me one.
infact, you can give my "gift" to bubble instead. and when you're there, tell her i said "hi".

n0t_u wrote:Only gets creepier.

QFT!!!

shasolenzabi wrote:So, 6 sets of zinge tracks will cost 80bucks

ouch... i am currently musing about how to solve the massive needs for tracks for the current project myself...see below...

DiDDe wrote:always happy to help a fellow dakkanaut!

i got a pretty badass idea for a basilisk myself. based on the swedish archer artillery just haven't had the time nor money to buy plasticard yet.. but when i get hold of it i'm gonna build and build and build until i'm good enough and hopefulle then i get to join the league.

i'm looking forward to see that big ass tank!
see below for first ideas of mine... it will be massive to say the least and even dwarf the big red one of mine i did before the league^^infact, you can give my "gift" to bubble instead. and when you're there, tell her i said "hi".
now that is plain nasty

so ladies and gentlemen...

the übertransport is being in its planning phase...


as you will see in these pics the tracks alone are 25 cm to 8cm (15" to 3.15") big and the landing platform you see in the last pic is 16 cm in diameter (6.3")...

now to some questions... i try to solve the riddle of how to make the tracks...again... the whole thing should be a plasticcard tank... so i either use prefabricated tracks... or scratchbuild them... just for size comparrission i added three different thicknesses of tracks to the pattern of the tracksystems i sketched... what would be your choice for such a really heavy lifter? for a massive troop transporter that is even capable to carry a flyer? single, twice or third? answers to this are of high imprortance to any further planning on my side...!!!!

also... i way back then got in my first care package of dave an aquilla made by him... the landing platform will be the chance to use this nice lil present finally...

what are your thoughts?

well... here are the pics...:








cheers, vik

Cool Vik! I vote for prefab track links. I think since GW tank treads come on convenient sprues, it would be the cheapest option too.

hmm... you think so? and what size would you go for?

Good job on the arena man, looks great, and the ads & pong are classy indeed Good job all over buddy!

Mobile landing pad is a great idea for a tank, love to see your take on this. For the tracks I think it's going to have to be triple to look like it takes a flyer as well.

when taking the pics i had that same thought too... even the doubled version looked too punny for me...

and thanks monkey!

Yeah, doubled looks good on a chimmy or a russ, but even on a bigger hull it's not going to look like it can take tank and flyer and fuel and whatever else..

that was my train of thought too...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

as you will see in these pics the tracks alone are 25 cm to 8cm (15" to 3.15") big and the landing platform you see in the last pic is 16 cm in diameter (6.3")...

now to some questions... i try to solve the riddle of how to make the tracks...again... the whole thing should be a plasticcard tank... so i either use prefabricated tracks... or scratchbuild them... just for size comparrission i added three different thicknesses of tracks to the pattern of the tracksystems i sketched... what would be your choice for such a really heavy lifter? for a massive troop transporter that is even capable to carry a flyer? single, twice or third? answers to this are of high imprortance to any further planning on my side...!!!!

also... i way back then got in my first care package of dave an aquilla made by him... the landing platform will be the chance to use this nice lil present finally...

what are your thoughts?

The first thing I'd look at is R/C tank tracks from ebay or otherwise, they are usually flexible or rubber (as they need to be replaced) and come very large... so you wouldn't have to double up. Could save a lot of trouble I think for something carrying a flyer I'd expect baneblade size tracks at least.

Otherwise can't wait to see this guy!

Yeah, but Baneblade treads will be expensive

thanks meade... banebalde tracks are the probably the right size... tho i have to say... i never had them in my hands yet... so only speculations on my part^^

and funny you should mention RC tracks... found some the other minute on ebay too... tho i am not that sold with rubber tracks... that just feels wrong for me...

what size... are the baneblade tracks by the way? i don´t have any measurements...

25x10mm each link

You can get 1/16 panther tank tracks for 15 bucks not sure what the size comes out to exactly but I know it's big... Not sure how it would cost for the rhino tracks, but my guess would be that you would need many sets and it might add up fast...

 dsteingass wrote:
Yeah, but Baneblade treads will be expensive

yup... sad but true...

Well i am excited to see the future of this project vik.

I just don't see how you would be able to scratchbuild that Intricate interlocking shape repeatedly and make them all look the same...

What about land raider tracks then? They're a bit bigger then LR tracks but not as big as the baneblades.

 dsteingass wrote:
I just don't see how you would be able to scratchbuild that Intricate interlocking shape repeatedly and make them all look the same...

yup... that is my biggest fear too... that is in fact a job that just screams for casting... dang... again into that hurting wound...

thanks comrade!

and didde... i fear that LR tracks are still too small...

you could always run double tracks two sets per side and use the land raider still or you can be crazy and use the leman russ ones and make it three wide might get pricey but an option none the less

This is what I was referring to, they're actually plastic. And the tank's probably 40 cm or so... the tracks would be massive, no?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-16-Heng-Long-Tiger-I-3818-Panther-3819-Tank-Plastic-Track-/150855074463?pt=US_Character_Radio_Control_Toys&hash=item231fa9c29f

Or you could rivet them painstakingly by hand... your choice

Terrain is all the rage these days, but it's nice to see what brought me to your thread many a year ago... Scratch built tank!

Very cool indeed and great to see finished product!
I used doubled chimera tracks for my scratchbuilt baneblade:

I have both chimmy and babeblade tracks kicking about, pm me your address and I'll send you an early Xmas prezzie.

