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Alaricuk wrote:That stunning work on the thunderbolt, do love zinge stuff, makes little details really easy. Had similar idea along the lines of your new project so will be watching how the wheels turn out. With 4 track vehicles on the go, I need a change

Cheers - hopefully the long weekend and rubbish weather forecast for the South East will mean progress...

lone dirty dog wrote:Firstly finish the bloody Pinner boat been waiting for ages to see that complete

Now to the new project what are you doing to the wheels ? I can't figure out for the life of me what you are doing to them ?

Ahh, the Pibber... Need to get my maritime hat back on for that one...

As to the wheels on the Taurox - I'm not sure either, was trying to work out a way of fixing them to the existing axles, but I'm not satisfied with how they'd look, so likely to scrap and make something from scratch (maybe I should have bought the full Zinge conversion kit...)

Theophony wrote:Nice rims , will it be a daulie n back ( stacked tires, so 4 on the rear axel per side, or just two tires on each side in the back.

Nope, not stacked... Going for a 6x6 MRAP, and will need to extend the existing chassis to accommodate the extra set off wheels

Littletower wrote:Zinge bits look great, I like the 6-wheeler idea.

Neat adecuation job on the rims so far.

I have no idea what 'adecuation' means but thanks (I think)

inmygravenimage wrote:Ah, builder ADHD - we love it! Looks cool as.

Yep I think ADHD applies to many scratch and kit builders...

Sorry, my bad. I mean adaptation, as in addindlg bits of plastic and such !

Hah, right - I understand now There shall be quite a lot of extra plastic on this

There will be a lot of extra plastic but it's slooooooow going at the moment - I'm certainly no Klaus, not Santa or Camkierhi when it comes to speed building...

So here's the miniscule amount of progress - have basically lengthened the chassis to cater for the extra set of rear wheels.. (Note: the sides, cab front and rear are not glued on yet)





I've also, since taking these pics, chopped the doors off as they don't fit the aesthetic that I'm going for here and started to build out the extended sides of the rear bodywork - more pics and progress to come...

Well it is a great start. Lengthening the Taurox seems the way to go. Considering the bad press the kit gets, a lot of people have bought it to convert, and most come out pretty great. This is no exception, I think you are on to a winner bud, watching eagerly.

PS. made my day being mentioned in YOUR blog in the same sentence as Klaus. I know it is just my speed your talking about, but still made my day. Been having a rough time lately, bit too tired, and a bit too critical of my own work. Really gave me a boost, thanks.

Good job. Look forward to where it goes.

Thanks chaps... some more slow progress this evening...

Cut the bulging doors of and will replace with ones that flow with the bodywork of the cab. Built up the rear extended body work, as well as started constructing of the rear entrance - the original round hatch on the rear is just way, way too small - will instead have a much more realistic and hopefully working hinged door on the this...

Nice work Ruglud. Great improvement over the original.

Excellent work, as said great improvement already. Looking quite tall, interested to see how you do the flow from cab roof to rear. As I said though it looks much better.

Cheers guys - as to the height, yes it is pretty tall at the moment and I may well cut that down - to give you an idea of where this Taurox will end up, some of the build inspiration is from a Russian Typhoon-U...

Great progress so far, I like the stretch idea as it looks to short and stout to be practical for war use right now.

Couldn't agree more Theo

Update time...

Work on the rear continues, I've reduced the height by around 10mm or so and it's looking far less blocky now I reckon...















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And some more pics from tonight's progress... Cut some doors out that will need detailing, then decided to do a mock up with the wheels...

I'm seeing more of a deuce and a half than a MRAP, at least for the moment. Ah, the bottom of the vehicle needs to be 'V' shaped if it is to be a MRAP.

The good news is that it looks nothing like a taurox. Good progress though.

Liking it more with the reduced height once the wheels are on, might have been too tall otherwise.

Door are coming along nicely too, good job there so far.

Love this idea. The modded Taurox looks good!

