HMS Morocco & a variety of Audreys

[Black Cavalier]

Recently finished the HMS Morocco, the newest addition to Her Magesty's Terranef fleet.



Made from the GI Joe Rise of Cobra Mole Pod.


Also, a few examples to prove that Alfrik isn't the only military botonist around here:





Old Armorcast resin stuff.


More pictures of these, plus other VSF stuff at:

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/Black_Cavalier_Photos/Wargaming/VSF%20Stuff/

[Gluteus Maximus]

As nobody's yet said "Feed me, Seymour!" I suppose I'd better do it.

Wonderful paintwork on those Audreys 

I can never work out how "moles" are supposed to work in practice, but you've done a great job with yours!

[Bullshott]

I can never work out how "moles" are supposed to work in practice, but you've done a great job with yours!

Must be about time you dug out some old Thunderbirds episodes

[Gluteus Maximus]

Must be about time you dug out some old Thunderbirds episodes

And then maybe I'll also be able to work out how TB2 managed to fly 

 

[The_Beast]

I can never work out how "moles" are supposed to work in practice, but you've done a great job with yours!

What, that a screw can pull itself into a block of wood? Or, the whole thing about Victorians knowing perfectly well how hot and dense the earth gets after a fairly short drop.

As for directional control, it's got fins! 

Come on, have some faith. TB2 was designed by Brains. He could make a glider out of bricks.

I forget. Which episode was that?

[The_Beast]

I had in mind covering a van with plastic roof ventilation 'stuff'. Don't recall the proper term, but it was  plastic sheets formed with a lovely girder pattern.

I thought it might look like a Rhino or Land Raider wannabee for impromptu street parades. 

Doug

[Gluteus Maximus]

What, that a screw can pull itself into a block of wood? Or, the whole thing about Victorians knowing perfectly well how hot and dense the earth gets after a fairly short drop.

As for directional control, it's got fins! 

I forget. Which episode was that?

No, no none of that. How do they steer themnselves and how do they actually move, when the body is almost universally wider thsn the augur? 

I love 'em but just can't suspend disbelief enough, even though I'm perfectly happy to have aliens popping in through wormholes ad have battleships flying around 

As for TB2 - fair enough, Brains is quite a clever chap, so it must work ok 

[Alfrik]

Ok, I pulled out one of my occasional beers, sat back, put the feet up and studied the Mole Machine.  Of course it doesn't actually Dig a tunnel, the drill piece, once it starts spinning, has the cutting edges lift out from the power of centrifugal force. As the propulsion system pushes it forward, the spinning blade throws the dirt out and away from the bit, compacting it you see. A sonic resonator can be turned on to crumble stone to dust in a forward arc.  The lead ring spins counter to the direction of the frontal drill, there by stabilizing the entire vehicle, which of course is built from uncrushablium, very pricey stuff. The Destuffem field attracts atoms of residium which is collected and directed to the power plant, there by helping sustain the fuel load, which is quite small over all. I was about to do a schematic layout of the internal parts, but dang! I ran outta beer!

And there you have it. Oh, and Moles are very subject to super high temps, super cold temps and directionally aimed electrical discharges, ask any dermatologist.... ah hem... 

[Gluteus Maximus]

Blimey! That has me convinced. You're either a vast intellect with a huge knowledge of Victorian steam science or a complete Bulls***er 

 

[Conquistador]

Alfrik?

Border Line Genius, full Fledged nut case   (in the kindest, best sense   of the words,) and Full Metal Imagination   (Never get caught in his dreams...   or think you have his RPG characters doomed...)   

Gracias,

Glenn

[Alfrik]

Just to remind you Conquistador, I use Araduin Grimore critical damage charts for most of my rpg games still! Mahahahaha they are so brutal!

For the Mole, there could be a couple of crewmen with spanners and oil cans, oh and an officer with his hat pushed back, hand on forhead looking totally confused......

[Conquistador]

Just to remind you Conquistador, I use Araduin Grimore critical damage charts for most of my rpg games still! Mahahahaha they are so brutal!

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I do believe that violates the Geneva Conventions.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Alfrik]

I do believe that violates the Geneva Conventions. Quote Conquistador...  only if you signed that!   

[Skrapwelder]

Blimey! That has me convinced. You're either a vast intellect with a huge knowledge of Victorian steam science or a complete Bulls***er 

 

After years of close association I would say definitely "B"

[Alfrik]

The hyperbola of your assessment concerning the nature of the mechanical machinations that entail the full deployment of facilities to attain and asses the mass of information to culminate in the final decision making process for the probably successful out come concerning the deployment of the Mole are irrelevant at the moment. To wit, in regards to the Mole Machine, Cytherea being mostly coated in miles of swampy muck, the machine will hurl the muck away, creating a hole in front of it, and with out some fancy maneuvering, it only direction it could make a continuous direction would be ... straight down.

And I am still out of beer