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It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 11 Dec 2015, 18:00
by John Everett
I haven't been ignoring you guys.

But my last diorama was a long, long way from being any sort of armor topic. But now that it's been finished I'm beginning a new not-so-armor diorama which at least has one vehicle with treads. So I'm posting it here.


Remember these terrible old things. Still, they were fun to build. And most of us could get one together in half a day.
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Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 11 Dec 2015, 18:52
by Ian Shumsky
Interesting!

Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 12 Dec 2015, 00:53
by Philipp Gross
One thing's for certain, you're always good for a surprise :lol:

Philipp

Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 12 Dec 2015, 03:59
by Vincent Power
I find this sort of subject fascinating John. I'll follow along with interest :)

Cheers,
Vincent

Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 13 Dec 2015, 09:39
by John Everett
Some progress and explanations of that progress.

The scene has the robot, which I've named Carl AND a hover-boat. (Ian McQue style)
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First parts of weathering applied.
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Base foam cut and first layer painted.
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Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 13 Dec 2015, 17:30
by Raoul Kunz
Oh yeah! Those old Robotech kits...some of the members here will find some of them strangely familiar if you played FASA's original Battletech (of course those are no longer there, given their..ahem... copy-cat status :lol: ) - very cool topic!
Also: to be armour it just has to be, well, armoured in my opinion, hence the reason you can find a Gundam MS in my gallery :lol: .


Best regards

Raoul G. Kunz

Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 10:57
by Vlad Seabrook-Smith
And suddenly everyone gets the Sci-Fi bug :lol:

Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 16:34
by Philipp Gross
Vlad Seabrook-Smith wrote:And suddenly everyone gets the Sci-Fi bug :lol:
Is it too late to add a Tesla coil to my T-34? :lol:

Philipp

Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 14 Dec 2015, 21:39
by Rob Matthews
I'm fascinated - as Vlad says - it'sa-catching :P

Rob

Re: It has treads. It is therefore, "armor"!

Posted: 15 Dec 2015, 06:19
by Jurgen Mares
Looking good. Looking real good :)