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Miniatures Adventure => Railway Wargaming => Topic started by: Boggler on 25 March 2011, 11:29:58 PM

Title: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 25 March 2011, 11:29:58 PM: (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8Bp3Q50iopo/TY0fS5uCPCI/AAAAAAAAB_s/rhq2oCyys5A/s1600/IMG_0725.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-udDgaEGARig/TY0frRR2X5I/AAAAAAAAB_w/9L6om5_9IYk/s1600/IMG_0726.JPG])

Only one wagon so far but more to follow, once I work out how to go about it ;)

Cheers

Jim

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/ (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 26 March 2011, 12:56:37 PM: Can't get enough armoured trains, really look forward to this progress :-*
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: former user on 26 March 2011, 01:17:57 PM: start look good :-*
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 26 March 2011, 08:53:31 PM: A bit more progress today:

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TIGFeGydg40/TY5P7QJAZNI/AAAAAAAAB_4/DoWaxBzdOLQ/s1600/IMG_0729.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yHZ5zp2HKIU/TY5QOtIQnPI/AAAAAAAAB_8/SiVJ8bgXpLw/s1600/IMG_0728.JPG)

More to follow... ::)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Wirelizard on 26 March 2011, 08:55:32 PM: Is that the post of a GW-style flying stand as a gun barrel? Genius, great way to get the tapering shape without going mad!

The painting on the Red officer also looks great, looking forward to seeing this progress.
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Hammers on 27 March 2011, 08:30:51 AM: A couple of very clever ideas in there. The magnetic gun base and the gun barrel in particular.
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: former user on 27 March 2011, 09:52:42 PM: the pins as dampers even more so!
congratulations!

may I ask of what make and gauge the train is?
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 27 March 2011, 10:26:31 PM: Thanks...it's a bit made up as I go along but I've salvaged quite a few useful bits and bobs, mostly from the kids toy box and the wife's craft supplies.

It's a Teamster toy train, which is 1/55th scale according to the box.

I guess the gauge is around 25mm / 1''or so but, as the toy doesn't come with tracks I'll have to make my own :(
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 27 March 2011, 10:39:20 PM: A couple more photos here:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-en8Bs_ulUco/TY-smcBNY3I/AAAAAAAACAQ/o1G_lYNIQPw/s1600/IMG_0754.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--QqIDa4CAc4/TY-s-JrGkVI/AAAAAAAACAU/rKfPDxdp01A/s1600/IMG_0755.JPG)

It'll get a wash and weathering tomorrow, plus some detail painting and (possibly) some decals, if I have the time.

Cheers

Jim

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/ (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: former user on 27 March 2011, 11:12:57 PM: ace!

funny You chose the same color as I did for a similar model :D
looks very good!

I suggest You try toy plastic tracks, they will be easier to cut to size
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Ray Rivers on 28 March 2011, 04:37:44 AM: Wow!

That came out really well.

Nice brush work.
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 28 March 2011, 09:51:54 PM: I added a bit of a wash and a light over drybrush, together with a couple of decals to add some much needed colour:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rIu_OV8hMwU/TZDwwntAR_I/AAAAAAAACAY/ZeADeGTnjJc/s1600/IMG_0757.JPG)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Captain Blood on 28 March 2011, 10:08:46 PM: Jolly nice. Well done sir :)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 29 March 2011, 11:02:50 PM: Thanks chaps :D

I added the final touches this evening, so it's on to the command / machine gun carriage next.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B8zOrb8uobU/TZJT8loGDCI/AAAAAAAACAk/j6VpnR4q08E/s1600/IMG_0760.JPG)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Slayer on 30 March 2011, 06:11:44 AM: looking great man, are you going to paint those stars red? (door and gun)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 01 April 2011, 01:04:29 PM: Now on to the command / MG wagon but I'm not sure about the layout of the various bits:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o-zO-cLC548/TZTFUzLIIYI/AAAAAAAACA8/iLrtbUFgkA0/s1600/IMG_0769.JPG)

OR

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9NzdXLnfds4/TZTFpOKGtVI/AAAAAAAACBA/xERH4ahwLeE/s1600/IMG_0770.JPG)

It needs a lot of extra detailing but it's going OK so far ::)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Burnt65 on 01 April 2011, 01:32:44 PM: Very nice!
It is amazing the results that can be achieved with some plasticard and bits lying around!
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: former user on 01 April 2011, 01:53:02 PM: I like the top arrangement better
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Calimero on 01 April 2011, 01:56:32 PM: Quote from: former user on 01 April 2011, 01:53:02 PM
I like the top arrangement better

Me too, very nice work BTW 8)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: former user on 01 April 2011, 02:08:20 PM: Quote from: Boggler on 29 March 2011, 11:02:50 PM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B8zOrb8uobU/TZJT8loGDCI/AAAAAAAACAk/j6VpnR4q08E/s1600/IMG_0760.JPG)
please allow me to include shots of my own, for comparison and possibly Your inspiration
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac61/former user_the_anarchist/Railway/RW-WIP/Kruppkorr.jpg)
(http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac61/former user_the_anarchist/Railway/RW-WIP/railcruiser.jpg)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 01 April 2011, 09:46:36 PM: Cool :o

Very clever use of the plastic sci fi bits and bobs.

