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yeah... another day full of work for a determined tankbuilder^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:yeah... another day full of work for a determined tankbuilder^^

Soon the hull will be finished enough to ad the "rivets" Gotta start the turret.

yeah the turret you never showed a style for that one... cubic one?

It will look like a Leman Russ or PzKpfw-IV style with side sitting cupola and smaller hatch for the loader to hang out of . Twin-linked lascannon

ok... will stay tuned^^

Just a hint, Leman Russ stowage box and plastic card section have already formed the back of the turret.almost twice the hieightof a russ turret

ahhh... can we speculate on the size of the maingun from that data?^^

Leman Russ, sized Lascannons, and time to sleep for me./


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I meant Landraider sized Lascannons.

sounds good... have a good night!

I will have more pics of the hull sections done, and the started turret.

uploaded yet?

Not yet, still working on the vision blocks for the driver and battle cannon gunner



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Okay, now we are done with the vision blocks! I took an idea from Interwar/early WW-II tanks for sliding armor covers for protection during battle for the vision ports, the "glass" will be painted in my usual Dark Angel Green with goblin green streaks.

The basic frame.
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Armor blocks on and in different levels of coverage.
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The gunnery block has one slide cover longer for reinforcement from the back wash of the cannon bouncing off of the tracks system.
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nice idea with the differnt heights to the armor blocks... a lesser man would think you werent able to make them level...lol...only joking... i think that way it look s more realistic and live in...tho i have to add... the right one is a tad to narrow in the width...maybe a newer version to make them similar? only suggesting... cause the cam doesn´t lie^^

That too was on purpose, the gunner is merely spotting on occassion the driver needs the wider port for better driving!


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Look at the vids on old tanks the gunner port is smaller on that as well, the driver gets the big/wider port

oh... ok... i understand... that makes sense... i guess this will later on be much better to recognize when the paintjob will be happening...

Definitely

Got more work done on the T-300/Bogatyr. get ready for more astounding and amazing plastic-card wizardry. (one day I may make it even more spectacular, but for now.

Metal ladder rungs
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Engine grill
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Battlecannon is now in place!
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Hello there!
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Turret started
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fitted to the hull
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Cutting a promising profile!
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The factory workers collective would like to apologize for delays as they had to re-work revisions presented by the designers and then the engineers! But the final product should make it out on time for the quotas, and allow a more smoother presentation to the Committee members before shipping out to the front line battle units! As you can see the Smolentz cannon was traded out for the Lika M-46/L seen in the bow mantlet.

May the Emperor's enemies cower in fear at the mere mention of the T-300!

*shudders....*

now that is a cool sight to behold! battlecanon is looking good and highly detailed...
i guess with a turret standing as tall as this w need a new set of scaleshots.... by the way... those will be done from my side tonight...^^

the ladders loooking good, for some reasons i seem to forgett always such things...well not forgetting as this would imply planning^^ and this cant be held against me... i never plan ahead...^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:*shudders....*

now that is a cool sight to behold! battlecanon is looking good and highly detailed...
i guess with a turret standing as tall as this w need a new set of scaleshots.... by the way... those will be done from my side tonight...^^

the ladders loooking good, for some reasons i seem to forgett always such things...well not forgetting as this would imply planning^^ and this cant be held against me... i never plan ahead...^^

Shuddering? does it inspire the awe and fear such a monster of metal should?

I still need to cut some side breaks at the end of the muzzle part, but thank you, it was needed file work that got those parts to have the angles to smooth it out andf make it look like that!

Turret still needs more work, and a top and cupola is longer than the turret on Perun, but slimmer side to side. the new tank is less wide, and shorter than Perun, but managed to be higher up!

Ah, just bent parts of paperclips is all.

yep awe and fear ...check!

my maingun need more detailwork fer sure on the maingun.... for now it is just a barrel.... so this will follow shortly i guess.... the treads on mine will keep me pretty busy.... do you recon i should do treads all the way round or just where they are bound to be seen?

i guess this is a very fine tank already.... what intrigues me now the most is how you will fit in the double lasconons on the turret into the frame.... this keeps me particularly glued^^

Well, comparison between T-300 and T-400
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Taking pics in the dark causes blurring!
But you can sort of see how the turret is built up around the las-cannons
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comparison 2
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from above, you can see a whole different design philosophy even though they have similar layouts.
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i wonder why you like to use lascanons so often? are they ingame better?

i now see the fitted lascons...loking good and leaves manouverablity to them...

well they both seem to be of one mind...lol... but one can see the slight differencies! unique but still in theme!

