Blackadder Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Looks Like a Plan: With very little forethought and purely by accident everything is rosy, the bogies seem just the right size for the tread run. i need to space them about a millimeter apart as opposed to the present image but nothing critical. The two nose tires which are at odds with standard 'Christie suspension' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie_suspension conform nicely to the FW/GW design none the less so it's acceptable. http://i.imgur.com/GbiwiJx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GbiwiJxl.jpg Even without the front idler the wheels look businesslike and seem adequate for the extra two hundred tons this tank has over the Baneblade http://i.imgur.com/ZQhYR7R.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZQhYR7Rl.jpg With the body removed the clean installation is revealed so those who want to copy this design, feel free. http://i.imgur.com/KfELvs0.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KfELvs0l.jpg Only please don't ask for plans, diagrams or templates; I regret to say there aren't any. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3939883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Looking pretty good so far, Blackadder. It's nice when things fall into line by accident, don't they? ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3939911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 No Need To Rush: Let this be a lesson, it doesn't pay to rush these projects. I was about to affix the road wheels to the wheel base but on seeing this I will have to wait until the drive and idler wheels are done. Otherwise the wheel placement would have to be redone. http://i.imgur.com/CjK0qfR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CjK0qfRl.jpg but everything else seems satisfactory. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3940301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Smacks Forehead: On re-examining the side armour fender skirting there's a grievous error in the rear cutout and only this image brought it to the fore: http://i.imgur.com/CjK0qfR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CjK0qfRl.jpg My problem is that I was following the Armorcast Baneblade profile when I initially built this. http://i.imgur.com/SRV3wxa.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SRV3wxal.jpg Where the cut out is significantly larger. http://i.imgur.com/JK0IvrB.jpg http://i.imgur.com/JK0IvrBl.jpg That's why the skirt access panel cutouts won't work out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3940328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Torvold Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Every time I come back to check on this project it keeps looking better and better. Keep up the good work Just for clarification is the tank on the left in the picture the Armorcast one while the other is the GW? You posted an update while I was typing my admiration and continued support for the project hence the edit. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3940335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Just for clarification is the tank on the left in the picture the Armorcast one while the other is the GW? The tank on the left is a 'Armorcast resin Baneblade from the early 1990s that I juiced up to look like the then current FW resin Lucius Baneblade. The one on the right IS a Forgeworld resin Lucius Baneblade. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3940379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Well I've been a fortnight in Florida and no one seems to have missed any updates so it appears if I were to somehow depart this mortal coil no one would notice............ a comforting thought................... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3952408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Well I've been a fortnight in Florida and no one seems to have missed any updates so it appears if I were to somehow depart this mortal coil no one would notice............ a comforting thought................... Just got home after working away and I see you've made significant progress, any chance this bad boy could become a stormhammer Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3952491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFisher44 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Well I've been a fortnight in Florida and no one seems to have missed any updates so it appears if I were to somehow depart this mortal coil no one would notice............ a comforting thought................... Don't sell yourself short just because people don't don sackcloth and ashes and rend themselves when you disappear for a few. I love your posts and enjoy watching you turn plastic sheets into amazing war machines. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3952541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combat_Vet Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 ^ indeed I was hoping expecting the hiatus simply meant a bigger update to be honest. We all get caught up in our work from time to time, especially at critical times in a project. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3952547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 God what a wienie you are Blackadder! Boohoo I didn't get any mail; poor baby.......... just goes to show don't post when you're tired and high (Martini).......Ha! Just got back from Florida last night 19 hours of driving and decided to check my threads before retiring, my apologies. Somehow I thought that post was funny last night............. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3952800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Chaplain Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Don't beat yourself up blackadder-- I joke with friends that I practically need to fight a bear while i simultaneously juggle chainsaws and ride a unicycle to get people to comment in my thread, haha. That seeming lack of interest by the community is in your head nagging at you-- when you have to remember there are hundreds of threads in the forge alone, let alone the b&c-- being bumped and moved around constantly. What matters is that you continue to post in your blog with quality content. Now for the question of the hour: gin or vodka martini? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3952842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 How apropos these words of solace emanate from 'the chaplain', now I just need my TS card stamped..Ha! Why Vodka for sure; Gin is truly a spoiler. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3952911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Okay; I promise, I'll have a production post readied later today Wow; searched "Latest version of Baneblade" and found this: http://www.thetopdraw.com/view/images/uploads/baneblade-whole_1374141894.jpg Surely someone has a lot of talent and time on his hands. Now I see (infer) at least eight crew members and half a dozen or so free roaming servitor skulls, a bin for spent small shell casings, a lot of skulls, icon, and altars and a tech priest but I see no live ammo magazine for the big guns and no perceivable engine; what am I missing? Appended to; "What am I missing..........." Well the upper tread run to be sure. The artist has acknowledged that he was aware of the necessity of the upper run of tread as he shows the tread cutoff end in the front of the tank fender but then he ignores the issue and has the sponson gun server (gunner?) and some abbreviated individual smack dab in the space where the tread should be. Then there is the question of fuel. In my reading preparing to make my version of a Landkeuzer I referred a lot to the largest produced tank (to my knowledge) the German Panzerkampfwagen VIII 'Maus'. The spec's show it carried 710 US Gallons of fuel internally and 400 gallons of fuel in the external reserve and had a battlefield range of 39 miles. BTW that works out to 185.5 feet of travel per gallon if you're interested and at top speed of 8.1 MPH. The big problem with the Maus was developing an engine powerful enough to move the tank and small enough to actually fit inside. The artist here didn't address either the interior fuel storage 95 cubic feet or a reservoir cube size of 4.56 by 4.56 by 4.56 or appreciable space for any sort of propulsion unit. Certainly the tiny barrels at the end of the fender couldn't carry enough fuel for more than a few miles at most. BTW note the surge baffles.........nice touch. But it is a pretty picture......XD Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3953971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFisher44 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 So, does some small part of you, somewhere deep inside, scream out for you to scratch build a Baneblade with a full interior? Of course if you did it you would have a chance to correct the errors in that pic. