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Offline colwald

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Steam Tank
« on: January 04, 2009, 03:12:46 PM »
I have make a little steam tank whith carboard plus a machine gun from Warzone.






Offline answer_is_42

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2009, 04:07:57 PM »
Cool! Very WW1, aside from the funnel, of course...
Can models be placed inside? How many?
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Offline colwald

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2009, 08:30:22 PM »
For models, i can place 5 or 6 figures inside the tank.

My inspiration is a book of a french illustrator : Albert Robida. "La guerre de railway" in "La guerre au vingtième siècle- 1883".

 

Offline fastolfrus

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2009, 10:11:42 PM »
Very nice.
Where do the vehicles come from ?
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Offline argsilverson

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2009, 10:12:10 PM »
All posts up to this moment are excellent. very good job, indeed!

I have the same question:

Where did you get those model cars?
argsilverson

Offline Grimmnar

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2009, 10:23:26 PM »
Where do the vehicles come from ?
The green truck on the right is from the Disney Atlantis toy line. :-)

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Offline Trencher

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2009, 10:49:27 PM »
The steam tank looks nice, with a clean camouflage. But how do they manage to fire the prow mounted gun without being obstructed by the funnel? ???
But that's just me and apart fom this, this is a charming tank. Keep it up! o_o  8)

The yellow Ford is from a collectors series which cover some of the vehicles from the Tintin comics. They've started with this Ford for € 3,90, and they offered the rest of the vehicles for €19,90 each, if you are willing to subscribe...
This is how I've got my little Ford...

I assume you've straightened the axles a little bit to make it look less comical.

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Offline Mancha

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2009, 03:40:30 AM »
I love it; mostly because it looks like a train engine.  And I also really like that Tintin car.  Perfect scale, huh? They have a nice little armored car in that series I'd love to get my hands on.

Offline Geudens

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2009, 10:01:09 AM »
Very nicely done, as is your gunboat.  However, may I suggest (for both) to make them look a little less "clean" by weathering and applying some super-details (rivets, handles perhaps and some more (smaller) hatches or stuff to enhaunce the 3D effect)?  IMHO this will make (what is now) a very nice model into a little masterpiece.
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Offline leadfool

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2009, 08:19:21 AM »
very cool models. 
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Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Steam Tank
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2009, 10:50:36 AM »
I like this! You've done a very good job with "low-tech" materials.

However, to me it looks more like part of an armoured train, rather than a landship. Nothing wrong with your original intention for it, of course, but I'd love to see it as part of a VSF train, complete with all sorts of exotic weaponry, troop-carrying compartments, etc.  :D

 

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