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Title: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 16, 2016, 12:02:15 PM
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I've started another armoured train construction project for the Back of Beyond:

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-red-armoured-train-comrade-legoripov.html (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-red-armoured-train-comrade-legoripov.html)

I'm hoping to make some more progress over the net few days.

 :D

Cheers

Jim
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: fastolfrus on October 16, 2016, 05:50:07 PM
Are you going to cut all the knobs off the top?
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: YPU on October 16, 2016, 06:08:28 PM
Are you going to cut all the knobs off the top?

That is no way to talk about our glorious leaders!  >:( 

Interesting build. I have been looking to get some usefull lego bits for converting mecha myself, I have to custom order them though, I can't get myself to use the old lego I still have.
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 16, 2016, 06:50:15 PM
Yep, all the nobbly bits will either be covered over or sliced off and sanded down.
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: carlos marighela on October 16, 2016, 07:13:40 PM
Just think of 'em as oversized rivets. Interesting project!
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 16, 2016, 10:05:56 PM
First of the wagons now done (sort of). I think it needs some more detailing with something to make the over scale thickness door look less over scale?:

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/red-armoured-train-troop-wagon.html (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/red-armoured-train-troop-wagon.html)

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Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: carlos marighela on October 17, 2016, 04:07:21 AM
That's fantastic and a bloody good use of Perry/Renedra bases by the looks of it.
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Silent Invader on October 17, 2016, 06:40:46 AM
That's fantastic and a bloody good use of Perry/Renedra bases by the looks of it.

Carlos sums it up.

Most cool.  8)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: sukhe_bator on October 17, 2016, 10:15:07 AM
I agree about the inspired use of bases for armour cladding but surely its a bit of an expensive option to go for?
I'm afraid I'm going to have to report you to the NSPCL - cutting all the knobs off (really!)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: sukhe_bator on October 17, 2016, 10:28:24 AM
I do hope you have not been using the Kragle  :o :o :o ;)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 17, 2016, 07:37:19 PM
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FXD2rTKn8tQ/WAUmpL9bTGI/AAAAAAAAXEs/VWEfllSEeyg5dyFg_WlArOpUGYDL5kOxgCLcB/s1600/IMG_4995.JPG">)

A few tweaks added to beef up the armour and hide the thickness of the side doors.

The plastic bases were surplus from the numerous boxes of 28mm plastic figures I have stockpiled, so were going spare as I use mdf bases and coins for my figures.

I also used some plastic card Peter Pig bases which are pre-cut to useful sizes, plus some plastic strip and rod which is really useful stuff for this sort of thing.

 ;)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: tin shed gamer on October 17, 2016, 09:14:44 PM
An interesting project.
It's seems a little over engineered. I  love the inventive use of Lego as an aid to scaling and proportions.Its got to have bumped the weight. It looks like a labour love,and I'm looking forward to seeing how you progress.
Mark.
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 18, 2016, 08:20:06 PM
I started on the machine gun turret armed wagon tonight, but not very much done just yet:

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Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: YPU on October 19, 2016, 08:40:03 AM
I too have to agree your use of lego and bases which many of us have lying around is genius. Are those bogies lego or some other make?
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 20, 2016, 09:40:13 AM
Thanks.

The bogies are from a toy train set that I got a couple of in a post Xmas sale at Robert Dyas. I think they were about a tenner or so for each set which included a loco and tender and two tanker wagons. I have enough bogies for five wagons and about six foot of plastic track to run them up and down on, assuming I keep one tender and loco to use as an unarmoured version  :D

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/runaway-train.html (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/runaway-train.html)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 20, 2016, 09:42:25 AM
Now working on the machine gun turrets:

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2RNRInNDmKc/WAfZlb_ZKZI/AAAAAAAAXGE/jV7ieRl25g0dqOqmp3EaoOTKoyUmsIFIQCLcB/s1600/IMG_5002.JPG">)

(and I know the barrel is tilted over to one side...have to fix that, if I can be bothered  ::)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: just28mm on October 20, 2016, 10:46:23 AM
Fantastic work!
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 20, 2016, 09:21:28 PM
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Here's what the turret looks like with a basecoat of Humbrol Matt Grass Green, with some additional armour plating and a door added to the wagon.

Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: juergen c. olk on October 30, 2016, 12:52:03 PM
wow quite the patient modeler..which I was..great so far.
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on October 30, 2016, 11:15:09 PM
A bit more done to the machine gun wagon, with both turrets now magnet based to the top:

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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_yhBxO7IV3o/WBZke1k3hsI/AAAAAAAAXKU/iveUw8BS78Ao2jNuW-zv5-wg3meTaycYgCLcB/s1600/IMG_5016.JPG)

I've also started on the gun turret armed wagon, with a couple of fridge magnets sandwiched together and plated over with plastic card, lego bits and a flight stand for the gun barrel, very much like the old one I scratch built before:

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(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ukaVrfXX1AA/WBZkjJkBhqI/AAAAAAAAXKc/mPoaUz55omcMskt5eDLs4zRyhE48krTEACLcB/s1600/IMG_5018.JPG)

It's all a bit slow but I've been away for a week climbing mountains in North Wales  :D

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/red-armoured-train-chuffing-along.html (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/red-armoured-train-chuffing-along.html)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on November 05, 2016, 11:07:35 PM
I finished building the machine gun twin turret wagon today (about time!) so it's on to the armoured engine and tender next, so that I have a viable train for the on-going club Back of Beyone campaign sooner rather than later  ???

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a0D-bROJeYM/WB5jWQRxf1I/AAAAAAAAXO4/9jOpCynKYXk1CXuoWd-YLEU2KV7JamxOQCLcB/s1600/IMG_5076.JPG)

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gr26-HuCreA/WB5jdDO6fvI/AAAAAAAAXPA/SRZOgfgz96oRcBqG9g638YtjctxRczBGwCLcB/s1600/IMG_5078.JPG])
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on November 06, 2016, 10:35:02 AM
That looks great  8) 8) 8)

An ingenious use of parts  :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Boggler on November 11, 2016, 08:05:38 PM
Now working on the loco and tender but it's all a bit basic at the moment. I've also now realised that I need to add a skirt around the wagons so that they line up properly with the loco. Bit of a pain but I think it will improve the wagons anyway, which look a bit too high up as they are.

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KbyltCNWOCs/WCUGp2MTfoI/AAAAAAAAXRk/aPcUkFx3X_UnhPyLWoexrddiPQ7IhAatQCLcB/s1600/IMG_5092.JPG)

There's now a bit of a step between the wagons and the tender, so it'll be fixed with some 5mm x 1mm x 16mm plastic card strip, when it arrives in the post next week some time.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FonIPA-KwjU/WCUGsO1E4cI/AAAAAAAAXRs/f1IRjG7-P7Yv3iroz4XlGWWzLe79xSisACLcB/s1600/IMG_5094.JPG)
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Golgotha on November 19, 2016, 11:17:37 PM
Very impressive that has worked out really well can't wait to see more. Think I need to start playing with some Lego.
Title: Re: The Red Armoured Train 'Comrade Legoripov' (WIP)
Post by: Ignatieff on January 27, 2017, 01:00:16 PM
Genius!  What a cracking excuse to get the Lego out.  Your train building skills are without match.  Superb, well done!