Nova_chron Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Like the title says... I've gotten a little bored looking at a gazzillion rhino chassi tanks ( I know exaggerated) but with 2rhinos, 2 Razorbacks, 3 vindicators and soon 2 Baal predators, I've been playing with getting some to scale M1 models and converting them to be predators looking for my fellow blood Angels players thoughts. Any advice on how to convert them up for sponson weapons and such would be much appreciated. This project is probably a month out before I start buying anything but I will post WiP photos as I get going. Edit:title spelling on my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandwen Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The largest issue will be that the tank isn't really tall enough for weapons on the sides. You might end up having to mount them hanging over the side, but the issue there is that the turret is very wide and won't leave room to do that. Depending on how toolbaggish your local scene is you could put the sponsons on the side of the turret and call that that, but that could be considered modeling for an advantage. You could also consider an older tank kit like a matilda mk II, or a russian one. Those have smaller turrets, and the matilda would have plenty more room on the sides. Edit: addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova_chron Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Odds are I will be doing something along the lines of side hull gun mounts for sponsons and use the turret for my storm bolter my biggest concern is size as I think the M1 kits I'll have access to will be taller than the rhinos but I've usually been very gung-ho about not hiding my tanks. Marines are a shock and awe force so no hiding for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettanker Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I have an M1A1 model and it's the same size as my Baneblade. Even at that scale, shandwen isn't entirely wrong about the height of the side skirts. Only real way I could see it working is if you built something on the rear deck that hung off the sides and the sponson was built into the underside of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettanker Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Odds are I will be doing something along the lines of side hull gun mounts for sponsons and use the turret for my storm bolter my biggest concern is size as I think the M1 kits I'll have access to will be taller than the rhinos but I've usually been very gung-ho about not hiding my tanks. Marines are a shock and awe force so no hiding for me. I'd worry about the tank's footprint more than the height. Imperial tanks are proportionately much taller. My M1 I mentioned in the other post has the footprint of a Baneblade but the top of the turret is barely taller than the storm bolter on top of the Rhino I just compared it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova_chron Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 What scale is your M1 Was going to use a 1/32 scale for a felblade after doing a smaller tank for proof of concept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-smuv Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I have used the taimya M113 models for rhinos/ razorbacks. They are very similar, but are different enough to add some character to the army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettanker Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 To be honest, I'm not sure. I picked it up over a decade ago when I enlisted. It shouldn't be more than one size off that though. I'm pressed for time or I'd do it myself but the model is roughly 9"x4"x3" if you wanna look up the actual tank's dimensions and work out the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandwen Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 For 28mm/25mm heroic the scale is roughly 1/56. So a 1/32 should be roughly baneblade size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova_chron Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Excellent happy to know I was thinking the proper size for my super heavy now I just need to find something to fit the size of a predator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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