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be sure of that...maybe i do a nametag on a plate^^

Thats looking great.

Viktor von Domm wrote:be sure of that...maybe i do a nametag on a plate^^

LOL! I'd be semi-famous then!

Mad4Minis wrote:Thats looking great.

Thanks! the bulk of the major work is gotten to, now for the turret sides/kleats and rivets. Oh yeah adding a side vent made from a spare basilisk and added slats of sheet styrene on the side of the tank. IF I find another, I can use it to make a matching vent on the other side.

LOL! I'd be semi-famous then!

even on a half world wide scale^^

True that!

Only added a piece today, still have to add more to it, the side vent I mentioned.

hows the energy flowing? have you already regained strength through sleep?

Pretty much!

well that sounds good, that could only be topped by new pics, hur hur hur^^

Well, I want to make sure I have more than one to load in, but the cut and modified frame is glued to the side of the tank, and now to add the other slats for the vent to look right.


The idea is similar to the pic where you see a vent working on the side to the rear, but this is piece that sticks out somewhat.


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Looking at what I am trying to do, the tanks shares some of this as inspiration;

The turret added in makes it almost look like a WH40k version of:


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But then again, neither of them has the double action sponson I have on mine, nor the Twin-linked Las-cannons.

As promised, a vent: [img]

But now for the very vent i said i was making from slats and that ladder
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And a close up of the Vent
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Cleaned up and painted, it should look great!



Cable and tools added too!
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Hammer added.
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Tool box as well.
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Turret add ons as well.
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Wow, the tank is coming along swimmingly, and like the tank pic taken from Indiana Jones and the last crusade

dantay_xv wrote:Wow, the tank is coming along swimmingly, and like the tank pic taken from Indiana Jones and the last crusade

Thanks Dantay_XV, I am waiting on new grills from Sonofruss to re-do that engine cover. As for that picture, the Perun seems to slightly resemble the Last Crusade Tank as it was also a MK-VIII style design with a turret instead of weapon tower.

if you take the international (i think i saw that name once mentioned in that regard) as reference, you get instant points for coolness^^ i too have recently...er... about saturday i guess researched in that department^^

the tank looks very good...tho i think i have to point saomething out here...now that the vent pics have shown a bit more detail on the tracksystem sides i think you have to make a very weathered tank for once...your other tanks mostly due to the camopaint have a rather clear and altogether crisp look to them... i have detected now some unsanded and sometimes not straightly cut edges on the platings... now that is in no way to point out sloppy work...this is not my intention, but now i think i see the demand (well in my voyoristic needs i see this more^^) to get a nice downweathered tank from you^^... for comparrission i recommend neil101 take on that totally downweathered teadpole in his thread...he used salt and hairspray weathering and even pastelcrayons to get rusteffects and such thinks...i think your tank, being the behemoth he IS, would really greatly benefit from this way of painting up...well maybe it is just me...but sometimes i can be quite keen on such things^^

and by the way... if all that from me sounded too sour...this thread is currently(and for a very long time too) the topmost i look forward to when i login here! just to tell you where i am standing^^


vik

Yes, Vik, the MK-VIII "International" was a definite inspiration for the Perun.

Oh, the way the military works, the rust effect Neil had on that tadpole was his fluff also said that they had found it rusting away and simply got it working again. I do plan on making this is one seasoned old beast more weathered and there will be like the Sea-dragon, bared and rusted metal to play with. I may also do some of that trick with the vents as the crews it has had over the years may have cheated and used the vent slats as foot holds to scramble up the sides!^^

I know ya do Vik, and I am glad for the input! Still need rounds for the lower tracks, and the kleets and rivets as these will hold the weathering powder nicely....I may have to embarrass myself a bit and buy more cheaply some of that skin powder in the women's beauty section. Basically the same stuff from FW but they make sure there is no odor and put it in a different container, this way they get more money from their version!

well i think we had this discussion in our begining friendship here about makeup and then the next step to pastel crayons...the latter would save you the embarresment to buy the former^^ by the way, there was that initial thread by samus i think that some peeps said that the makeup wouldn´t be the right choice...maybe you could even use very fine sawdust? or even powdered stone...as of the persuasion when you drill holes in your walls?...as it happens i have drilled just the very moment three holes i the wall to make an aperature to hold our bikehelmets...4 of them... so lots of drilling... and the dust looked quite useable...not that i saved it up^^ but later on this might come in useful^^^

Oh, the way the military works, the rust effect Neil had on that tadpole was his fluff also said that they had found it rusting away and simply got it working again. I do plan on making this is one seasoned old beast more weathered and there will be like the Sea-dragon, bared and rusted metal to play with. I may also do some of that trick with the vents as the crews it has had over the years may have cheated and used the vent slats as foot holds to scramble up the sides!^^

right on all acounts...his fluff isn´t yours and his way shouldn´t be yours as well as downright copying isn´t very stylish and we do want do create glamortanks here^^ and glamor has to have it´s own style...^^

vent slats as foot holds to scramble up the sides

this!!!!! sounds very good, fluffy to the max...love that idea already!

