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There, Vik!! I finally found your WWI tank gunner's viewport!




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I also saw this and thought, wow... this looks like my table after putting together a few boxes...

Very simple, and one directional viewports, what was in the field of vision, theoretically was in the "Kill zone"

WW1 mark iv tanks have nice sponsons

EDIT: Oops, sorry for the big photo... Anyone who could fix this?

The sponsons look cool mate . nice one

...reference pics...so cool...must resist urge... to make tanks....

Excellent reference pics, Vik! Are those small ports between the sponsons anti-boarding measures?

 Meade wrote:
...reference pics...so cool...must resist urge... to make tanks....

Do not resist, Meade. Join us. Join the dark side....

Oh and pistol/rifle ports with slide over plates too! nice! You can see the limited vision portrs for the MGs there Vik, and the side slits for looking out side the tank.

that tank looks boxy

Right fellas, clearly vik's robot-clone has short-circuited due to too much awesome, I'll get Iustis to make a MKIII, with (obviously) more rivets, and we'll see if it can handle the awesomeness next time round.

You know what, the more I look at it the more I wonder if the style of these sponsons is right? I like the idea but I just can't get it right in my head... Here's an idea for the sponsons, I don't really like them on a pred, but on a steampunk IG tand I think they would look the part...

 Ruglud wrote:
You know what, the more I look at it the more I wonder if the style of these sponsons is right? I like the idea but I just can't get it right in my head... Here's an idea for the sponsons, I don't really like them on a pred, but on a steampunk IG tand I think they would look the part...

This seems to me to be Deimos pattern wanna-be. I think the sponsons are too domed out. if they were a little bit more shallow I think it would be ok......

I dunno, I really like those, and help me visualise Vik's more convincingly.

well mates... work, family and varying health issues prevented me from being with you guys...

thanks for all the talk and helpful referrence pics mates.... all greatly apreciated! after a sudden flash of inspiration i remade the sponsons viewpoints....with bases... slotta bases!!!

take a look for yourself...:



now the guns are more "connected" to the sponsons bulk...later on i will add rivets f course... then i think i am with a rather sounds design... your thoughts?

also now that i have attached both tracksystems... i had to reshape the hull of the mainbody... wheelbase was way to high... so i added more room in the lower regions...wheelbase still too high in your view? mini for referrence

and here are some more impressions of the tank in its current look...

atm i am working on some track covers for the upper section... hopefully i can show you these soon too...


so here are the pics...:




















well cheers and thanks for still staying with me^^

yours truly vik

I like the slotta idea, that's really worked well. As for clearance at the bottom well you don't want folk running under your tank to shoot it! But, no clearance is fine.

aye, the slotted bases work really well, nice idea there!

thanks mates... i knew i would have to find a solution for the viewpoints and i killed two birds this way with one shot...

by the way... got me a putty tube recently... so i will soon fill out all those gaps on the model... so have no fear^^

I have to say I like the general look, although I have to say it would make a dam fine ork truk I can see why you used the slotted bases for view points.

However I think you could have scratched built a view point just as well, however I will hold out till you finish the look as I am sure you will do a dam fine job.

thats a really biug tank about how many people do you think it takes to operate that? I know it is a super heavy was just wondering how much crew you think you would need for the beast.

I love the addition to the top of the hull... is it still going to have the landing pad? And the slot bases work great on those sponsons... just need rivets and if you feel like it could use a little visor at the top of the slot.

The slot bases work, and pretty easy for them to all be uniform.

Gawd that ting is BIG!

As the previous poster said, I imagine this will be riveted up in no time flat.

That's going to be completely awesome Vik! I really like the versatility of the slottabases!

I get so far behind on this thread. I have to say sometimes I forget what a master you are at scratch built. Excellent work.

I'll try to be back around more often.

lone dirty dog wrote:I have to say I like the general look, although I have to say it would make a dam fine ork truk I can see why you used the slotted bases for view points.

However I think you could have scratched built a view point just as well, however I will hold out till you finish the look as I am sure you will do a dam fine job.

well i could have scratchbuild them... probably... but i had that flash of inspiration... dunno how long this build will take me to finish tho

alabamaheretic wrote:thats a really biug tank about how many people do you think it takes to operate that? I know it is a super heavy was just wondering how much crew you think you would need for the beast.

i have as much little clue of that stuff as you ... tho i bet it takes quite a big crew to operate... also as this is still a steam propelled vehicle you have to think about the amount of coal shovlers that need to work inside... lots^^ i bet lots will be the most exact amount of crew members needed^^

Meade wrote:I love the addition to the top of the hull... is it still going to have the landing pad? And the slot bases work great on those sponsons... just need rivets and if you feel like it could use a little visor at the top of the slot.

the landing pad atm is in great discussion with myself... and i am a bit unsure to wether include it now... or to use it as a seperate piece of terrain... i have toyed with that pad and the tank for quite some time... and everytime the position shifts ever so slightly... or if at all it will get included... but what i liked about this tank from the beginning was that feel of the crassus theme... you know... a death star unit... who doesn´t want to build such a badass unit??? i bet everybody wants to do that for once^^...

n0t_u wrote:The slot bases work, and pretty easy for them to all be uniform.

yup... you´ve read my mind mister!!! uniformity sometimes is the lacking factor on my models as i can´t often cut worth a damn^^

shasolenzabi wrote:Gawd that ting is BIG!

yup.. big was the frist name and the second and even the last name of that tank

Valhalla130 wrote:As the previous poster said, I imagine this will be riveted up in no time flat.

dunno about that... riveting might take up some time... tho i am not really nearing thart stage atm... before that i need to gap fill galore that beast^^ and detail the momma up quite a treat more

dsteingass wrote:That's going to be completely awesome Vik! I really like the versatility of the slottabases!

thanks mate...well one has to try everything^^ for the sake of the thing^^... i like to think of it as a new way to use up GW stuff for good uses... just like the sprues^^

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I get so far behind on this thread. I have to say sometimes I forget what a master you are at scratch built. Excellent work.

I'll try to be back around more often.

i dunno how low i have to bow humbly for that big comliment my freind

anyways... i´ve completed the trackguards today... no pics of these atm... but will try to sgow you these tomorrow... as i am quite fond of the current look... as stated above... the landing pad is still a big issue ... should it be included? your thoughts?... suggestions and helful ideas greatly apreciated!!!

cheers,and thanks for sticking with me!

vik

Vik's new tank is named big, BIG, BIG

It takes as long as it takes, thats the cost of perfection

Man that is mighty so far

shasolenzabi wrote:Vik's new tank is named big, BIG, BIG

lol...exactly what i had in mind

lone dirty dog wrote:It takes as long as it takes, thats the cost of perfection

couldn´t have put it any better^^ i see we understand us^^

KingCracker wrote:Man that is mighty so far

i take that as a big compliment! many thanks!


and later on i will show you the latest developments... stay hungry^^

Reading over this thread has gotten me to looking at pics of WWI tanks. Primarily the British tanks because that seems to be what the GW tanks are based on. You could almost call their design aesthetic "Imperial Steampunk."