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An impressive collection of armor and thanks for the dialogue as you've posted!

I like the Dorn- haven't had opportunity to build one yet and you've done a good job with the detailing. I like that you include so many crewman on your vehicles; I've always maintained that an armored fighting vehicle- while impressive in its own right- is a dead thing until you see the signs that men actually crew and use them.

Also agree with your decision to replace the cannon turret on the Salamander with a pintle mounted stubber- looks much better balanced.

Rock on!

Emperor's guts, the boy loves a tank!

Fantastically huge collection of guard goodies going on here...

Getting excited for the upcoming plastic malcador and other solar auxiliary vehicles per-chance?

I know I am.

By the way, should you ever consider selling of those wheeled transports, send me a PM

Meer_Cat wrote:An impressive collection of armor and thanks for the dialogue as you've posted! I like the Dorn- haven't had opportunity to build one yet and you've done a good job with the detailing. I like that you include so many crewman on your vehicles; I've always maintained that an armored fighting vehicle- while impressive in its own right- is a dead thing until you see the signs that men actually crew and use them. Also agree with your decision to replace the cannon turret on the Salamander with a pintle mounted stubber- looks much better balanced. Rock on!

Thanks MC, your comments are appreciated. The Dorn is a good kit and worth adding to your IG Army. You are so right about vehicles with no crew are dead things. You have to have some guy hanging of a Stubber at the very least. Also, any artillery pieces have to have a full crew and ammo vehicles supporting them. Yeah I'm happy with the Salamander and the pintle mount.

osjclatchford wrote:Emperor's guts, the boy loves a tank! Fantastically huge collection of guard goodies going on here...Getting excited for the upcoming plastic malcador and other solar auxiliary vehicles per-chance? I know I am.

LOL! Only a love them a little. New IG tanks coming? I'm always happy about that

Pyroalchi wrote:By the way, should you ever consider selling of those wheeled transports, send me a PM

Sorry mate not likely as they can't be replaced now.

Well I did a fare bit on the Russ today. Had some drama with the sposson bolters which slowed me down, but I did manage to complete the build. Bad day for painting here today a bit cool and lots of wind. Which is a pain when your are trying to spray undercoat and get the base coat done. I made it in the end, but will have to fix some of the plastic card work that just not quite right on the bottom of the hull. I also managed to get all the fruit undercoated as well. With a bit of luck I may complete the painting tomorrow.

Had to do some modifications on the lower hull plates as they were not working for me. Added plastic card and rivets and problem solved. I add extra armour to the lower front of the tank as the Russ never looked finished there to me and with the Blood and Skulls side armour, adding the additional plates works well. Finished all the base coats and I am now doing the detail work and painting fruit and weapons. No more work now on this until the weekend.

Well I completed the detail painting and put the tracks on. The blood and skulls armoured sides also went on. Added the bolter side sponsons, jerry cans, tools and assorted bundels. The crewman went in and a took hold of his Stubber. This one brings the Tank Company up to 13 Leman Russ with only another Atlas to go. Just put the decals and packs and we are complete.

Command Tank 2nd Troop 12th Cadian Mech Regt is now back in action after repairs to her engine bay and rear suspension which occurred when she received Krak Missile in the rear end. Some what annoying that was. Lt Col Conner's Tech Priests have performed well and brought Tank 21 back on line.

Well all done. A lot of parts I use come from the old Chimera kit. I use the original smoke launcher, antenna (I have no more of this part) on all my vehicles as they look far better then the new ones which looks like some sort of plant (Smk Launcher). One the pieces I use on the Mk III LR is that odd little plastic floor bit that you used to get. Which was a piece that only come into use if you were building a FW Hydra, Trojan or Manticore. I use this to build the additional frontal armour. Two of them in fact (And I have no more of these either). I use a range of bits from the Tank sprue to add fruit to the vehicle. The packs are from Secret Weapon which unfortunately like Blood and Skulls has closed. The B and S armour sides just fit so well and they really beef the LR up. The crewman's heads come from Puppet War who have the best heads on the market.

Well the last picture is the current line up of 12th Cadian Mech Regt and the 62nd Cadian Armoured Regt for your viewing pleasure. LOL!

Well on to the next project. This is a rebuild of a model done by Klaus Not Santa. Awhile ago and I do mean awhile ago I acquired his Thalasa 1 ship which had been one of his many excellent dioramas. Other projects have got in the way of getting this kit bash started. Now I have cleared my list of to do builds I am going to do a complete rebuild, creating a sea going Leman Russ crewed by Inso's great new Squat figures that are on sale with Macrocosm.

I needed to do a bit of a clean up to remove some modeled ocean of the hull and also remove the the hatches from the torpedo tubes as I had lost one and would need to rebuild them. I will be putting a Leman Russ turret on the for-deck and add two Las Canon Sponsons. I also have a couple of ideas for other pieces of firepower. The Anti Aircraft Gun will probably stay. Lots to do yet but here is some progress pictures.

I remember that build by Klaus- what a great piece of work!

Interesting direction you're taking your own build; I was afraid at first that Russ turret forward would be too 'heavy', too unbalanced, but the prelim fit looks good. This will be a fun project to watch and it's one of the few armored vehicles you don't already have!