I like the louvres on the wagons a lot.
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 01 April 2011, 09:47:28 PM: The command / machine gun wagon nears completion, albeit minus paintwork:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TpEPdgfuH6o/TZY4t9_jYWI/AAAAAAAACBM/Be-dnF6QIRw/s1600/DSCF7058.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t2TZE1Dq6W4/TZY4W3Z3JvI/AAAAAAAACBI/NL0dMrvgi3o/s1600/DSCF7057.JPG)

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/ (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Hammers on 02 April 2011, 08:14:55 AM: Your work´bench is so tidy it is making me nervous. Stonking progress though!
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Geudens on 02 April 2011, 10:22:10 AM: Quote from: Hammers on 02 April 2011, 08:14:55 AM
Your work´bench is so tidy it is making me nervous. Stonking progress though!

I knew it! I knew it!!!! This guy isn't doing this himself! (no workbench can be so tidy... lol )

(just joking...)

Rudi
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: traveller on 02 April 2011, 11:52:30 AM: Amazing stuff this :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: former user on 02 April 2011, 06:14:14 PM: excellent

I like Yours better

almost..... ;)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 03 April 2011, 07:49:08 AM: It's not THAT tidy...honest.

You just can't see the piles of crap on either side of the picture :o

Started on the loco:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3Ygz-zkh0gg/TZcG0xnKX8I/AAAAAAAACBY/PSZgPuhZpQg/s1600/IMG_0850.JPG)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D6xa4tsoNcI/TZcbtn155bI/AAAAAAAACBg/XmqR2S_Bt-8/s1600/IMG_0855.JPG)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RDHZZH5ynkA/TZgf1OltVcI/AAAAAAAACBk/DHL_Yo8Rejw/s1600/IMG_0858.JPG)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lHy46ogEQyw/TZggJPhYg-I/AAAAAAAACBo/hq7fG_zwB_s/s1600/IMG_0859.JPG)

http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/ (http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/)

:D
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 03 April 2011, 10:19:25 PM: Nearly finished, minus the tender and the last of the wagons:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kB5lJm9j364/TZjhk6yx27I/AAAAAAAACBw/UEBIny4SbhE/s1600/IMG_0873.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iR3tTj0iwkY/TZjh7iZcZmI/AAAAAAAACB0/B1_houmbaBo/s1600/IMG_0875.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hUg-nFumLbk/TZjiTbLw2bI/AAAAAAAACB4/qNL3XcojU-Q/s1600/IMG_0874.JPG)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 04 April 2011, 12:28:09 PM: Started on the tender using some strip wood, Peter Pig plastic card bases and superglue:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju6n6QrtBCg/TZmocxOVSDI/AAAAAAAACCE/CCLaUxufUZ0/s1600/IMG_0878.JPG)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_XA6sLEz1qY/TZmo3JchVFI/AAAAAAAACCI/BMD8HlBHpsg/s1600/IMG_0879.JPG)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a9J6URL-pqo/TZmpQZ5g8zI/AAAAAAAACCM/RrM2ZnhuEs0/s1600/IMG_0881.JPG)

I should get this finished this evening, once work is out of the way ::)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: former user on 04 April 2011, 06:16:43 PM: excellent!

but if You'll want to move them on a track, You won't be able to link them and roll around a curve....
just a warning before You put again an excellent PJ on the LOCO
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 05 April 2011, 01:43:14 PM: Thanks

I've glued up the wheels on the wagons so that they sit properly, so I won't be doing any whizzing to and fro :(

On the other hand, the loco does have sound effects if you push a little button underneath the washer glued onto the top of the boiler (I pinched this idea from a mate of mine)

Choo Choo...
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Willypold on 06 April 2011, 06:43:03 AM: I really like the unusual uses of some very ordinary bits and pieces in the construction of your train!
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 06 April 2011, 10:32:49 AM: Finished the tender, resdy for painting:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7GPLdSSDvw/TZuDQsfgJ1I/AAAAAAAACCk/4xsnZ3Vs9SI/s1600/IMG_0883.JPG)
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: YPU on 06 April 2011, 10:40:26 AM: Quote from: Willypold on 06 April 2011, 06:43:03 AM
I really like the unusual uses of some very ordinary bits and pieces in the construction of your train!

I agree this is a prime example of "the whole is greater then the sum of its parts" Many of the parts used are plain and "flat" yet all together this actually works together really well and creates a strong motive allround.
Title: Re: Red Armoured Train WIP
Post by: Boggler on 06 April 2011, 12:10:46 PM: Thanks :D :D

I think that lego and fridge magnets in particular could be really useful in scratchbuilding other things