That extended cab looks awesome.

EDC

Perfectly balanced. Looks stunning. Always amazes me how good this kit looks once a decent modeler gets hold of it. Makes you wonder just how sick the guy who originally designed it must feel. "I designed the ugliest kit GW ever made, and everyone else can make my design brilliant." Kinda your silk purse from a pigs ear.

Brilliant bud.

Looks awesome Ruglud! Can't wait to see it with some IoM bling on

Red Harvest wrote:I'm seeing more of a deuce and a half than a MRAP, at least for the moment. Ah, the bottom of the vehicle needs to be 'V' shaped if it is to be a MRAP.

The good news is that it looks nothing like a taurox. Good progress though.

Let's go with 'loosely based on an MRAP then We have a hybrid here...

Littletower wrote:Liking it more with the reduced height once the wheels are on, might have been too tall otherwise.

Door are coming along nicely too, good job there so far.

Cheers LT, I made the classic mistake of measure once, cut twice - luckily being too tall meant I have room to rectify the mistake...

Brother Payne wrote:Love this idea. The modded Taurox looks good!

Cheers Bro, this kit was always calling out for a bit of TLC - there are some great versions out there, hopefully mine will be as good

evildrcheese wrote:That extended cab looks awesome.

EDC

Cheers EDC - it's all about the length right

Camkierhi wrote:Perfectly balanced. Looks stunning. Always amazes me how good this kit looks once a decent modeler gets hold of it. Makes you wonder just how sick the guy who originally designed it must feel. "I designed the ugliest kit GW ever made, and everyone else can make my design brilliant." Kinda your silk purse from a pigs ear.

Brilliant bud.

LOL, right - pig ugly was an oft used term when it was first showcased - the ultimate sin in my books where the tracks. What was the design team on when they came up with those...

angelofvengeance wrote:Looks awesome Ruglud! Can't wait to see it with some IoM bling on

Thanks AoV... It might not be too binged given the ultimate end use for the vehicle, which is yet to be revealed ...

I love seeing Taurox conversions, and this is a vast improvement on the original.

By the way, you may not be the fastest scratchbuilder out there, but I guarantee your not as slow as I am

Good job, Rug'. Works well.

hk1x1 wrote:I love seeing Taurox conversions, and this is a vast improvement on the original.

By the way, you may not be the fastest scratchbuilder out there, but I guarantee your not as slow as I am

Tortoise vs tortoise

Dr H wrote:Good job, Rug'. Works well.

Cheers Dr H

Quick update with blurry pics (sorry)...

Did some work this evening on the housing for the axle / driveshaft thingy (engineering terminology escapes me at the moment). All the intricate workings are safely boxed in to be mine proof, will progress on this with some suitably heavy duty suspension, but need to work out how to do that (it won't be working suspension...)



And with the wheels in place...


Have decided though, the wheels are too wide !! I bought the 27x15mm military wheels from Zinge, but should have got the thinner versions - 27x10mm - so new order will be happening soon

Looking perfect, those diff covers underneath are perfect.

that's looking awesome!

Just blitzd this blog, blown away buy the detail of your scratch builds, particularly the thunderhawk! I've a lot to learn from you, allready picked a few ideas up. Nice job on making the turox not atrocious. subbed!

That feels so... Real. It looks practical,functional, but above all believable. Excellent indeed, I'll have 5!

Struggling to get the creative juices flowing at the moment (and it has nothing to do with a recent vote...), so have decided to check out my pile of plastic and see if I can find something to inspire me back into action...



Hmm... not sure Nothing's piquing my interest... Maybe I should open this for a public vote - any suggestions?

I'd say whatever you are the closest to finishing. Seems like you've got to many irons in the fire and you don't feel like you are accomplishing any progress. Finish something off, that should help.

Well Blackadder is almost done with his thunderhawk...... You could catch up

I like the aircraft above the boat.

I also like the boat.

EDC