CNC Workshop Miniature Scenery Group Buy & Build

[von Lucky]

Looking good.

However, please warn us in the topic title if there's going to be a bright (WIP) paint scheme. I have delicate eyes.

[beefcake]

Nice work. I bought some of these guys stuff when it was on sale (fantasy stuff though) looks good when finished, not as good as resin though. The work you have done on it is looking great.

[6milPhil]

So paint up the six main pieces, joined the tracks to the chassis and did a basic weather on it, haven't weather the arms nor the weights yet, fixed them all together, applied decals and varnish. Sussed that I didn't put the cross spar behind the driver in the right place (that might have been best left until later) so the "barrel" piece on the rear will be left off. 

[Mason]

That looks great, Phil!
 

You are going to make it difficult for me to resist doing mine with this progress report.
I have far too many things that need doing first, dammit!
 



I picked them up from work today, by the way.
Cheers for sorting it, mate.
 

[6milPhil]

No worries.

It's quite a speedy build, but it slows when the painting, building, painting kicks in...

[Daeothar]

Mine came in the mail today too; I could smell burnt wood the second I opened the front door... 

Now to decide which one will come first; the forklift, or the armed response vehicle...

[6milPhil]

Well if you go for the forklift dear old Mason won't be able to resist... 

[Daeothar]

That is a cunning plan, sir...

[Mason]

Oi!
 

[Col. Aubrey Bagshot]

Is it me, or does the word TONKA come to mind?
( not that that's a bad thing! )

For an inexpensive MDF model I think its quite wonderful and does push the envelope a bit in terms of what can and cant be done...
And Phill's wonderful build guie & paint job does show it off splendidly.

Well done.

[6milPhil]

Is it me, or does the word TONKA come to mind?
( not that that's a bad thing! )

For an inexpensive MDF model I think its quite wonderful and does push the envelope a bit in terms of what can and cant be done...

It does a bit, one of my dogs did get a hold of it, but one short trip to Battersea later and all's well.

I'm really impressed with how much it doesn't look like a laser cut kit, which I've typically avoided because they're too boxy and have tabs and joints all over the place.

[Daeothar]

I'm so sorry, Phil; I couldn't resist the gleaminess of the new.  It must have been the burned HDF vapours, yes; that was it!

I've caved, and got started on the Tactical Response Vehicle instead, and now the forklift will have to wait I guess...

Yesterday, the wife took the little one and went to visit family, so I had the entire afternoon to myself and my HDF. And I managed to complete the entire thing in one sitting. Well, the basic assembly anyway.

There's still tons to do to the kit, as there are some small gaps that need filling and I've already dug up some parts from Bitz Hill that will do very nicely on it, as I feel there's still a lasercut HDF feel to it in its unadorned form.

For instance, I'm not going to use the handrails and missile launcher that came with the kit. Neither will I use the hatch handles on top. Not a fault of the designers; I think they are taking what can be achieved with HDF (almost) to the limit, but there are some parts that simply cannot be lasercut from this material at this scale. More specifically; those parts that should be very thin.

So those will either be left off, or be replaced by more appropriate plastic and/or metal versions. The steps underneath the doors though, I've cut in half up to the tab, so they're not as thick anymore, and will do nicely now.

Also, I modified the wheel layers, so that instead of grooves running right across each tire, they now have a semblance of profile to them. I simply cut out the hole for the tab holding the layers by first holding two layers together, rotating one to the correct angle, marking its tab hole on the other one and then cutting that out with a sharp knife.  Pretty easy, but it still took almost a quarter of the entire building time...

Here's the basic vehicle, glue dry, without any gapfilling etc done yet:



And here it is, with some of the more important plastic parts mocked up on it:



Next step, undercoating the little beasty in grey, so all the gaps will be clearly visible, and they can be filled and filed...

[Commander Vyper]

Does it come in charcoal? (Erm black?). 

[Daeothar]

As a matter of fact it does! You'll be glad to know it comes in a whole spectrum of appropriate colours. You can get it in Black, Dark gray, Sable, Charcoal, Anthracite, Xylanthrax, Coal, Burnt Umber, Briquette and my personal favourite; Cinder...

[Commander Vyper]

Good, Mr Wayne will be pleased.  Lol