Hey Vik!
I'm glad you were able to finish your project - the arena looks super cool and the advertisements are just the "dot above the i" as we Germans say
Nice touch.
In regards to your new Übertransport: This is a great project and I look forward to your build. It reminds me a lot of my old Scarabeus (looked more like a SW Sandcrawler), and I agree, the wider the tracks, the more realistic it will be. Baneblade tracks won't be wide enough, it will look flimsy. Double Baneblade at least, but that's waaaaay too much cash in the throat of GW
I love Meade's posted tracks on Ebay 1/16 seem just to be the right size, and those Tiger tracks are just plain S E X Y
Anyway, I'm sure you'll have a great project here.
Cheers
Klaus

Meade wrote:This is what I was referring to, they're actually plastic. And the tank's probably 40 cm or so... the tracks would be massive, no?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-16-Heng-Long-Tiger-I-3818-Panther-3819-Tank-Plastic-Track-/150855074463?pt=US_Character_Radio_Control_Toys&hash=item231fa9c29f

Or you could rivet them painstakingly by hand... your choice

lol... well i am sitting between chairs^^ i found these on my own yester night^^ too... they are on my research list on ebay now... and yes... i picture the tracks enourmous too they have to be...^^

Rogue Wolves wrote:Terrain is all the rage these days, but it's nice to see what brought me to your thread many a year ago... Scratch built tank!

inmygravenimage wrote:Very cool indeed and great to see finished product!
I used doubled chimera tracks for my scratchbuilt baneblade:

I have both chimmy and babeblade tracks kicking about, pm me your address and I'll send you an early Xmas prezzie.

many thanks graven,

great to see finished product!

believe me... me too

and about the baneblade tracks... an offer too good to refuse but...could you do some measurements on them? i have no clue what size they are... and i have to measure first the amount of tracks i would need anyway....


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 Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Hey Vik!
I'm glad you were able to finish your project - the arena looks super cool and the advertisements are just the "dot above the i" as we Germans say
Nice touch.
In regards to your new Übertransport: This is a great project and I look forward to your build. It reminds me a lot of my old Scarabeus (looked more like a SW Sandcrawler), and I agree, the wider the tracks, the more realistic it will be. Baneblade tracks won't be wide enough, it will look flimsy. Double Baneblade at least, but that's waaaaay too much cash in the throat of GW
I love Meade's posted tracks on Ebay 1/16 seem just to be the right size, and those Tiger tracks are just plain S E X Y
Anyway, I'm sure you'll have a great project here.
Cheers
Klaus

a your post just slipped in between me answering the above...

thank you for the high praise...!

indeed a great project^^ and thanks for the hint on the tracks... i think i am now nearing a decision... just need to make the measurements... two tracks should hopefully suffice i think then... and i have to agree the amount of banebalde tracks would be enourmous too... the 1/16 have a great appeal to me atm too... ah decisions, decisions^^


OH... and would you mind showing your Scarabeus here? i can´t recall that one anymore...

Hi Vik,
the Scarabeus was my first major project and never completed.
This is the original scetch


Most of the images have been deleted, but here is a very old Picasa-album with the images:
https://picasaweb.google.com/100246132553998335027/Scarabeus#
I hope this helps
Cheers
Klaus


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Found some more images:


So basically a huge transported with an internal elevator and all kinds of funny stuff :-P
I even had a sick bay with operating table on the side, that could be opened...

Dude Klaus! That is awesome! I especially love the commander's dias/ring thing, it looks like a Submarine Periscope/sensor rig would be there giving the Commander a great command & Control position!

hey klaus! don´t tell me you scraped that model??? the first pic here reminded me a lot of one of my old playmobil space stations... very homely look.... i like the sixties vibe to that model... and the sheer size is also something that makes me like it instantly^^...some of the pics in the gallery make it look like a barbie van for 40k... you know, where you could pull apart or just detach the walls and you have basically a dolly house then... thus your tank then gets instant diorama feel! if it is still alive you should revisit that model for sure!!! would love to see that one finished!

speaking of finished... well i certainly haven´t...that would be too early but i did work quite motivated and energetic on the übertransport! and how i did...well...ask me... "how energetic did you work on the übertransport?" ...me: "quite so"...

i cut the tracksystems from PC and brought the size and shape into a reality i then cut out holes for the sponsons... only to later on seal them but around the sponsons i´ve built... i think i will dremel out the wholes for the guns then...(look for the pics... if i talk gibberish here...the pics at least will explain )
and then i worked on creating the main body... i created a substructure to better get everything as sturdy as possible... i have these L-shaped rods from our local hardware store... dead cheap really... and these i cut to size to make the lil L-shaped connectors... and i then used an I- beam rod to further stabablize the body...well here are the pics...:












by the way... for all of you that suggested that i shoould get me the 1/16 tank tracks... well i did... hopefully i get them soon^^ i think these will be awesome on that tank^^ and it will save me literally ages of scratchbuilding time^^ which i will now invest in detailing that beast^^


cheers, vik

oh man vik! this looks to be epic! love where you are going with it. I would say really huge tracks. That should justify it more.

well... the tracks width will be around 1.7 inches... or 4.4 cm!!! truly big thus!

and thanks comrade!

I think thats the right choice to go with, I think adding a load of GW tracks side by side would look wrong on this scale and size.

What is this actually for if you don't mind me asking, it's going to be hell of a size and early work is looking tidy

Although you might want to add some central support to the back as there is a little warping I see

that lil warping you see will get fixed once the othe plates are in place... it is the main hull of the tank... which later on will support the weight of the landing platform and will in essence "hold" the tracks... it will get a ramp in the front... to have as many soldiers be able to get out at once... so it will have exits on three sides... left right and front... on the back it will have the boiler again... tho i am still trying to figure out how to do that... as it is a steampunk transport the steam clouds could be hazardous for the flyer... i thought maybe have the exhaust pipes being rather like car exhausts facing backwards than the classic steam stacks...facing upwards.......

