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Author Topic: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY  (Read 17354 times)

Offline Pappa Midnight

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"Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« on: July 28, 2011, 11:41:23 AM »
Being a huge Zombie Film fan ( who'd have guessed???) I thought it would be fun to create an 1887 version of "Dead Reckoning" from The Land Of The Dead.
Owned by the Knightsbridge Hunt Club, land Train "Goliath" is a marvel of modern engineering. The tractor unit, originally meant for use in heavy industry, has been strenghtened with armour-plate ( up to 3" in places) and has had a turret added with a heavy machinegun. It has firing ports all round to enable crew to engage with small arms from any angle.
The coal tender gives it increased range but may be dispensed with for operations closer to home.
The battle carriage has an upper observation deck with a mounted light machinegun to the rear. Its main weapons are sponson mounted, steam-driven 20mm Gatling Cannons. It also sports 2" armour plate and lateral firing ports.
It is the most powerful offensive vehicle in civillian hands!!!




The main tractor unit is a converted "Ramshackle Games" boneyard truck. It has had tracks added from a disney toy and a converted Chimera turret (Ramshackle Games).





The coal tender has been converted from a "Goldlok" train set.
The Battle Carriage is also from a "Goldlok" set and has a scratchbuilt upper deck (bits box) a ww2 Russian LMG and sponsons from a GW tank.





The whole train is 16" long and 5 1/2" High ( although extra carriages can be added...... cattle car for carrying horses or looted gear...????)



Hope You like it.
Regards
PM
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Offline Belgian

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2011, 11:54:56 AM »
Sick!  ;D I absolutly love it, is it possible to make a groupshot of all your miniatures and terrain?
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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2011, 12:04:42 PM »
 :-* :-* :-* :-*  Superb!
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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2011, 12:37:33 PM »
Damn impressive, indeed.  :o

Have to admit, though, at first sight, I thought the piccies were foreshortened. For a micro-sec, I saw the hatch as a 'squished' human, and the sections ARE delightfully stunty. ;->=

"It has had tracks added from a disney toy"...

Once again, explaining why the fellow on the Bazar is so desperately seeking Atlantis parts. ;->= Unfortunately, looks like it will take an expedition to the storage shed.

PM, is there no end to your magic, or or your damnable enterprise?!?

Doug

 

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2011, 01:30:46 PM »
oh my!

That's awesome!

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2011, 01:42:43 PM »
Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow


 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o


Thats totaly off the awsome scale. Just, totaly.

Marx

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2011, 01:49:58 PM »
Brilliant work PM!  :-* :-* :-*

I thought you'd been a bit quiet lately. Now we know what you've been up to.
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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2011, 02:20:19 PM »
Freaking awesome!

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2011, 06:18:14 PM »
Fantastic stuff, as always.
Just one point; aren't the wheels on the end carriage a little small for traversing the ruins of post-apocalyptic Victorian London?
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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2011, 07:06:43 PM »
Thanks for the comments. Wasn't too sure how it would turn out but I'm pretty pleased with it.
I agree the wheels on the battle carriage are pretty small, I was aiming for a sort of gypsy caravan look rather than large coach wheels. Call it style over practicality.... :D

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2011, 08:30:29 PM »
Fair enough. As for a extra carriage, something like this might finish it off nicely:


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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2011, 09:13:09 PM »
Fantastic - just fantastic.

Thank you for sharing.

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2011, 09:14:34 PM »
Absolutely beautiful work. Love the black and gold colour scheme.

And to me it also 'works' - for a steam powered wonder you included the coal wagon.

I am still fairly new to VSF, and some of the contraptions I have seen, make me think 'that just wouldnt work'. I'd love to try my hand at a steampowered gyrocopter, and whilst some I have seen look wonderful, I am always left wondering, where is the coal store, and how does that single pilot, fly it and load the firebox? Maybe they have limited duration in the air??? I am rambling now.

Once again, great stuff!
« Last Edit: July 28, 2011, 09:26:32 PM by jscottbowman »

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2011, 08:23:34 PM »
Just commented on this on your sticky, PM, but wanted to have a read of the "how-to" and your thoughts on the piece. I think I guessed most of the parts correctly! In any case, you did what you almost always manage to do - you took pieces and parts from very different sources, and blended them together to make something cohesive and perfectly at home in your Victorian-Zombie world. Bloody brilliant!
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Offline War In 15MM

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Re: "Dead Reckoning 1887" a.k.a. Land Train Goliath PIC HEAVY
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2011, 11:24:46 PM »
Really a beautiful piece of work.  Richard

 

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