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Further to Dr H's point, the underside of the hatches seem a little bare...

Dr H wrote:Nice work Vik. :thmubsup:

One small suggestion: All these hatches, could they do with a rod (doesn't even have to be a visible piston) to open and close them?
I know it's possible to have hatches work from the hinge, but it's little things like that, that I like to add...

i do have the materials and i was planning to do that too...was a bit unmotivated about doing that... but now i am motivated

dsteingass wrote:This will be your rivetiest project ever Vik!

You could keep both cannons if you make them nested barrels, like a recoiling system.

indeed... the turret alone has 220 rivets!!! for a LoeR designated transport it has to have one hell of a truckload of...wait for it...rivets

inmygravenimage wrote:Further to Dr H's point, the underside of the hatches seem a little bare...

see above...but...please explain exactly what you mean with your own idea here... i think i can need a lil help^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
A hearty welcome magos! And thanks to the high praise, maturing da Vinci is no small compliment!


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Just had a look... You're that mecharious guy!!! Your work is also outstanding...I always wondered why you mix so many materials?

Haha.... thanks mate! Really appreciate the coments!

Not wanting to jump in your thread here too much... but to be honest the material selection was basically materials i have had in the house..... trying ot keep the build cost down on this and having the grey card and white card around has helped. Only really speant money on the bitz bag from ebay... and some Plasticard........ Looking forward to a litle order to "Blood and Skulls" but even then.. i am hoping to bring this in for around about £40-£45 GBP.

Thanks again mate and keep going with the great work on this one!!

Rivety, turtle tank of doom!

Wow, fantastic work Vik, and that is a lot of rivets .
You seem to be making great progress with this, It's coming along nicely,
will you be giving it some interior detail at some point?

Wow. Thats a ton of work there Vik! Alll those rivets O_o...rivetsss...rriiiivvvvvvvettssss.....i am now under your control master...drool....what orders do you have for me?

Vik, I realised I didn't answer your question. I suggest a plate under the hatch, either a plain quadrilateral (to suggest it seals the hatch) or with a X through it (much more work, but would look v cool), so you get cross-in-a-box shape on the underside.

At graven, I have really hard time to understand what you describe... Could you help me with a lil sketch?

On other news...major update planned...the cause of my late absence was the amount of rivets added...believe me...we are nearing a thousand rivets till this beast is finished...

Vik, you were supposed to hold the fort while I was gone. Seems all the inmates are loose. Good thing my wife has entertained me, otherwise I'd be bore to death without my modeling .

Sure:

Where the triangles are recessed/cut out.

Beware the beast of a thousand rivets!

And this look on the inside of each shutter/ hatch?...hmmm interesting idea...thanks graven...

*looks for his net and hooks...* gonna catch'em all Theo...... Until update time anyways

Yeah, that's my thought. GW did have a hatch like this at one point, iirc, on the russ kit.

I never had that kit...but I am currently experimwnting with thin pc...

^ Good lad

Never built a Russ kit Vik? Oh, you should build at least one. The older kit if possible, not the newer, compromised kit.

Well...I also never bought a GW kit at a shop...so...

Look for them at 20% off places, or ebay

Hello my dear subscribers...(and all these who tuned in who are still not subscribed, now you feel you should have been here earlier, eh? )

today i would like to present to you a 99% finished built hommage to da vinci´s tortoise tank...
the designated transport to the =]_=, the league of extra ordinary riveteers...

first some eyeopening shots of its breathtaking view in total:















what do you think?^^

and now off to some detailshots...

since the last update the tank has had some longreaching changes happening to it...

i had to replace the lower barrelmaws with bigger chaos heads as i needed the smaller ones for the upper tier...thus this is the look of the lower hatches...also thanks to gravens idea the inside of these hatches got the new details added...also...pistons too...





this is the boiler all riveted up and also with a grill...





i´ve added a flag /banner to the turret as you already could see on the full shots...not too sure about the frilly look yet...your thoughts?



detailshots of the upper tier...small barrelmaws...pistons and added decor shields to be later painted in yet unknown ways to me





the turret now has viewpoints ...the pointy look is new... does this look fitting?...


back to the belly of the beast...namley the underside and the tracks... here still is some riveting needed... but you get the idea...







sprocket wheels are not teethed... i didn´t have anything to achieve that look...

so...your thoughts? ideas... any wishes? well... i sure have some questions... the outside of the hatches need some ideas for detailing... ? would be nice to hear of your thoughts about that issue... also... should i rivet the underside?...

oh...and for us rivetnerds... your looking at way over 1700 rivets at this tank...still counting...

cheers, vik

That's absolutely amazing Vik! This is really you're rivitiest project ever!

bebopdrums2424 wrote:Wow. Thats a ton of work there Vik! Alll those rivets O_o...rivetsss...rriiiivvvvvvvettssss.....i am now under your control master...drool....what orders do you have for me?

hk1x1 wrote:Wow, fantastic work Vik, and that is a lot of rivets .
You seem to be making great progress with this, It's coming along nicely,
will you be giving it some interior detail at some point?

shasolenzabi wrote:Rivety, turtle tank of doom!

a lot and a half...... interior detail... hmmm... depends on how i am willing to get the two parts of upper and lower together....?... if i wont glue everything to everything... it could happen....should i?...hmmmm

MagosBiff90 wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
A hearty welcome magos! And thanks to the high praise, maturing da Vinci is no small compliment!


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Just had a look... You're that mecharious guy!!! Your work is also outstanding...I always wondered why you mix so many materials?

Haha.... thanks mate! Really appreciate the coments!

Not wanting to jump in your thread here too much... but to be honest the material selection was basically materials i have had in the house..... trying ot keep the build cost down on this and having the grey card and white card around has helped. Only really speant money on the bitz bag from ebay... and some Plasticard........ Looking forward to a litle order to "Blood and Skulls" but even then.. i am hoping to bring this in for around about £40-£45 GBP.

Thanks again mate and keep going with the great work on this one!!

oh... you´re willing to sell your childreen....argh....i bet my wife would love to get me to do this too^^

dsteingass wrote:Look for them at 20% off places, or ebay

yup... that is true^^


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 dsteingass wrote:
That's absolutely amazing Vik! This is really you're rivitiest project ever!

without a shadow of a doubt

way over 1700 rivets....

Vik, it is rivet-astique! wonderful job!

thanks mate...i took it to rivet city...literally^^

LOL! The folks at Rivet City in FO-3 ever saw that, they'd pull the draw bridge away and hide, or maybe send someone out so that you did not use the guns to sink it!

Haha during that Navy Yard shooting, when they showed the map of DC on TV, I couldn't help noticing that was almost the exact spot the Aircraft Carrier beached...

Yeah I figured they tried to make some real use of DC while still making it feel alternate universe DC

Brilliant Vik. Very nice.

On your hatches, if you are riveting the cross pieces to the underside, you could just have the rivets coming through. That would break up the flatness of them without adding extra detail that will likely be lost amongst the rivets.

This is lovely!! Really impressive work! And those amount of rivets make me feel bad for moaning about the poxy small amount i have done so far!!!

Kudos!!

As wonderful and amazing as it gets sir, truly brilliant.

Thank you.

That is an awesome tank Vik... never seen anything like it! You've invented a new genre... renaissance rivetpunk....

Looks great Vik, you could make a second version omitting the tracks but adding a flight stand - make for an awesome steampunk flying saucer