I'm sure everyone will be watching like hawks to see how those tracks turn out... I mean who doesn't want to build their own mega tank eventually?

The sponsons are looking awesome already!

atm... the sponsons are fully closed... i need to reopen them once everything is all sealed and cured properly... then i have to add the guns... this will be a toughy as i have to develop a weaponssystem... probably gatlings... i never can get enough of these^^

Errrrrrmmmmm now that is a conundrum you could go the wheel barrow route if you get what I mean ……… the handle bars you could add some kind of fans on the edge of the steam stacks to divert the smoke maybe.

I see your point once the plates are in place should stop the warping, have you got a drawing as to the design or is it coming straight from your crazy mind

Also what aircraft will be using this landing pad

that is interesting. Its a landing pad too? as far as exhaustion goes, put in the butt usually works.

lone dirty dog wrote:Errrrrrmmmmm now that is a conundrum you could go the wheel barrow route if you get what I mean ……… the handle bars you could add some kind of fans on the edge of the steam stacks to divert the smoke maybe.

I see your point once the plates are in place should stop the warping, have you got a drawing as to the design or is it coming straight from your crazy mind

Also what aircraft will be using this landing pad

part sketch planned and part crazy mind
and well... i will have to figure out what kind of flyer... a gyrocopter size should work after all... maybe i convert a killakopta i still have or i build something out of the blue too... probably gonna be the latter^^

cormadepanda wrote:that is interesting. Its a landing pad too? as far as exhaustion goes, put in the butt usually works.

yup... landing pad too... or better...mainly... its a mobile landing platform... with mega trasport capacities in the belly...so could function as a small means to get a bigger footslogger platoon straight to a certain objective... with enough firepower to hold out for some time... tho that will get figured out in the coming days...

and we´ll see about the exhausts when we get there^^


well i need to get some beauty sleep now....


cheerio!!!

Night mate crazy dreaming

My my, you've certainly been busy

He has! This time around, he is making a monster sized machine, and I am making something no bigger than a maclador/Valdor sized machine

I want to see twin-linked punishers on each sponson

He may have been going for multi-lasers, but the amount of fire Twin-linked punishers in an over/under configuration would give!!

Ooo loving the structure so far vik

I dunno, I think your sponsons need to be able to provide your close range anti-infantry support more than anti-armor or transport-popping. Of course, if you have more than one sponson on each side, you could do both.

inmygravenimage wrote:I want to see twin-linked punishers on each sponson

shasolenzabi wrote:He may have been going for multi-lasers, but the amount of fire Twin-linked punishers in an over/under configuration would give!!

Rogue Wolves wrote:Ooo loving the structure so far vik

dsteingass wrote:I dunno, I think your sponsons need to be able to provide your close range anti-infantry support more than anti-armor or transport-popping. Of course, if you have more than one sponson on each side, you could do both.

help me here my friends...i thought punishers would be the 40k equivalent of gatling gun? or am i in the wrong here?

i think a good mixture of both anti infantry and anti heavy would be a good choice... what do you think? and i do have two sponsons on each side... so that is good, right?... and how would two punichers as a twin linked set fit into a sponson? has that been done yet? pics would be nice

and thanks RW

i think i will need to redo the sponsons atm... there is something fishy about the build... currently even if open i think they would be not that good in providing enough coverage ...opinions?... oh and tomorrow i will have the track sets in my hand... that was really fast... they would have been here even today... but my home was without anyone to take the package for me... so the delivery guy only left a card.... bugger...

Punishers are the ig Gatling tank cannon, isn't the other Gatling called assault cannon or something

Yep, Punishers are the 40k equivalent to miniguns Remember, your sponsons are supposed to have a limited fire arc, so I wouldn't sweat it if they don't swivel 180 degrees. If you have two on each side, it'll kick ass.

hmmm....

so I wouldn't sweat it if they don't swivel 180 degrees. If you have two on each side, it'll kick ass.

actually that is my fear... the side ramps should have enough room but also enough coverage from the guns...

i am atm thinking about not making sponsons but rather inbuilt fireing holes so to speak... with the guns inside... bringing the guns to nearing a 180° radius...

The multi-barreled weapons are the Assault cannons, they fire just 4 shots.

Multi-laser, fires just 3 shots

The Larger Punishers lay a withering 20shots downrange

i say the punishers have it then beside after the pic research i did i will most likley try these ^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i say the punishers have it then beside after the pic research i did i will most likley try these ^^

Good choice!

hehe

Speaking of Punisher, LDD's new avatar of Lego Punisher is pretty sweet.

Great start on your tank! Any chance of a scale pic?

Originally I had some CC that would have sounded like this: "I would refrain from blending anti infantry and anti tank weaponry. Units can only target one enemy unit per turn. That is, of course, unless it will be a super heavy" Not sure how I thought the über transport would have ever fit in as a non super heavy vehicle

Because it's an Uber-heavy!

will try to make a somewhat scaleshot... will be difficult tho... maybe with a dread and a soldier... this should be helpful?

and indeed... super heavy... or rather a self relying tank... with air support on it´s own... one for everything... it only needs some scubba divers then it has everything

Well, still needs a mole tunneling device at the front

d´oh... don´t tell everyone of my secred plans before hand dude...

Vik vik vik... you have NO idea how much I want to buy a crap ton of plasticard, go through you dave and klaus threads again and do some real riveting! RW CLASS HEAVY TANK BABY

You forgot my thread as well RW, I feel unappreciated now..... :(

Thats because I'm looking at it right now!

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
Thats because I'm looking at it right now!

Now I feels bettah!

It should have a carrier pigeon launch too

Vik you should rename this the Tank Envy thread...

My oh my... large tanks that carry flyers? Vik, why must you make us all look so impotent?

