discussion Post Apocalypse "Road Train" kitbash.

[Guest]

Yes Bob, it'll be a big old beast.

I might have to start cannibalising some old kits to get enough wheels together :smiling5: Might as well recycle them, rather than just sitting on a shelf gathering dust!

 

[Gern]

It's gotta be worth asking "Is it worth keeping that cheapo Tiger/T34/Sherman I paid £5 for years ago and never building it, or using the bits to complete this?" From where I'm sitting, the answer has to be a firm NO! Take what bits you need and put the rest in your spares box ready for the next crazy idea you have!

 

[homechild]

Always interested in the weird and wonderful...I’m pulling up a chair for this one!

 

[monica]

well this got my attention,very nice start to it,looking the monster truck,

 

[Guest]

Agreed Dave. Plus I've already had my pleasure out of building the kits I have in mind so even more reason to put them to good use once more.

Welcome Drew & Monica

 

[Gern]

Agreed Dave. Plus I've already had my pleasure out of building the kits I have in mind so even more reason to put them to good use once more.

BONUS!

 

[Guest]

I'm in Andy.
Fernando's remark about it being Mad Max like is perfect.

 

[Guest]

Hi John, great to have you with us.

I did toy with the idea of Mad Max as the title so you & Fernando are spot on.

Nothing much to show at the moment I'm afraid folks. Lots of tape & blu tack flying around as I test fit various bits & bobs to see what looks best. Juggling various wheel & axle combinations, deciding which of my built kits to butcher, that kind of thing.

Wheel sizing seems to be the sticking point at the minute. I want them to be chunky but not comically oversized, so need to pick carefully.

 

[Guest]

If this comes out as good as that VW it will be a winner Andy .

 

[Guest]

Thanks John, I'll give it a good go!

 

[Neil Merryweather]

If this comes out as good as that VW it will be a winner Andy .

Oh I do agree, can't wait!

 

[Guest]

Cheers Neil, no pressure then :smiling5:

 

[rtfoe]

This will be interesting Andy and with the neat scratching of the VW under your belt I'm sure this is going to be fun with precision and calculated proper additions.

I see you have installed working seats and surround speakers for the Mad Max experience we're gonna get...I'm going to hold onto the armchair handles. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the kind words Richard. I can't yet hold a candle to some of the scratch builders on here but I'm enjoying practicing and learning.

I'm currently in the middle of a long weekend shift at work so won't get much done until Tuesday, but I suppose it's better to have some thinking time before diving in

 

[minitnkr]

This should be good . I'm all in. Have MAN ten tonner set aside to do the DOOF (sonic carmegadon?) Wagon from Fury Road some day. PaulE

 

[Guest]

I had to Google that Paul, what a beast!

One, or maybe two, of those MAN trucks are sacrificing themselves for this build. The axles will be perfect but I'm still not certain about the size of their wheels. I may have to wreck a MAZ for those as they are ever so slightly larger.

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[minitnkr]

Check on-line before wrecking MAZ as those monster Russian mudders may be available as model upgrades. PaulE

 

[Guest]

Not too much progress as I've been working, plus the heat over the past two days has been crazy! It's currently 35°C in the shed, with the roof measuring 57°C in places. Imagine having an 80 square foot radiator a few inches above your head :smiling6:

Interior got painted and buttoned up. It was nothing special, like the rest of this update, so no pictures.

I added a few doors where the original body had been chopped. A small scribed-in bulkhead in the middle, and a roller shutter type right at the back with a small loading platform. The carpet monster donated the wheeled handle

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I've started assembling the crane, which is from a MAN truck kit. At the angle I wanted to pose it the hook would hang strangely

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So it was cut & repositioned. I also had to extend two of the hydraulic rams. I almost got them straight too :rolling:

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And a rough idea of where it'll sit. There's still work to do on the framework for it, but I've had as much heat as I can for the day lol.

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As I say, nothing special compared to some of the work on display here, but with so many eyes watching I had to come up with something :smiling5:

 

[Jim R]

Hi Andy
Don't sell yourself short. I reckon it's coming together a treat.
Jim

 

[Gern]

Hi Andy
Don't sell yourself short. I reckon it's coming together a treat.
Jim

What he said!