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You mean Duellies? never on the front, how would you steer it? lol
Jeep-esque fenders (NOTE: angles suck!)





Please explain the need for an angled hood?

I'm thinking a duel front wheel set-up would look great on this beast. And as for how these work, I give you the Tyrell P34 - The most famous six-wheeler in F1 history and the only six-wheeler to win a Grand Prix, in Sweden 1976



And Nemo's car from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen



http://www.deviantart.com/morelikethis/336367357?view_mode=2

That's nifty and all, but this is a truck on steroids, it's meant to pull......really heavy gak, not for racing


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Duallies generally mean two wheels together, for torque
you cannot steer a vehicle very easily that way lol

Dave, Dave, Dave.. how do you think it would steer? it works fine!


see?

and here is one on the undercarrige


imo a sloped hood looks much better. the best reason i can give you



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well that works too

but the turnradius must be miles!

Pic#2 is the reason it's a dumb idea IMHO
That's the most ridiculous-looking tractor I've ever seen
But this is what is known as turbo-redneck[img]

Although, here is a Deuce and a half with front Duallies

But it's a post-war civillian job, and all-wheel drive, a half-track doesn't need all-wheel drive, the fronts simply steer.
The caption reads: Duals were added to the front in soft mud and marsh conditions for greater floation. Do NOT do this on dry pavement or you risk breaking axles!
Sorry, I'm not putting Duallies on the front LOL, it's a half-track and the tank bits do the work

Haha I grew up next to th family that built Bigfoot. I would have to vote against dualies as well. You can't take them through most car washes.

I think that formula 1 car looks like the basis for a great ork conversion though.

LOL, there was a reason why Bigfoot always did it's runs in a straight line

Same reason it was always muddy too.


Edited for stupid IPad autocorrect.

i think if not sloped, then the hood should not be too angled looking... if you have enough material...then try to sand it more curvy...

other than that... get every damned hammer out of your way...as this is a very good looking work as is! i like it very much! you certianly made a dream become a reality here!

by the way...do you want to inlcude a giant sized bumber or even a dozerblade on that one???... the way you still haven´t done something on that part it looks as if you carefully planned ahead of something superior looking

Curves? in 40k???

awww.... don´t accuse me as a heretic now

I dunno, I kind of like the hood as it is now..no?

well if you look at your research pics... the hanomag and so on...they have curves... but... better move on and not discuss with me such stuff

..But it's not based on the curvy things, it's based on the M3..it looks liek a giant version of it..I'm confused?

naww...probably me that´s confused....

i know what you want to build... just arguing from my own persepective here^^

meh..You're right as always Vik...

The scale is just too off, kind of depressing really.
I don't think I want to work on this anymore right now, perhaps I'll finish it later like I did the Corvega when I get an idea and some motivation. If this many of you are questioning the proportions, I should listen.
40K miniatures are ALL unproportional and we are all brainwashed into thinking that is "normal"

You can be brain washed, my mined will stay dirty. 10marines only fit in a rhino after they have been beaten up, swallowed and out by a greater deamon. The suspension of disbelief is gone for me in 40k. That's why I'm doing bloodbowl and necromunda. Trolls, minotaurs and plasma pistols I can believe, but a marine transport that could possibly fit 10 genetically altered super humans with the footprint of a Volkswagen beetle is beyond me.

Soapbox over. Set it to the side, you'll get a better idea when you least expect it. I've done so with a few of my necromunda projects. And most have come out better now.

Haha, Clown cars FTW! Thanks Theo!

More bad news I'm afraid...
I've always found that a trip to my local Hobby Shop is usually a cure for depression, so I fired up the jeep (glad I put the soft top on..since it's fething RAINING and SNOWING!!)
>And I found this.

A perfect Tank Chassis!
BUT..I get to the counter, and find out they no longer accept my IPMS-USA membership, or any club member ship (for years It's always gotten me a 10% discount on all things plastic), now it's been replaced with some cheesy rewards card where you've get 3% back for every $100 you spend..how crappy is that!?!

Anyways, this new store may be closer to my house, but I think I'll have to drive across town from now on to the other store when buying plastic to get my 10% discount.

Goddamn Republicans!

Goddamn Republicans!

so say we all

and... i am not argueing about the size per se... just on minor details... the size my friend... i hate rhino´s or for that matter landraiders for their size...my own tanks... well they are all supersized... because i like them to have a certain air of convincing around them...

so your halftrack is good in our shared view of the realistic heroic 40k universe... just not in scale with your other vehicels...

and that is a nice buy... but you will do something to get it closed, eh?

I'll add a superstructure to it, and probably a turret of some kind...DAMN!..Looking at the sprues right now..soo many tiny details..woof

and you have a 1:35 kit...

Yeah, but because it's basically the "training" version of the Panzer 1, it'll have a footprint about the size of a Chimera.


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I know that Ausf. A basically translates to Version 1, but what does "ohne Aufbau" mean Vik?

ohne aufbau means without top...... so your jeep under nice weather conditions is "ohne aufbau" too

oh... a training tank... that makes sense...

and yeah... if you add PC to it... it will then make quite a good tank! chimera or LR...you name it

Here's the little backstory on the box

You can see it's all molded in baby-gak yellow too.
and here is the detail of the plan

I can probably skip most of the engine, transmission, and inside detail if it's all going to be covered.

Is it really that close to the Chimera footprint?
I've been trying (and failing) to find a good !GW chassis to build Chimeras from and I gave up, deciding to scratch some Hanomags together in the right size... but the size is important to me (as long as it's close).

that means if you skip these parts... you can use them all later for other stuff! good planning^^

and i dunno why but someone has told me about all the pre war preperations of germany back then... i think they did even more disgused planning...warmongers the lot of them...!

Pretty close Rigel

Maybe slightly smaller

@Vik, starving people will do all sorts of things...

Is it as wide as well?
(asking a lot, sorry, it can wait)

OOooh..sneaky indeed!

It's not on the instructions, but it includes a turret sprue!

Dave, if its the size of a chimera, then maybe you could make a variant of a salamander scout tank. Add just a little armour to the driver compartment, and a small cannon and voila.