I love the idea of an Übertransport, however, I have just one idea. You say that you want to divert the smoke from the smoke stacks away from the landing pad, as it may make life difficult for the flyer. I ask you, why?

This is the 41st Millenium, man! The Viktorians have fought and warred across star systems, fighting to the bitter end, so much so that their armies no longer marched through towns in victory, as neither the nouns 'armies' or 'towns' remained relevant in the wake of the destruction wreaked by your Riveteers!
These are soldiers of Viktor and the Emperor! they have campaigned on worlds beyond the imagining of man, fought the most dangerous aliens and heretics the galaxy has had to throw at them, and plodded through it all without so much as a frown.

If they can survive all that, then I doubt their pilots will worry about a bit of smoke

Just my ten penneth on the matter. I'll get off the box now

I think im too late for you on this one vik, but this place has some awesome stuff for tank conversions (including treads : http://www.ebay.com/sch/machinator248/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

like where this project is headed though! and Klaus, you need to finish that super construct up! it looks awesome!

Don't know why, but when I hear about large tank-like vehicle carrying flyer the Dune spice harvesters come to mind at the first place...

Rogue Wolves wrote:Vik vik vik... you have NO idea how much I want to buy a crap ton of plasticard, go through you dave and klaus threads again and do some real riveting! RW CLASS HEAVY TANK BABY

there is no good thing unless you do it! do it now!!! beside... riveting count has come of latey to a desperate number... so i think we all need to do something on this!!!

dsteingass wrote:It should have a carrier pigeon launch too

er...er...er... darn... you know how to punch my soft spots... *shakes fist* how on earth *goes researching*

Meade wrote:Vik you should rename this the Tank Envy thread...

LOL... well... envy... i think there is still enough tank like materials and kits around for all of us... no shortage atm... so go on... build all at your hearts desires

Lord of Timbraxia wrote:My oh my... large tanks that carry flyers? Vik, why must you make us all look so impotent? NOW, NOW, NOW!!! no need to feel bad!

I love the idea of an Übertransport, however, I have just one idea. You say that you want to divert the smoke from the smoke stacks away from the landing pad, as it may make life difficult for the flyer. I ask you, why?

This is the 41st Millenium, man! The Viktorians have fought and warred across star systems, fighting to the bitter end, so much so that their armies no longer marched through towns in victory, as neither the nouns 'armies' or 'towns' remained relevant in the wake of the destruction wreaked by your Riveteers!
These are soldiers of Viktor and the Emperor! they have campaigned on worlds beyond the imagining of man, fought the most dangerous aliens and heretics the galaxy has had to throw at them, and plodded through it all without so much as a frown.

If they can survive all that, then I doubt their pilots will worry about a bit of smoke

Just my ten penneth on the matter. I'll get off the box now

actually you are damn right... fancy tech and all that gutwrenching pilot abilities would speak in your behalf... i will very much rethink this... i take these penneth of your´s very serious!!!!

AirborneGinger wrote:I think im too late for you on this one vik, but this place has some awesome stuff for tank conversions (including treads : http://www.ebay.com/sch/machinator248/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

like where this project is headed though! and Klaus, you need to finish that super construct up! it looks awesome!

argh.... so many cool things... i am atm saving that seller to my favorite list... so much cool bitz there... his opressor treads look very good to me...tho... i today got my 1/16 tracks and will do a suply drop update tonight... so stay tuned... but many thanks for that future drain on my purse

storag wrote:Don't know why, but when I hear about large tank-like vehicle carrying flyer the Dune spice harvesters come to mind at the first place...

actually...why has that yet escaped me? dunno... it sounds like an obvious connection... *again pic researching *


on a related note... got the tracks... will update later on with progress pics and suply drop...

cheerio!!!

actually you are damn right... fancy tech and all that gutwrenching pilot abilities would speak in your behalf... i will very much rethink this... i take these penneth of your´s very serious!!!!

Not often my penneth are taken at all! I look towards your Übertransport with interest. Makes me want to get riveting!
On that note, you fellows have no doubt heard this before, but how do you make good rivets? I don't have a working leather puncher (my Dad has clogged his with leather pieces), the hole puncher I have cuts them a bit big, and otherwise I'll have to you square ones cut with clippers!
What do you fellows do?

LooT

Vik, I am so happy to see such a huge project on your table. I am hoping this goes very well for you.



I am hoping, as well, that the read through of the last several dozen pages I have missed goes well for me...



LOL.....

I was thinking more like the Mobile Airfields in Dystopian Wars. The Prussian one is shaped like an enormour Iron Cross.

Effectively, Vik is making a Leviathan class machine.

Still no progress pics???

leviathan... now that is something that brings the certain mystical air to that project

and anvil


are we talking about this one?



a tad bigger´n my project... just a tad

(beside... i tend to stay away from german paraphernalia as it might give the wrong impression )


hey max... good to see you alive and actually for once online too!!! that is an honor!!! and yeah... probably will give you grievious body harm to read through everything

and

LooT...

riveting... well you can get yourself a new leather punch and strengthen your economy ... or do it like shaso does... and make PVA droplet rivets... or like dave always does... and cut up really small styrene rods to make rivets... like a slice of salami sanding and afterwards everything looks nicely riveted... there are even some that go totally ´ardcore and use actual pins to make rivets... drilling holes into the surfaces and then with added superglue place the pins... or on some webstores there are actually "decal" rivet- stripes to buy... totally your choice...oh... almost forgott the rolles GS suasage and then cut up to rivet methode... so many ways.... so many bloddy ways to rivet zen


well... back to my current projects... you gotta have at least three tho i keep one still a secret ...


track suply drop today:

(together with one side of the trackguards inner side...for referrence and to show how much of the length atm i don´t have a use for...and this is just one track!!!)







they are truly wide... in a good way... this will be a very cool tank... very cool indeed! by the way... if i make the treads stick out a bit above and around the trackguards... how much would be viable?


and...

second project for the fourth competition... as i am helping out with the panel of judges ... this object will be of some sort of keeping in with the spirit of the comp... oh and it is about making shrubberries^^ or rather any form of plant life that either decorates a base or is an imprtant factor of a terrain piece...

you can follow or even join the comp here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/487271.page


well and this will be the starting base from which i will build my "shrubbery"...








it is from a pet shop... aquarioum decoration... probably resin stuff... plan is to add some vines and make it look way better that the current paining

well... so much for now...


cheers, vik


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 Meade wrote:
Still no progress pics???

actually your impatience ninjaed my update

The shrubbery base is awesome! I did not think of the aquarium stuff if it's that cheap I might be tempted to do some ruined temple myself...

