BSC2025 Vanvlak Trench Crusade Armoured Transport Lighter (Motorized)

[marianas_gamer]

Good start. I am a BIG fan of cork tiles.

[Vanvlak]

Thanks guys

Bit more progress done today, but a quick look at the tools first. My 'countersunk rivet' tool, a nail punch - I am using the smallest size and hammering a circle, representing the countersink and rivet inside. The countersunk rivet technology is only used in the Trench Crusade universe, of course... and by orks. I had these for a while, some years back they cost 5 Euros for the set of three.


An example of use, at what are now likely to be the bows of the vessel.


A sanding board - a long strip of sandpaper pinned to a plank. I first used these for transforming full hull ship kits to waterline models. It's a very simple and cheap tool, but makes level sanding of large surfaces easy. I used/will use this for some of the plasticard bits.



The hull, now with the interior a bit more cramped as I bulked out the walls with a thick plastic foamboard type material designed for laser cutting. Found the bits in a skip 
The clamps are most useful for this sort of build.



Upcoming bits: the bridge bits are in the left half of the image. The light brown stuff are from a Wild West fort construction kit, very useful, I had used these previously in other builds. The white and black objects are identical, but the latter was used in a previous (and unfinished) BSC. They are used in optic fibre junctions, and I found these discarded. The bits on the right - plastic spacers and a couple of bits of a container used for something related to dentistry - will be used for the ramp.



Apart from these, I still have to add structures around the corkrete; bits of engine room visible from the cargo deck; the roof of the bridge, a funnel and a small mast; the flooring at the bottom of the hull; some additional armour; and some other odds and ends for finishing. So still a long way to go, but at least the general shape is now more or less defined, and the ramp is at the bows, the barbette aft, so I know which end is which.

[Burgundavia]

Wow, progress is going well - this is a very nice looking build so far.

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Looking good - well done.

[snitcythedog]

Impressive.