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Viktor von Domm wrote:aye...that is a most sound idea... also for more flexibility you could make your own...the actual ponton structure is not that fancy... so it is doable on your own... and of course you could always get yourself another sabre from OC as well for the substructure...

True enough, I have sent him the suggestion. As for making a proper basic system, and then the bridge pieces, I think the bridge will be easier than the "turret"/deployment system that takes the place of the combat system turret of the sabre.

you are actually suggesting stuff for their production...how cool is that? wow...i feel rather proud of you now! (thats my honest face here...cool!)

Viktor von Domm wrote:you are actually suggesting stuff for their production...how cool is that? wow...i feel rather proud of you now! (thats my honest face here...cool!)

Well, it is just a suggestion, he may decide not to accept making iot, but if not, no worries, I amn already looking at images of the M-60A1-AVLB system, an interesting set up iof pistons and control mechanisms to un-lock the bridge and unfold it to deploy.. I might have to make it unfoldable

sweet... with real servicable action pistons... that would be the killer piece in your army!

Viktor von Domm wrote:sweet... with real servicable action pistons... that would be the killer piece in your army!

It may be tough, but if i work the slide action just right, it will be extendable pistons as the server moves down and helps deploy the bridge section, which i will have removable, and pin-hinged.

if i had the right materials i now would deem this doable too...after all you showed with your moveable turrets it is possible!

It's good to see so many Old Crow tanks being put to good use here...they are pretty good aren't they? (I have a couple of dozen of them myself).

Have you seen the ones from Scotia Grendel? They have quite a selection of weird armoured vehicles and it is worth looking through all of their sections because they range from wheeled to tracked to hover (just like Old Crow).

Here's a link to their site: http://www.scotiagrendel.com/

and here are a few examples:

http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/images/Grendel%20Sci%20Fi/10041_sci_fi_apc.jpg

http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/images/Grendel%20Sci%20Fi/F0007_ATAC_APC.jpg

http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/images/Kryomek%20Nexus%20Vehicles/NVO-001_assegai_battle_tank.jpg

http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/images/Kryomek%20Nexus%20Vehicles/NVO-006%20Ogre%20234%20Assault%20Gun.jpg

Well worth a look and most of these cost less than a tenner.

Oh, I know of them, I just thought that they had gone out of business a few years back the Kryomek seemed to have anyway

I have been picking up a load of their APCs for one of my projects and they paint up really nicely (they dry-brush really well because of their texture).

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Grymn/Grymn%20Tunnel%20Fighters/GTF76.jpg

I changed the original turrets for the 6mm scale ones from Old Crow (cannons or rocket-launchers, depending on role).

The only real issue is that they are pretty small (smaller even than Old Crow) so they may not work well with marines/IG.

Have you seen the Pig Iron tanks?:

http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/vehicles-c-8.html?zenid=c3375c38a8b4d03909b9c138141410fe

They are pretty big and mean looking and you can get the turrets separately as well.

Inso wrote:I have been picking up a load of their APCs for one of my projects and they paint up really nicely (they dry-brush really well because of their texture).

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Grymn/Grymn%20Tunnel%20Fighters/GTF76.jpg

I changed the original turrets for the 6mm scale ones from Old Crow (cannons or rocket-launchers, depending on role).

The only real issue is that they are pretty small (smaller even than Old Crow) so they may not work well with marines/IG.

Have you seen the Pig Iron tanks?:

http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/vehicles-c-8.html?zenid=c3375c38a8b4d03909b9c138141410fe

They are pretty big and mean looking and you can get the turrets separately as well.

Oh, I know, the most a IG could make of those Kryomek APC's is maybe a 6-man team? I do that with the Half-tracks by OC and the same would be for their really light APC.

Ah, the Pig Iron tanks are very big indeed! I have thought of them, but, well, the OC is pretty close to my needs as are some other things like the scratch-builds and the conversion of WW-2 vehicles. But yeah, some of the Kryomek APCS up-scaled would look awesome.

Have to snap some pics of the now "rivetted" ARV

*rubs hands* (i know used that already quite often...*shrugs*)

Have a taste for now.
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do those support vehicles have the chains all stored outside? i would have thought these would be inside or rather around a reel...but i guess you want to show off a bit of bling with this one?^^

mmmm Rivets!

Some do have so many tow chains and cables that they drape them about Vik.

Tasty eh Dave?

Some more pics!
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Next step in daylight is primer!


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Oh yes, and some GS for that hook of the crane/chain

your glue rivets again make a nice tank a superior tank...

Viktor von Domm wrote:your glue rivets again make a nice tank a superior tank...

This has probably been shown a handful of times already - but I'm new to Dakka - so I'll have to ask: Can someone point me towards a guide for 'glue rivets'? They will be for my plasticard Skorcha and BW.

Viktor von Domm wrote:your glue rivets again make a nice tank a superior tank...

Thanks Vik. I have grown fond of those rounded rivets.

TaWaaagh wrote:
This has probably been shown a handful of times already - but I'm new to Dakka - so I'll have to ask: Can someone point me towards a guide for 'glue rivets'? They will be for my plasticard Skorcha and BW.

No problem, first, I took a GW plastic cement bottle that had run out of glue and washed out the last of it, then refilled with PVA glue(white glue, elmer's etc.
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Then used a canula tip from the Zap-a-gap superglue(any canula that will fit over the tip of the bottle will do. I did have to sand down the bottle tip to fit better into the bottom of the canula
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The right amount of pressure is needed to help hold the right size blob of glue and then touch it to the surface and practice a bit as even I still get some big rivets when i wanted them smaller, it is like dotting candies with a icing squeezer.
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So, it is quite that simple, just getting things set up right, and then using the right amount of pressure squeezing your "rivet-gun".

Looks simple enough (that alone is proof that it isnt!)

I will have a go at it later. Thanks

No problem
like I said, practice making your rivet dots before aplyiung them to the model, nie thing about orks is the sizes can be off and still be a-ok!

maybe we should all make a rivet article for this board... with all possible ways to make rivets...yours...mine...daves...and maybe someone can make something explainative with pics... so much options...

Viktor von Domm wrote:maybe we should all make a rivet article for this board... with all possible ways to make rivets...yours...mine...daves...and maybe someone can make something explainative with pics... so much options...

That could be a good idea for the rivet minded neophytes out there

well we all know that rivets are very important for model making...in fact it is a vital/essential thing...^^

As will be seen in my now partially painted OC minis as they have the 2 main colors on!

OH nice^^ but as i am about to go to bed i will drool over them later on....have a productive day mate!

Without the flash on, it does get odd to see how blue the gray gets! The heavier attack cars!
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Hey shazo , you must have some serious storage for all these tanks mate , these latest ones remind me of classic 70s sci fi.

neil101 wrote:Hey shazo , you must have some serious storage for all these tanks mate , these latest ones remind me of classic 70s sci fi.

I have the boxes and such to pack them, so yep, that and their size helps.

whoa... it always amazes me in which seed you can make these vehicles get so much paint on them... the two taks i did took way too long for my liking...and they werent even primed to begin with...

looking very good in the bicolored way...and nicley do the rivets look now...