Haha those tracks are truly wide! If they are too wide it seems like you could even cut one tread off the side... instead of a 'triple wide' would be a 'double wide'. But if you build the tank around it and built a bigger skirt around the sides probably be worth it... just my 2 cents

the tracks will be kept as is... i can cut them down to length tho...

and well... depends on your definition of cheap... the lil something costed 6.19 €´s so... dunno how much that would be in the US... but yeah... aquarium scenic deco can make awesome stuff for terrain... i dunno why but many pieces are actually quite in scale with 40k... it is a real puzzler why this is the case... a secret conspiration against GW maybe??? who knows... but i guess the government will hush it up...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
the tracks will be kept as is... i can cut them down to length tho...

and well... depends on your definition of cheap... the lil something costed 6.19 €´s so... dunno how much that would be in the US... but yeah... aquarium scenic deco can make awesome stuff for terrain... i dunno why but many pieces are actually quite in scale with 40k... it is a real puzzler why this is the case... a secret conspiration against GW maybe??? who knows... but i guess the government will hush it up...

...You are a brave man Vik... if in a few weeks you die mysteriously in a 'car accident' or 'heart attack' we will remember you for your courage...

And you can rest assured I will troll local pet shops to see when their scenery goes on clearance.

i am a brave man...after all...i am married...´nuff said

Sweet, where did you get those tracks from exactly?!

well it is a german based hobby suply retailer...

but the product you get almost everywhere on the world...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/321010084409?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649


heng long tiger tracks...

Looks like things are coming together for you machine there Vik

Der GrosseKriegMachinenmitluftfliegerplatform

Those treads are great looking Vik! The columns are destined to be something great too!
It makes me think of the hanger deck on the Battlestar Galactica, but smaller.

nice treads vik. Now go squash some fools for me.

Thanks Vik for the info, I'll bear all of those ideas in mind!

thanks mates...

no real update on anything...

tinkered a bit with the tracks today... but i really gotta find a way how to use them ... this will take some new suplies too i think

Some definite rollers needed I think

yep... that is the start of it... tomorrow i will show you a problem i have...better to be explained with pics tho...

the tracks are identical... so if i would arange them symetrically then one would "face" backwards and the other would face onwards... am i too complicated in my thoughts?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
yep... that is the start of it... tomorrow i will show you a problem i have...better to be explained with pics tho...

the tracks are identical... so if i would arange them symetrically then one would "face" backwards and the other would face onwards... am i too complicated in my thoughts?

perhaps you are.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well it is a german based hobby suply retailer...

but the product you get almost everywhere on the world...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/321010084409?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649


heng long tiger tracks...

Sweet, I can see those on some Ork tanks

I think the treads should all point the same direction eh?

Left and right track shoes should go the same way.

i think i have to make some closeup explaining pics for you all... then i will take in your final judgements of this sorry affair

life is quite busy when you are working... so feeling low and drained again... no hobby work done... but i have at least bought some much needed L-shaped construction rods for the tracks, so with a little go(O)dwill i might be able to do some constructive work on them tomorrow^^

cheerio!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i think i have to make some closeup explaining pics for you all... then i will take in your final judgements of this sorry affair

life is quite busy when you are working... so feeling low and drained again... no hobby work done... but i have at least bought some much needed L-shaped construction rods for the tracks, so with a little go(O)dwill i might be able to do some constructive work on them tomorrow^^

cheerio!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i think i have to make some closeup explaining pics for you all... then i will take in your final judgements of this sorry affair

life is quite busy when you are working... so feeling low and drained again... no hobby work done... but i have at least bought some much needed L-shaped construction rods for the tracks, so with a little go(O)dwill i might be able to do some constructive work on them tomorrow^^

cheerio!

Sorry to hear it vik! Let us know what's up with the tracks.

I am sure that I am no one to talk, but....



Where are all the photos? This thing sounds lovely...




Here is another ironic statement (coming from me that is) GET TO WORK...........

LOL... i did... tho it was the paid kind of work... thus still no hobby work done... unfortunatly...please hold the line

How big are we talking here

That last one looks vaguely familiar...

wtf is that last pic? some kind of testing device? that they just had to make it in that shape.

I'm sure there is a very ambiguous explanation for it

I have no idea but some one was having a laugh for sure

RW in your dreams mate

What I was going to say I think I saw that pic on Dave's blog before, what kind of thing did you have In mind? Plus that's a bit too small of my estimating is ok

No penises were posted to my blog.

..unless it was something you or LDD posted

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
What I was going to say I think I saw that pic on Dave's blog before, what kind of thing did you have In mind? Plus that's a bit too small of my estimating is ok

You're reading the ruler wrong then

Lol Dave Ldd then, my ruler must be weird then, it has inches then a side with a weird smaller inches that started with an m

LOL That is the Metric system Rogue, a much more accurate system and contrary to popular American belief, it is not a Red Commie plot

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
Lol Dave Ldd then, my ruler must be weird then, it has inches then a side with a weird smaller inches that started with an m

LOL you mean mm they aint inches

I hope you know I'm joking... Boom

Always

Gooood goood, now kill him. Kill him now .

