Treaded Landboat - Work in Progress

[Schweizer]

A while back, I rescued this giant toner cartridge from a print shop, thinking it'd make something neat.  After doing a few sketches, I decided to make something in the vein of an armored train, but with tank treads - a troop transport and gunboat type of thing.

I started last night by putting in pieces of basswood to create the basic tread shape.





I then added some basswood strips to the sides to create areas on which soldiers can stand.  The bottom goes all the way across; the top has a section in the middle open from which ladders will descend to the bottom platform.



I plan to have the majority of the SIDES of the treads armored, so I've not put much detail beyond the opening area, but there I've put in some spoked washers and pieces of matte board.  I'll be adding more details there later.



I added some beams underneath for stability (everything has been attached by superglue gel).  The ones that extend out will likely have some sort of pulley or chain attached to them.



That's it for now!  More work to come.

[Ray Rivers]

Oh goody...

I love build threads...

[Dewbakuk]

Brilliant! I took one look at the a first pic and though GIANT TRAIN! 

[OSHIROmodels]

What a great use for bit of stuff  

How many tread sections per side are you going for?

cheers

James

[Gluteus Maximus]

I'm very intrigued and looking forward to the rest of the build 

[Svennn]

Inspired  I threw about two dozen of those away only recently

[Chairface]

Fantastic! It would have made a great basis for a nef too!

[Supercollider]

Well spotted, and nice start... Keep us posted

[Westfalia Chris]

Looking absolutely fabulous. One thing though:

A while back, I rescued this giant toner cartridge from a print shop, thinking it'd make something neat. 

Did you empty the cartridge properly before embarking on the build? Otherwise, you might be in for a world of hassle if it is ever breached.

[Thunderchicken]

Now you've got me eying up all the printers on campus!!

[Doomsdave]

Brilliant.  Can't wait to see it finished. 

[Dan]

Brilliant , but shame the opposition makes those  none of the types I've looked at have any use for gaming with the exception of a drum housing which will be used as a lift shaft.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Now you've got me eying up all the printers on campus!!

I hope we don't see a front-page story in the Telford Thunderer about a serious break-in and theft at a major place of learning 

[oxiana]

Cracking idea for a kit-bash. Looking forward to seeing how this one plays out.

[former user]

please let us know how You emptied the contents.
You just induced another reduction of my future spare-time