Rock on!

 Meer_Cat wrote:
Interesting direction you're taking your own build; I was afraid at first that Russ turret forward would be too 'heavy', too unbalanced, but the prelim fit looks good. This will be a fun project to watch and it's one of the few armored vehicles you don't already have!

I'm working on the hull first and some prep work for the aft deck. As you can see I have removed the foam ocean from the sides and will repair any damaged rivets (I hate rivets) I have worked of the turret ring mounting which has come out well. I used a dehydrator for hearing aids which was a perfect fit to hull and you could mount a Leman Russ turret mounting perfectly on it. Bit of glue and its done. I found that the PVC pipe I use was perfect for the Stubber mounts and the will go on the aft cabin which I will be remodeling. These will be raised of the hull. The sponsons will fit well with only minor work. The turret I will not have a crewman hanging out for once as I intend to about 4 - 5 Squat crew elsewhere viable. I have some plans for the AA Gun which will move further aft. Smoke launchers are in place.

That turret really does fit surprisingly well. Clever thinking.

 Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:
That turret really does fit surprisingly well. Clever thinking.

Yes it did. You can just see the plastic of the dehumidifier capsule I used. The capsule fitted perfectly into the existing hole in the deck and them its rim fitted perfectly in to the turret rim like it was made for it. I then glued and push to the right level and had a perfect gun mount for the turret to go on. About five minutes work.

Hi used to follow you on warseer so glad to see you here I have two of the forgeworld leman russ to build any tips to help with my build

I commend your ability to stick to one army! And it's darn nice too!

Man- that is a slick trick with the PVC pipe for stubber buckets!

My next project build might just need some of those!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:That turret really does fit surprisingly well. Clever thinking.

Yes mate and it only cost $5.00 from Bunnings the local hardware store.

chrisanthony1979 wrote:Hi used to follow you on warseer so glad to see you here I have two of the forgeworld leman russ to build any tips to help with my build

Thanks mate glad to be here. I have five tips:

1. Clean all the flash off very carefully as some times a part is covered.
2. Look closely when fitting tracks as you will have to do some cleaning, cutting and sanding to insure a square fit. Get this wrong and your tank will rock for all the wrong reasons.
3. Make sure you up armour the front lower hull as it looks s##t otherwise.
4. Get some Blood and Skulls side armour and your tank will rock for a different reason.
5. Use bits from the tank and original Chimera sprue.

RedSarge wrote:I commend your ability to stick to one army! And it's darn nice too!

Yep! Since 1996 now. Thanks mate.

Meer_Cat wrote:Man- that is a slick trick with the PVC pipe for stubber buckets! My next project build might just need some of those!

And its cheap as well. See above. Mate it fits like a glove and the the mount rotates tight, does not fall out when turn up side down.

Lads I'm away on another project at the moment more to follow on the weekend.

Oh damn, now I want to build a PT boat. I have too many other projects to do. I won't, I won't, I won't.....

 Tommygun1918 wrote:
Oh damn, now I want to build a PT boat. I have too many other projects to do. I won't, I won't, I won't.....

LOL! You know you want to!

Well I did some work yesterday and added new hunter killer missile tubes to the hull. These were some Old Crow hatches I had in the bits box and with only a little bit of work fitted really well. I redesigning the forward hull so that it will not have safety rails as the crew will move inside the hull to battle positions. I will have safety rails on aft section of the near the rear cabin. I working in some old Kreigan tank parts as well.

Hi blood and skulls is now on here
https://www.elrikshobbies.com
So I ordered some side armour and a open top compartment the same as yours , so hopefully can do the mars pattern leman russ justice

chrisanthony1979 wrote:
Hi blood and skulls is now on here https://www.elrikshobbies.com
So I ordered some side armour and a open top compartment the same as yours , so hopefully can do the mars pattern Leman Russ justice

Thanks for the link, but I had already found these guys. It would have been bad if you could not get the B and S bits still.

Good luck with your builds.

Naval warfare, something dear to my heart.

Cheers,

CB

 Captain Brown wrote:
Naval warfare, something dear to my heart. Cheers, CB

I glad that you are content CB. That said my latest project has slowed because I was waiting for some after market bits which have now arrived. So hopefully some progress this weekend.

I have not been idle. The project has advanced some over the last weeks. As you can see I have now redone the rear cabin and have placed the new Stubbier mounts and the Anti-aircraft gun on it. I will be adding the undated version of the auto cannon to the gun mount. I have some after market hatches and bits that I will be adding prior to painting.

Looking good. How do you use it in game?

Well I will play it as a Leman Russ. It will have side sponsons. Some of the weapons are for balance and I not wedded to the anti-aircraft turret. There more in keeping with its original design.

More progress today. I have completed the rear cabin adding door hatches, antennas, air vents and engine fruit. I have also added some patches were the sponsons will be mounted. I have done the new gunnels around the new cabin and they fit well. I still have more work to do on them to complete. It woking out pretty well in fact. Looking forward to painting soon

Neat scratch build patrol boat there.

But can Squats swim?

Cheers,

CB

CB,

Indeed they can. No work on these for a couple of weeks as I am off the the Western Front for a visit.