 Meade wrote:
wtf is that last pic? some kind of testing device? that they just had to make it in that shape.

It appears to be a scaled up ballistics chamber for mobile artillery. Such things are common for testing handguns/rifles, it catches the bullet (usually in water) so it can be analyzed after leaving the barrel. They're commonly used in ballistics forensics labs for matching rifling patterns. This is just a really big one.
I'd wager that the protrusions for the side are for capturing the gasses leaving the muzzle-break to the sides.

i think i saw that pic and iirc it was called some kind of silencer for artillery... sounds weird so i didn´t took it for that much sincerity...

LOL That is the Metric system Rogue, a much more accurate system and contrary to popular American belief, it is not a Red Commie plot

and this from the man that spoke not long ago so lovingly about nches and such stuff

The New Tank looks promising Vik, I knew you couldn't keep away from rivets for long..;-). Will it be sporting camo ala shazo or a Victorianna steampunk vibe ?

always viktorian steampunk my friend! always

by the way... work issues have made me neglect your wonderful work for way too long... your recent updates haven´t been unnoticed by me.... but everything you produce needs far more thinking and time for thinking that i haven´t felt up to the task to really understand and cherish it as it needs it... be sure that soon i will be joining you over on your thread again...


oh...and even tho i had a school day today and i coud have done hobby work... i still have nothing productive/constructive to show you all... tho...my wife supports me in so many ways... that she suplied me with a big helping of thread spools(metal) that will be my sprocketwheels for the hopefully soon build tracksystems... it is a vast amount of those spools...got fifty from her... and we devoted this evening by spinning off and on again the threads of these to other bigger bobbins.... i can see now that this was a new kind of rivet- zen... only it didn´t involve rivets at all but threads

so i have to postpone any picturesque updates for tonight...again...sorry guys...

Like Starscream to my Megatron, once again you have failed me...
Nah, don't apologise about lack of pics mate, happens to all of us at times. As long as, y'know, there's something soon...

Soon in vik's blog is anytime in the next thirty pages...

Like Starscream to my Megatron, once again you have failed me...

*sobs*

and monkey... thrity...ouch

lol , which is about ten mins real time ;-)

well... but it leaves you with a very sore scrolling finger if you want to read it all through... and might make your brain numb... it´s a known after effect

I have proudly read every single word of your thread Vik!...I may have even added a page or two myself

better make that 20 and thanks for that nice compliment

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
leviathan... now that is something that brings the certain mystical air to that project

I've saw this model comin' from a line of Steampunk wargame before. meow. Do you have any plans to do 'modernsteam aircraft'?

it is from a pet shop... aquarioum decoration... probably resin stuff... plan is to add some vines and make it look way better that the current paining

well... so much for now...


cheers, vik


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 Meade wrote:
Still no progress pics???

actually your impatience ninjaed my update

Nice Greek colum. reminds me of Aphrodite cover photo



Do you have any plans to build any 18th century Baroque scenery ? meow.

hello boys and gals!

i am not dead... tho sometimes i feel like as if i am already... worklife sure is a killer... add schoollife and homeworks... household duties and familylife nad you go yourself a nice (:waahg hobby killer...

well i still ain´t dead

to prove this i show you this:
the landingplatfrom:


made from mostly PC that was sent to me by dave in a long and almost forgotten time this is for you dave!!! i finally found a way to use your aquilla^^

then...tracks are shaping up...:



to this:



as for tracks... there was that nasty issue with the symetry...

well here this might explain my concerns:

compare this:



to this:



if this still isn´t explaining enough... i will show you next time the underside of these tracks... it will solve everything...

well... this is just a short call... tomorrow i will be back...all chatty and stuff

cheers, and have a fun time... yours truly vik!

That's cool Vik. Although I still have no idea what you are on about with the tracks?

seems like where the holes line up with the wheels (in the motorized version) would be in an un-symmetrical place if he lines them up like the second pic to put on the tank.

there are some solutions I think... if vic hasn't figured it out already... I would do it the lazy way, hide the tracks on the top of the vehicle to begin with (i think you will be covering them with the landing pad already) and use mud or heavy weathering to fill in the gaps that would normally connect to the motorized tank, so the place where the holes are appear like the rest of the track. And snip off the tabs (in the visible part of the track, shouldnt be too much work) all the way on the right side of it.

I love the fact the sides are already discernibly imperial

Vik, this tank has me interested (as does the rest of your work) - love me a bit of plasticard scratchbuild ! Looking great already at the early stages.

I've got a 1:16 Heng Long Tiger with metal tracks, and they are left and right versions which mirror each other - so looks like you got 2x left or right here - or is it one track cut in half? Have you considered getting an old HL Tiger off ebay and stripping it back - then you could have it radio controlled

This might be 1:6 but it's way cool... Check out the guy riding it towards the end...

That is AWESOME Ruglund!

landing pad is excellent vik!

Very cool vik

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

Making some serious progress there, Vik! About how big is the landing platform? Are you going to scratchbuild a flyer to land on it?

Awesome work this is going to be a real beast great use of that Aquila as well mate I have to agree with the early post it looks like some one has sent you the wrong set of tracks.

You have to many of the same side track, contact the guy on ebay and tell them what has happened, you might get a whole new set for free

Vik, for comparison sake here's some photos of the1:16 metal tracks on my Tiger (need a clean up!)