Yes, Vik, the MK-VIII "International" was a definite inspiration for the Perun.

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as for your kleats needs... i use a holepunch like this:


you could do kleats that way by simply repeatedly making not round "rivets" shaped disks but instead very cautiiously making halfmoonshaped "toenails"... and then use these...by nature of the holepunch the edges will be slightly raised, which could benefit the look and you get thus something more to drybrush some look onto...

keep up your very inspirational work mate!

vik

Have you considered filing down chalk, like the stuff kids use on a blackboard, you get it in various colours, mixing browns and oranges would give you good rust for example.

And again no beauty counter weirdness, plus chalk would maybe be cheaper..

yupp! and you can even go highclassy when using pastelle chalk...

Chalk may work for a base, but I would have to find some sort of powders that mimic rust and dirt.

Hmmm, Kleats will be made from left over bits I cut for the initial shoes.

No worries, this tank will have it's share of muck and rust

The work on the treads has started!
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holy bitz...you do actual angles now? well this hopefully doens´t make you go insane in the process...well if it does then at least you have a very fine detailed tracksystem... and what is sanity compared to a working looking tracksystem these days anyway^^

by the way...i see some SM shoulderpads for searchlights? very nice idea^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:holy bitz...you do actual angles now? well this hopefully doens´t make you go insane in the process...well if it does then at least you have a very fine detailed tracksystem... and what is sanity compared to a working looking tracksystem these days anyway^^

by the way...i see some SM shoulderpads for searchlights? very nice idea^^

Well, the angle of the bitz will be smoothed down to flat. But the parts wrapping over are what I am shooting for, half way done!
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SM shoulder pads are part of the exhaust system^^

of course the exhausts... was confused...

this tracksystem will look very lovley!

Viktor von Domm wrote: of course the exhausts... was confused...

this tracksystem will look very lovley!

LOL! no worries there Vik, we will get you up to speed regarding the mighty Perun class tank! Yes, thanks for the track system comment! The different thickness of plasticard allows me ot do all kinds of neat tricks, like different card stock and old cereal boxes would If I was able to only use what was laying about the house, as I can seem to stop myself from making these things!

I wonder how I would do if I had a scrapyard and tools for putting metal monsters together?^^ Oi! you over dere, bring me that tranaxle and hook it to that shaft unner the body! Don;t drop that gubbinz!

Anyway, here is another angle
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One side has the "loops" all done, nearly there on the left flank!

that is a very tideous amount of work i can only guess...is the thin plasticcard so easy to wrap around the round angles? when i do my next project tank, then i definatly have to get me some thinner than 1mm plasticcard to get such works done...the stuff i have is so uneasy to cut... and wrapping around something to make round forms is totally out of the question...do you cut the piece in the needed size and then just glue it with superglue? is it difficultto get it to stay in place?

It is almost paper thin! And yes, it can be tedious, but as the glue dries, I can watch stuff on my computer!

lol... must be something thats conected to your glue as i think whenever i tryx to superglue plasticcard it tends to me too long adjustable...i have to clamp or otherwise secure the glued points...otherwise they would part again by sheer materialdynamics...


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oh and paperthin plasticcard...do you recon it is as thick/thin as a plastic folder you might use in school?

Looking great shasolenzabi!! Can't wait to see it painted!!

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol... must be something thats conected to your glue as i think whenever i tryx to superglue plasticcard it tends to me too long adjustable...i have to clamp or otherwise secure the glued points...otherwise they would part again by sheer materialdynamics...


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oh and paperthin plasticcard...do you recon it is as thick/thin as a plastic folder you might use in school?

Ah, now instant glue will do that, I am using at present the Army Painter plastic glue for the Perun project.

LOL! I would say it is less than 1mm thick maybe .010" thickness.

phantommaster wrote:Looking great shasolenzabi!! Can't wait to see it painted!!

Thanks Phantommaster, it still has plenty of detail work to be done, and then the painting can start!

it still has plenty of detail work to be done

so why is you eating and sleeping? get outa bed and up and to work on yon perun!...erm....my ethusiasm got the better of me it seems^^

The tank is fantastic ! really nice attention to detail matey. But then again you do know your tanks;-) i saw these the other day and thought you might find them handy on this project. i plan on picking some up in the near future. nuts and bolts and rivets galore...

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/materials-tools/augmentables-nuts-rivets-bolts/grandt-line-nuts-bolts.html

http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/rivet-sheet-p-6486.html

https://slatersplastikard.com/plastikard/embossed.php