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I have a couple of spares, from when I started a Terminus Ultra but then changed my mind and went with an Angel Infurnus for my relic of the blood.

The doors I had were damaged when I removed them fron the chassis after being poly cemented, I do have lots of las cannons and 3 sensors, you are welcome to have for postage just chuck me a PM.

I would make the doors out of styrene, then it will be more personalised.
I used a couple strips to make the old metal vindicator parts fit onto the mk2 rhino chassis

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Looks like you have another cool project in the offing Rob. Good luck with pulling it all off

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Looking forward to seeing the completed build!

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Good progress Rob, looking forward to the next update.

   
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Brave man! There really is no going back now! I have to say though, the proportions are much more aesthetically pleasing with the extra inch or so. Good luck getting that door off without damage to the structure or injury to yourself! Oh and getting the hull back together!

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Looking good to me! I think you've already tackled and defeated the most difficult parts of the refurb as far as build is concerned. Now its just a matter of nailing the paintjob.

Take your time with the remaining details though! Those small touches like extra bits, headlamps, smokelaunchers, decorative gubbins and riveting make a big difference once the whole model is painted up.

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Wow, that looks great Rob, the proportions certainly look better. I see what you mean about the door openings, good luck filling and cutting.

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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





I second that this is an awesome retro refurbishing.
allways a please to see some love for these kits.

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Already looking a thousand times better. Sponsons look great!

A really nice project that has been well documented. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the finished product!

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Thanks guys.

But please don't expect much in the way of painting as I'm not a particularly great painter. Especially when it comes to tanks.

Still lots to do before I get to painting anyhow, I forgot that I need to make the armour plating "wrap around" those side armour parts, so that's another job, as well as the list above and adding a couple of armour plates...

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Looking good! I dont mind the rivet diameter so much, but they're quite chunky maybe? If you feel like they are too prominent, perhaps you could still cut them to be slightly less tall, so they wouldn't stick out from the hull so much?

I was thinking about the barren area on the top plate, perhaps you could fit some sort of closed access hatch there to fill up the empty space?

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Looking good! I dont mind the rivet diameter so much, but they're quite chunky maybe? If you feel like they are too prominent, perhaps you could still cut them to be slightly less tall, so they wouldn't stick out from the hull so much?

I was thinking about the barren area on the top plate, perhaps you could fit some sort of closed access hatch there to fill up the empty space?



Thanks, yeah I'll give the rivets another couple of passes with my sanding stick tomorrow. Slightly worried about going too low and ending up sanding into the armour plating though, some of the rivets were getting a bit difficult to get at, but I'll see how I go. Might get my Dremel out and see if that helps...

A hatch sounds good. I still have the original hatch from the Land Raider, I may have a go at test fitting it tomorrow and see how it looks, forgot I had it to be honest.

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Clunky rivets are super early 40k to me. Hell, old space marines had shoulder pads covered in them!

I am really enjoying reading your updates, Rob. It's a bit like following along an old timey car enthusiast's restoration project.

I can't remember the last time I saw a 40k tank with a dozer blade on it - Choo Choo xeno scum!

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The rivets dont seem to stick out so much anymore. Overall its looking good to my eye now, other than for the sides where you cut them, the lines where you added lenght are still showing. To be more specific, left side of the hull looks good enough, the right side lines could maybe still use a bit of filling somehow..? The doors are looking great, you did a fine job filling the seams there!

Are you going to add any extra bits like smoke lauchers etc?

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Thanks, yeah I know, those lines you mention are some of the problem areas that I'm fed up with filling and sanding. I've been over them quite a few times now and they always feel smooth even though they obviously don't look it. They'll just have to stay as they are. Perhaps at some point recently the servitors had to replace those sections of armour plating and didn't do a very good job of it.

I'm wondering if I can get away with putting a line of small rivets (same size as I used on the sponsons) either side of each of those lines, and treat the lines as panel lines...

I may add smoke launchers, currently waiting on a pair that I've just ordered. Strangely, and despite the fact that the picture in the 9th edition SM codex shows a Land Raider armed with them, there don't appear to be any rules for smoke launchers, it's not even an upgrade option!!

I'll be adding back the original closed hatch (the squared one), I'll put it in that barren mid area of the top plate as you suggested, although first I'll have to strip the paint off the hatch, and do some sanding on it's back side as it was a little too raised for my liking when I did a test fit this afternoon.

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The cut and shut job is definitely much better hidden now. Very much worth the extra effort! I can’t remember if you’ve said already, but will it be Green or Bone coloured?

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This indeed is a really nice refurbishment rob.

I doubt the driver port is actually all that much off center, at most slightly to the left from viewer perspecitve, what could irk you in that regard is the shadow from the thread?

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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The cut and shut job is definitely much better hidden now. Very much worth the extra effort! I can’t remember if you’ve said already, but will it be Green or Bone coloured?


Bone. Difficult to hide some of the crimes still there (they'd be better hidden by the darker green scheme), but I've bought paint and decal paper (just for a couple of Deathwing symbols, nothing fancy) to suit so I'm going to plough on...

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You've covered the side seams perfectly now! Good work.

The driver window does indeed look a lil off center looking at the photos. Its easy to determine the offset by taking a picture from the front face and counting the pixels in photoshop, paint or other pixel based graphics program.

If you cannot reposition the vision slit anymore, you could consider adding some purity seal or a small targeter etc technopiece next to the slit to hide to fact that its not 100% centered if it bothers you? Making the negative space around the slit unsymmetrical and all that..

But you're doing great dude!

PS: I believe smoke launchers are a stratagem now in 9th edition (?)

PPS: I am zooming in to the top hatch and it also looks like the new hatch up there isn't in a perfect 90 degree angle in relation to the top plate either? Ever so slightly tilted to one side.. but it could just be the picture, dont stress about it! I dont think these small things will catch anyone's eye at the tabletop (I'm just OCD like that, apologies!)

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