Ah, so that is apparently normal for that to happen with the tracks, I see now. Odd for asymetry, but I guess that is just the way of it with such tracks and their manufacturers

Meade wrote:seems like where the holes line up with the wheels (in the motorized version) would be in an un-symmetrical place if he lines them up like the second pic to put on the tank.

there are some solutions I think... if vic hasn't figured it out already... I would do it the lazy way, hide the tracks on the top of the vehicle to begin with (i think you will be covering them with the landing pad already) and use mud or heavy weathering to fill in the gaps that would normally connect to the motorized tank, so the place where the holes are appear like the rest of the track. And snip off the tabs (in the visible part of the track, shouldnt be too much work) all the way on the right side of it.

hmmm.... interesting idea.... trackguards are still something i have to decide if i want them... tho it seems the best way to go... thanks mate!

Ruglud wrote:Vik, this tank has me interested (as does the rest of your work) - love me a bit of plasticard scratchbuild ! Looking great already at the early stages.

I've got a 1:16 Heng Long Tiger with metal tracks, and they are left and right versions which mirror each other - so looks like you got 2x left or right here - or is it one track cut in half? Have you considered getting an old HL Tiger off ebay and stripping it back - then you could have it radio controlled

This might be 1:6 but it's way cool... Check out the guy riding it towards the end...

an RC tank of my creation would be cool... and something i actually fancied for quite some time^^... and thanks for your comparrision shots! very helpful... oh... and welcome here mister! i hope you will be a regular from now on!!!

cormadepanda wrote:landing pad is excellent vik!

thank you sir!

dsteingass wrote:That's cool Vik. Although I still have no idea what you are on about with the tracks?

hehe... and thanks....

Rogue Wolves wrote:Very cool vik

merci!

Rawson wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

Making some serious progress there, Vik! About how big is the landing platform? Are you going to scratchbuild a flyer to land on it?

thank you rawson... and i will hopefully be able to come up with some scale comparrission shots at the end of the week... and yes... it will have a flyer soon...that is able to land on that platform... either i scratchbuild a new model... or use a helicopter model my wife recently bought me of a second hand shop... its a russian model of a heli i am not that used to... dunno if it is big enough... it´s 1:48 scale... and if i am able to convert it to steampunk...remains to be seen....


anyways.... no updates for today.... hopefully i get something this week done... as a matter of fact...i should be doing two homeworks for school... but atm i can´t be ar...ed to to them....


cheers, vik

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

an RC tank of my creation would be cool... and something i actually fancied for quite some time^^... and thanks for your comparrision shots! very helpful... oh... and welcome here mister! i hope you will be a regular from now on!!!

I tend to lurk for a while then pop up with a bit of witty banter / exceptionally insightful comment / totally useless facts [delete as necessary]. I will though endeavour to keep up a regular appearance on your wonderful blog - did attempt to read from the start a while back but it was too much for me - an overload of cool 'stuff' - but one day I will catch-up on all your stuff

I think based on what ruglud posted, it's not a manufacturer mistake the tracks just come like that. Honestly that tiger tank looks awesome like it is, if you zero in on the detail of the tracks they are slightly different from each other... but with a heavy caking of mud filling up the cracks you would hardly be able to tell the difference... IMO. And the tracks would pretty much look good.

Now I'm being tempted by motorized tanks... as if my obsession with LED lit tanks is not bad enough...

Some more tracks for you... Can never have too many!

ClodDude wrote:
I've dug into my Tank Parts drawer and pulled up the tracks I have for some comparison views.

From top to bottom/right to left (all 1/16 except for Blizzard): M41 metal, M26 metal, Tiger plastic, M41 plastic, Blizzard.


The tank tracks are all 1/16 scale and range from 1.5 to 1.75 inches wide, while the Blizzard tracks are 4 inches

http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=255636

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
as for tracks... there was that nasty issue with the symetry...

The Tiger 1 uses the same track type on both sides, one running up, the other running down so to say. I have a Tamiya kit that tells you to assemble one set of tracks as shown, then to do the others in the opposite direction.

edit.

Nothing wrong with that set of tracks, Tiger 1 tanks just were that way.

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 Viktor von Domm wrote:
better make that 20

i take it back ,

Can't wait to see more of Viks Mega machine!

Oy, I haven't checked this blog for ages
Your Übertransport is definetely going to look grand and impressive vik.... the amount of rivets you'll put on it... can't wait to see!

ha... wait till you get your ...er...can´t remember when promised price for that cookie competition.... well... it is almost finsihed...and i mean almost!!! gimme till the end of the week!

Vik under pressure! Rivet away your cares!

prize should have been a pile or rivets. would be better then what is going down.

ah...pile of rivets wouldn´t be that good a treat i guess...

So I'll receive the prize be the beginning of next week I guess? Looking forward to that!

and don't dare send me a pile of rivitz! haha

ha.... how about a kit then... glue your own rivets on a chalrie brown model

only joking

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
ha.... how about a kit then... glue your own rivets on a chalrie brown model

only joking

if the chalrie brown is really charlie sheen, and painted gold. Do it.

that model is only available in kokain white iirc...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
that model is only available in kokain white iirc...

Or it can be made in the rare alternate color of Booze gold-brown

to be later in yellowish golden pee color? hmmm.... i doubt if this will be a huge seller...

Likely

It'd be red for the tiger blood. It took that long to find a break in the banter to just sneak back in.

well....ladies and gentlemen...

i am still interested in this hobby...if you would have thought otherwise due to my current lack of presence here....

work, family, and the new christmas feeling... that great devourer of available time for hobby use... kept me atm from being here...

also the big shame of not being able to contribute anything new...


well about to amend for that at least...

see...i come back with an update!

promised even scaleshopts a while ago...look at the end of that update...

so... here is a mock up of the tracksystem how it should look in the end with the treads attached... only mockup still...

also the angular sponsons have been pried off as they gave me the creeps... instead i got me a coupla plastic chrsitmas tree balls and cut them in half ... to be replaced as new halfsperic sponsons... i hope this will help to bring along the more archaic look of steampunk...also they will rpovide lots of more coverage for the guns...


and


then the scale shots... a sort of family shot of all my already finished tanks... together with my IG conversions...


well... that´s that for now... cheerio...and good day to you all...!


vik

Immensely cool, somehow your bauble-tank immediately made me think Dalek

lol...talk about a happy accident^^

That's just Massive Vik! The landing pad looks great on those big-ass treads too!