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3954208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Not on yer nelly would I attempt an interior; no, no, that way madness lies...................... still.............. Blink,blink, ahem.......... The Wheel Thing: Every type of model has certain pieces that if done right no one notices but if done wrong ruins the model. That's how I feel about the road and drive wheels on tanks. seemingly insignificant, partially covered still if less than detailed they stand out like sore thumbs when it comes to displaying your work. Witness this beautifully detailed effort that somehow just doesn't make the grade because of the painfully plain road wheels. (and fenderskirts but that's a different story......) http://i.imgur.com/lLBFqz2.jpg So now I shall attempt to detail the drive and idler wheels on the Landkreuzer and also fix the fender skirt doors on this and my Titan Hunter. It's about time since I shelved it more than six years ago. http://i.imgur.com/gNnpaRB.jpg http://i.imgur.com/gNnpaRBl.jpg In the images above and below we see the tools required to make the wells in the wheels for the final detailing. Now that the blanks are fully formed the rest should be easy. http://i.imgur.com/nhl8Fjb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/nhl8Fjbl.jpg The procedure came to me on the long drive to Florida last week and I was aching to see if it would work and it did. Now why was I so confounded by such a laughingly simple process? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3954234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Looking super good so far ! Keep up the good work ! :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3954235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thanks for the reply........ Disc Making: There are a lotta ways to make small discs but this is the easiest way I've found to do it without a lot of special tools and compasses, trammel points, and expensive disc cutting dies. I glue scraps of plasticard (in this case 1,0 MM) to the ends of styrene tubing by simply dipping the very tip of the tube into the glue vial. and allow to dry for a few minutes.......... http://i.imgur.com/hQ8B0Hd.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hQ8B0Hdl.jpg Once dry take your standard household scissors and trim off the rough excess. (upper end of the medium length tube) then take your sanding block and fine sand off the rough edges until the disc is flush with the side of the tube; usually takes a few seconds. (lower end of medium length tube) Once shaped take your utility knife and slice off the rounded end cap. http://i.imgur.com/rZtG4W6.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rZtG4W6l.jpg Walla! a relatively perfect disc in a few minutes with no special tools and if you need a larger disc than a half inch use a bit of plastic gel cement and an appropriate sized metal washer same procedure. http://i.imgur.com/GNZNLpr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GNZNLprl.jpg Yeah I know it's Voila but I sometimes post on a French site and it drives 'em crazy........Ha! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3954412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Torvold Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Glad to see you back Blackadder and hard at work. Keep on Kreuzing Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3955056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 The Never Ending Process: More and More this track manufacture seems interminable. The more I do there is even more left to do.......... I'm trying to make a reasonable facsimile of the FW Superheavy suspension and track. Below see the beginning of both front and drive wheels marked for detail drilling for boltholes and reinforcement strapping. http://i.imgur.com/8r5G86G.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8r5G86Gl.jpg And please don't tell me just to buy them from some other tank kit. No one has captured the pure artistry of the FW original Baneblade. http://i.imgur.com/1YkXBvR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1YkXBvRl.jpg The GW Baneblade runs a poor second. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3955389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Playin' the Odds: Well I have four chances to produce two acceptable outer drive wheels of the eight sides I have to work with. The others I can hide on the inner track where they won't be seen (Whom I kidding? I could never accept that...........) http://i.imgur.com/SD6Xkgk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SD6Xkgkl.jpg Anyway the one on the lower right seems to be acceptable so now I have a one in three chance of duplicating that effort. The inability to calculate odds is one of the reasons The Blackadder does not gamble. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3955572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Mindless Tedium: Only 48 more of these little b*st*rds to go............ http://i.imgur.com/qBZ4CFl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qBZ4CFll.jpg This is a good job to do while you're watching the telly; it goes faster that way. The Blackadder isn't an Englishman but he plays one on the internet.....:D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3956048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Prognosis Negative: This is where we separate the suspicion of mental instability from outright clinical insanity. Why I subject myself to this form of torture when I would give anything to say "good enough" is becoming of great concern to me. Gluing these little batons on the drive wheels is bad enough but folding them down to unify the diagonal reinforcements stretches credulity. http://i.imgur.com/Mw772tZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Mw772tZl.jpg The closeup reveals the fraction of a millimeter variance that had me annoyed. http://i.imgur.com/uomMeQw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uomMeQwl.jpg Checking into a clinic on the morrow............ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3956274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 My good sir I'm surprised you haven't flipped out yet, but in saying that your dedication truly pays off Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3956308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks for the reply...... What a Difference a Day Makes: Well two days but there's no title that mentions two days....... If someone told me that these would come out like this I would have looked at him suspiciously http://i.imgur.com/lhQ5KF1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lhQ5KF1l.jpg But here we have left to right the various stages to completion and the first end result and I thought the envelope was sealed. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/301715-blackadders-landkreuzer-p500-die-w%C3%BChlmaus/page/3/#findComment-3956535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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