Oh, I had plenty of las-cannons lying around is all, (I still have some more I think. (I'd have to look) I have left over multi-lasers, and some chaotic auto-cannons from my defiler kit(all close combat oriented).

But yes, while staying in our design philosophy, they are distinctly different tanks in their own rights. With the day come better pics, more focused.

T-300 behind T-400
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T-400 behind T-300
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From above, T-300 is smaller "footprint" than T-400
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Turret focus, upper deck of turret starts
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T-300 behind the Malcador
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Side by side
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T-300 and Chimera comparatives
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Can't hide so well behind the Chimera
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Chimera makes T-300 look BIG
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T-300 with T-290
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T-290 behind T-300
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Width comparison, T-300 is slightly wider.
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Length comparison, T-300 is definitely longer.
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In height the T-290 wins out.
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the last pics gave me some food for thought....the T-290, your command tank...has the doubled width of the tracks.... do you recon this might be needed to be fixed for the T300? as: is it likley that the treads have enough propulsion power/traction to get the tank moving? just a though from me, no need to pull everything apart... tho it is something i would explain at least fluff wise...

as for the comparrision shot... nearly the whole family is now gathered on different pics ^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:the last pics gave me some food for thought....the T-290, your command tank...has the doubled width of the tracks.... do you recon this might be needed to be fixed for the T300? as: is it likley that the treads have enough propulsion power/traction to get the tank moving? just a though from me, no need to pull everything apart... tho it is something i would explain at least fluff wise...

as for the comparrision shot... nearly the whole family is now gathered on different pics ^^

Well, the plastic glue has already fused the parts together, maybe in the future, if I found enough of the old track shoes, maybe make a mold and mix my own plastic or resin for enough to suit the needs to make a "King-Bogatyr." But the Malcador tanks from Forgeworld use the similar width of the T-300, so that was why I went with the single width this time. The engine system will be sufficient, as this is another tank with a top speed of 6 inches per turn across the table where the Leman Russ can opt to go an extra D-6 inches if it decides not to shoot that turn. (I had plenty of treads when I had the ability to make the T-290 and T-350 coz they came as a 10 tank kit!!!)

I did wish to show how they were all so different.

Now more progress reports because yesterday was very, VERY productive!

Totally closed the turret, more work was done!
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Heavy stubber left
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Both parts of the Stubber weapon
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That pintle mount failed, so while the glue was still wet, I came up with another.
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Extra armor plates added to the front hull
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New pintle is easily seen here, along with back railing, and exhaust system.
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This gal has quite the profile!
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In this light you can see that filing is being done to the rougher edges, and rivets need to be placed all over it!
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Like an old dreadnought of the seas, massive broadside firepower is this tanks' surprise. The servo turret can swing and fire over the exhausts!
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Close up to show the servo turret, exhausts, and banding for rivets to go,
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Showing off the pintle and stubber guns.
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Exhaust joins, and tools and rail.
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Now you may have noticed these odd shapes all over the tank, more vision ports! Left
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Right
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Rear.
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Weapons splayed out
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From above
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Coming at you!
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Now for you to all expound more on this monster-piece. Oh never fear, there will be more Imperial winged skulls on it!, as well as the rivets.

well i will be off this week for th so called elbe-sandstein gebirge...a short trip holiday for me and the family... some needed battery recharging.... i hope you can manage the riveting without my help^^....on second thought... this baby will need plenty^^

like the idea of more viewpoints...seems you need tocheck where everything is when driving...

your own treads...nice idea...if you do that, a short tut and a bit of comment if you would do so again would be nice... i would like to try my hands on this too...

by the way you detailed up the tank already quiete a bit, before riveting.... this will make the job not quite easier...


vik

It will be as the Perun, so no worries, and the tank will look more "real" once the rivets are in place, (that's a lot of PVA dots!).

I will go and see about more comments on your treads before you head off to those mountains.

Enjoy your vacation, but I wonder who will come and comment on the oddballs while you are away??

ouch....last point is a good point or better dang...can´t do nbothing about that....hmmm...

of course will the tank get to look more real once the rivets will be set ....it is almost a fetish now... all those rivets somehow give me a fuzzy warm feeling all over^^

Yep, more rivets a coming for us tread heads!

and good luck or better good look^^ for your game session...


see your work on friday^^


cheers, vik