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sleep? whazzat?

hey, been quite busy resently, away for the weekend to! 1st festival of the season!

but i have started on the treads, i used vik's idea but changed the shape to a more modern 1...what'ch all think?

yes!!! that is looking good already... what i wold like you to do next is make very thin straps of either cardboard or even paper and add them to each treadshoe... that would look cool...and maybe two rivets each... and a small hint from me... use rubber bands and lots of pva... to get the curve you are now facing done right...! at least use two bands of rubber to get the pressure even!!

Viktor von Domm wrote:yes!!! that is looking good already... what i wold like you to do next is make very thin straps of either cardboard or even paper and add them to each treadshoe... that would look cool...and maybe two rivets each... and a small hint from me... use rubber bands and lots of pva... to get the curve you are now facing done right...! at least use two bands of rubber to get the pressure even!!

thats not a shabby idea, A'thnk'yu sir!

and you mean give the treads like a second layer on each?

aye... exactly! second layer so to speak... and since you did them with cardboard you are free to make cardboard or even pva rivets on those treads...

cba, with the rivets, takeing long enough as it is lyk.
i'll put some rivets on the sides, promise x

Rivet time!

Done a little more progress on the treads, it going slow though :(

Making individual track shoes takes time and effort!

keep the faith mate!!!

Viktor von Domm wrote:keep the faith mate!!!

shasolenzabi wrote:Making individual track shoes takes time and effort!

Enit! thanks guys, ill try an get som greenstuff in the next few weeks and fin it

finnished! with rivetsall 10 of them. will try an start painting it this week haaa

stonned_astartes wrote:finnished! with rivetsall 10 of them. will try an start painting it this week haaa

I really hope you mean tens of thousands there mate

nope said i wasn't keen on rivets, there surely an outdated method in the 41st milenium

Haha yeah! And that seems to go for suspention on tanks too. ;D Totaly outdated..

Anyway i'm sure it'll come out great without rivets!

tanks, sprayed it, its looking promising

pics... or it didn´t happen... you know the drill...tstststs...

all in gud time

stonned_astartes wrote:hey, been quite busy resently, away for the weekend to! 1st festival of the season!

but i have started on the treads, i used vik's idea but changed the shape to a more modern 1...what'ch all think?

1. How will the track linking system be?
2. How will track shoe design be? will it follows classic Leman Russ pattern or will it looks like Rhino or Landraider ?

Lone Cat wrote:
1. How will the track linking system be?
2. How will track shoe design be? will it follows classic Leman Russ pattern or will it looks like Rhino or Landraider ?

if you look near the top of the page you will see the design

^ wait! that is merely a paper mockup outline! i've posted those lines AFTER i've observed the said paper mockup!!

judging from the look. i believe that you're using simple pinlock as track section linking system

Nope, thats the real deal, an its card

and wrong again i used pva glue!

a pic, finealyyy

i had to scroll back again to see how you built it... boy that build came out way good!!! and the red is pretty dashing too already!

Now look at the model in plastic next to you scratch build, it has rivets! in the 41st millenium retro is in the house! that means RIVETS!!!


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Oh Vik, you have lost your =L= banner?

lol... too many quotes it seems^^

and yeah... you gotta have rivets! it´s the law!

I'm an anarchist :( sorry guys. + i don't have the equipment, or the funds to buy rivet making equipment.

But thanks i'm not sure if i want to camo it with bone or give it backwards slanting stripes of bone.

hey... take a look at shasos stuff.... he uses liquide rivets...aka. PVA from a really thn and small bottle... making lil drops than then get you nice and round rivets.... cheaper rivets aren´t possible...