That'sgoing to be a grand tank, Vik! Where did you get the threads again?

LOVE the new sponsons vik! what guns are going in them?

Looking good Vik! I was thinking a more 90-100mm wide chassis? or is it the massive treads throwing me off kilter?

Bah... not that big after all... XD

dsteingass wrote:That's just Massive Vik! The landing pad looks great on those big-ass treads too!

actually after making those pics... well i think it needs to get made thicker still... atm it looks as if it would warp if an actual flyer would land there... no viable structural integrity atm... but i will fix that for sure

MrMerlin wrote:That'sgoing to be a grand tank, Vik! Where did you get the threads again?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/321010084409?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

that was the seller i got the tracks from... but i bought them not via ebay... instead i phoned the guy of the shop... got the tracks this way even a bit cheaper

Meade wrote:LOVE the new sponsons vik! what guns are going in them?

when asked this question the instant answer is always... gatlings ... tho it remains t be seen if i am able to get the barrels look right... somehow the really fitting look i was never really able to get right...yet...

shasolenzabi wrote:Looking good Vik! I was thinking a more 90-100mm wide chassis? or is it the massive treads throwing me off kilter?

well the landing pad is 16cm in diameter...the lenght of the tank all in all atm is 25 cm... width is a bit more than 20 cm... which is a bit of a problem as it is nearing the tanks dimensions to look almost like a square...maybe stacks and such things like trench rails will fix that outline issue...

storag wrote:Bah... not that big after all... XD

yup... and again you are right

Vik, in the far future metallurgy should be better, and thus you can cheat structural integrity over the rule of cool. unless it would add more cool.

Big Rivets will hold!

cormadepanda wrote:Vik, in the far future metallurgy should be better, and thus you can cheat structural integrity over the rule of cool. unless it would add more cool.

adding more cool is always the plan

dsteingass wrote:Big Rivets will hold!

the unquestioned truth mister...forever!

Cannot forget the rivets

That is a hell of a beast are the ping pongs the sponsons then ? I hope so as I liked the idea the tracks look good so far as well.

Wow, nice!

love the landing pad especially, good attention to detail as always

lone dirty dog wrote:That is a hell of a beast are the ping pongs the sponsons then ? I hope so as I liked the idea the tracks look good so far as well.

exactly... the "pingpongballs" aka christmastree balls will support the "guns" later on...

shasolenzabi wrote:Cannot forget the rivets

*gasp* never!!!

shrike wrote:Wow, nice!

love the landing pad especially, good attention to detail as always

*bows umbly*

Ohh progress! Yayy

First thought is those spherical sponsons look fantastic - of course it has to be gatlings

Second thought is Storag's right, it's not as big as I'd thought

If the thickness of the actual pad is an issue you could try some nice support struts instead of thickening the actual pad - plenty of nice Viktoriana detailing can be done there

If the thickness of the actual pad is an issue you could try some nice support struts instead of thickening the actual pad - plenty of nice Viktoriana detailing can be done there

i followed a differnt route today... totally fruitless...this sounds like a good idea... i will test that tomorrow!

as for the gatlings... well i worked on some gun design today... dunno if the current angle of the pics reveals as much as i had put ideas into this build...probably better pics will follow soon...

by the way... don´t fret due to the gluebomb pics... all will be detailed and fixed in due time^^

Ah, Viktorian gatling support guns in a huge ball sponson

I liked that idea so much now I am happy I was correct

thanks mates... although it is only a three barrel gatling... i always imagine that my gunners are sitting/standing directly inside the sponsons... thus they get this immensly big... a bit like the turrets of the millenium falcon...

I keep thinking a vision or scope port either above, to either side of the gun, or maybe in the case of the ball turrets, just under the gun?

just put a camera above the barrel of the turret?

Don't get Cocky!

LOooks great Vik! I like the triple barrels!

Maybe set the pad on giant springs?
Wrap wire around a plastic rod?

more awesome! I was wondering, if you want to put a window on the sponsons, maybe something like this?

the middle one, cut so it's just coming off the sphere, would make a window shape...

shasolenzabi wrote:I keep thinking a vision or scope port either above, to either side of the gun, or maybe in the case of the ball turrets, just under the gun?

cormadepanda wrote:just put a camera above the barrel of the turret?

to both... somehow that idea has yet escaped me... thanks for reminding me... (no really... didn´t think of that yet...)

dsteingass wrote:Don't get Cocky!

LOooks great Vik! I like the triple barrels!

Maybe set the pad on giant springs?
Wrap wire around a plastic rod?[/quote]
hmmm.... now there is a cool thought... how can you come up with something like that and yet have so much thinking room for your own awesome projects???
on a related matter... those springs... the rod would be a bit thicker? don´t you think so? hmmm... if i raise the platform enough...i might be able to squeeze in even a small turret... if i make it right i could even add a connecting hatch on top of the landing platform too...after all the fellas need to get inside the tank from above...

Meade wrote:more awesome! I was wondering, if you want to put a window on the sponsons, maybe something like this?

the middle one, cut so it's just coming off the sphere, would make a window shape...

cool idea... i think i at least own one of these... thanks for the happy times diving into my bitzbox now^^ this could take a while^^