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dsteingass wrote:As long as there are no whitewalls

Haha! now what's so wrong about that?

Viktor von Domm wrote:hey didde...had a shocking revelating moment... i don´t own any hunter killer missles at all... i didn´t realize the fins on the bit you showed... i mistook them as the rockets of the HW teams of the bazookas...sorry mate! but i found shorter ones... maybe these could be of some use for you nevertheless?

no problem vik, i'll manage anyway i hope

shasolenzabi wrote:So yeah, Katyusha/Caliope fusion is what I was thinking of when I saw the concept DiDDe,

great

Theophony wrote:i'm afraid I couldn't find mine before leaving for my flight. sorry. If I get a chance on sunday I will dig for them. PM me you address just in case.

take you time! there's no need in rushing. sending PM now.

How's this for crazy?

Whitewalls on a classic car=cool

Whitewalls on an Armored vehicle =target

I think the white walls are sexy on the missile truck myself.

I look forward to seeing how your launchers work out. Its getting close to the end here.

Yeah, i'm not that far away from painting.

i'm just trying to work out how the rack should look.
but i think i got a pretty good idea atm

DiDDe this is looking awesome! Great detailing on the "Bunny Lugs" and love the idea.....

Raises a lot of interesting ideas about the Leman Russ being able to accomodate and be modified to take a lot of different weapon systems......

Great stuff..... cant wait to see it painted!!

Oh... and with regards to the rack... usually i would always say a bigger rack is always better..... but in this case i think a little restraint would keep it looking awesome.... but still within the laws of physics..

Great work so far, and scary summing of firepower too!

As for the missiles - if you haven't found those missing HK yet - maybe you could try working them out from a wood rod (3 mm or 1/8" diam. wood dowels would do)? Cut to length, round sanding the tip to cone shape, and engraving the deeper lines with a dremmel tool or hobby-knife + file? And plastic cut fins? I think you could make it work in less time that it sounds!

Cheers.

Magos, Littletower. thank you for stopping by to look and leave a comment. you are most welcome to my thread!

@Magos: Thank you so much. i'm really happy with how they came out myself.
and yes, the LRBT has alot of potential to be modified. and also it's quite conversion-friendly too.
i have now cut away 2cm on the rack and i think it looks alot better now.

@Littletower: Thank you. hehe yeah i think it will pack a punch
i like the idea of how to build the HK missiles. but if i get to that point i think i'm gonna use plastic rods instead of wooden ones.
and the reason for that is that i have plastic rods but no wood rods.


stay tuned guys i think i will have an update up tonight!

May I suggest using a set of scale model missiles instead of hunting down the GW ones?

yeah that sounds like a good idea too dave.
i think i'm gonna look for some of them too.

Hey guys! small update today.

iv'e been away for the weekend to meet up with my brother and two other friends. one of them just got home from afghanistan. so we went out to a bar to give him a welcome home.
and that's what i've been up to.

and because of that i haven't been able to build anything.

as it is right now it's just a matter of small fixes and the pivoting arm. then it's just a matter of painting.
it's not much time left of the competition. and i've given myself tomorrow as a deadline for the building.

and one more thing! i got a pakage from cam (thanks alot man! yesterday! so now i'm up to 8 missiles. and that's enough to fill one row on the rack!

anyways, it's currently bluetact together so that i can see where the details and other stuff will go. and who am i to not share this wonderful view!

so feast your eyes on this everyone!

Now that looks cool. Brilliant.

I think It looks ok with the one row.

(ps your welcome, no worries.)

Very cool sir.... Very cool!!!

I know you dont have time for your competition entry.... but just a thought... a secondary vehicle / trailer unit to carry around the extra rockets??! ..........

actually scrap that idea....... the exhaust flares from the rockets would just set off the ones in the trailer..... haha! DOH!!

Pay no attention... its looking great!

Cheers,

I'm afraid I can't find any o he rockets I thought I had. I must of had older kits, but for some reason I thought I had them. Sorry.

Thank you guys!

np theo, i'm not going to fill the lower row anyways. they don't fit

anyways, here it is all done! now it's only the painting left.



more pics will follow tomorrow. i need to sleep now. cya!

Okay, I take it back, it looks so much better than a giant hammer, but with a hammer you never run out of ammo .

Ok, so here's the pics i promised!










i could make the pivoting-arm a bit shorter. but then i lose some elevation.
and the leman russ does not have that great elevation from the start..

so tell me what you think guys!

Looks fantastic, hate to be on the receiving end.

i think your detail work will save this model... it has a problem tho... it still looks like it was meant for a bigger chassis...

but that is quite a minor detail compared to the ammased badassery this piece is oozing...paint it ... now!!!!

Is a thing of beauty DiDDe!!!

Drop the fire on them! It looks epic.

Amazing! Can't wait to see it with paint!

In-game, it'll be one of the first things your opponent will target, so if you roll the initiative, one volley should really put the hurt on before it gets taken.

Thank you so much guys!

So, it's ben a while since i was here, and i lost the competition obviously... hope i still have some followers thouh. ;D


like i said it's benn a while since my last visit here. but i have not put my stuff on the shelf. i have been painting on and off since my last post. and i am proud to say that the tank is finally DONE!
yeah that's right folks! you will now see the finished piece.

hope you like it! i know i do


here's the pics.







and the last one with it disessembled




as you may have noticed i made some cables on the back as some kind of launchmechanism.

let me know what you think and vote if you like to

Looks amazing.

Great idea with the cabling. and the weathering is superb. Also great job on the transportable bits. That would need an awfully big box else.

Great to see you back, and with a nice big bang too.

And also able to be broken down for transport! amazing work there DiDDe!

Thanks guys

now when i look at my post i realise that i should not have been so eager to post it. it looks like crap! xD

i can't spell correctly and the pics are blurry :/
i will post some more pics of it tomorrow with some close-ups too

Even if it is Blurry it looks great!

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Even if it is Blurry it looks great!

Thank you

Here's some close-ups on of the tank









and a pic with it's executioner buddy ;D

Stunning work. Brilliant weathering, and chipping.

Now that does look good, the details of the Katyusha/calliope I mean, I also like the Fallout Plasma look, is so different from the usual GW blue