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 Briancj wrote:
I will note that dedicated 'troop cars' were built out of boxcars.

Most war trains do not have end cars such as a caboose. Instead, they have a locomotive at both ends, in order to facilitate rapid movement.

--B, model railroader

Fun hater

I imagine a grimdark caboose would look heavily armored and would probably have some firepower to it. Same with a troop carrier. Depends I suppose if they are transporting through a zone with fighting or just through the countryside to see the sights.

Pft!

MY war train has cannons, carries tanks and even the locomotives are armed to the teeth.

I will blow up your 'fun train'!

--B.

Subject to change

Car 1 engine
Car 2 armoured transport
Car 3 flatbed / tank trailer
Car 4 flatbed / tank trailer
Or cargo/ supply car
Car 5 small crane
Or push car

Suggestions, comments?

$8!

Treated myself to a new airbrush and the entire line of minitare paints. Should be here by the second!

Hopefully motivate me to finish all these projects. Updates coming soon!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours

Keep that train a rolling.

Woo! More hobby awesomeness hopefully inbound!

Congratz! You'll love them, I guarantee!

Looking forward to the return of madmartyshenanigans

I've died and gone to hobby heaven.

Now if only I could get a month off of work.

Is anyone interested in Minitaire paints? I will try and include my thoughts about them in up coming posts if any is interested.

I'm definitely interested in hearing more about them. You certainly don't post a picture like that and don't post some thoughts about the paint after you try it.

I sure LOVE mine!

The ONLY complaint I have about them is the damn paper seals on each bottle

Ok, the train is going to have to go on the backburner for a while.
I will have a surprise for you all shortly... Stay tuned

Surprise eh?

Sounds interesting

Surprises from the madman are worth waiting for. But hurry up already.

I have decided that scratch building a train is way too much for me right now. I really want to have fun with this airbrush and paints so I decidedthat this would look nice with my Mechanized Guard army.

Unboxing to follow.

Thanks again for your support

I've got my eye on one of those battery-powered plastic Christmas trains at Kroger as a basis for a train conversion. Hopefully I can snag one on clearance after Christmas.

 dsteingass wrote:
I've got my eye on one of those battery-powered plastic Christmas trains at Kroger as a basis for a train conversion. Hopefully I can snag one on clearance after Christmas.

That's a great idea. The train has always been a dream that will happen one day. I am using the crusader as a way to get back into painting and my overall love of building models.

With work the wife and my two year old I barely have time to stop let alone paint.

I have decided to set aside time each week for me. This is a springboard to back to my passions.

Oh first world problems

Curious to see your thoughts on the Minitare paints, as well. I just recently used mine for the first time and although, they are super thinned, they're seem to be pretty legit. The paper seals are very annoying though.

 Moltar wrote:
Curious to see your thoughts on the Minitare paints, as well. I just recently used mine for the first time and although, they are super thinned, they're seem to be pretty legit. The paper seals are very annoying though.

Will do ! I have used the bright yellow on a test piece and it was great.

Leviathin kit is sick!

I am going to put this bad boy together tonight.

It's huge and it even comes with screws and a screw driver.

Sweet

I don't like the sword arm that comes standard. Which one of the alternates do you guys like?

Personally I'm a sucker for giant chainsaws

But I seem to recall that you can swap the arms out on these beasties anyway can't you? Nothing wrong with having a selection

 monkeytroll wrote:
Personally I'm a sucker for giant chainsaws

But I seem to recall that you can swap the arms out on these beasties anyway can't you? Nothing wrong with having a selection

Yes you in fact can swap out the entire arm and weapon. I was thinking chainsaw myself as a matter of fact.

Big trees beware!
he's a lumberjack and he's ok....

He'll need some big bars to hang around in.....

as well as big suspenders and a brar

I've known some girls he could probably get those from

I was thinking about a flannel paint scheme as a matter of fact

Hell yeah!

I like the nova canon.

Also - I can't believe your daughter is two - doesn't seem that long ago that you were posting that she was on the way