How to build a battlewagon
So, no one really reads this anyways, but this is the start of one of my how-to sections. This is going to be the future present given to another forum member for a secret santa exchange. Here I am going to highlight the way in which I build, which involves using a lot of different peices of junk. Who knows, it may even help someone.
So, the first thing I am going to say is that you should always collect every last peice of junk you have around the house. I for one like to collect medicine bottles (the kind perscriptions come in as well as over-the-counter variety) and caps/lids to various things. As such I have other people saving their junk for me too! This build would not be possible without the junk that other people have saved for me, so be creative and ask your friends/family to save junk for you too.
So first things first, you need about 10 round caps, preferably the kind that have a texture on the outer edge, like this one here.
I am not sure where these ones in particular came from. You will also need superglue and plasticard. I am using a 0.03″ thickness for this particular section, although a thicker plasticard would likely work a little better (I am just running low, so I need to use what I got).
I also used this handy-dandy template I found elsewhere for the outer structure of the body…you can use it too
You will need 4 total peices, as we need to have an outside and inside for each side
So, align the 5 caps on the oneside, arching over the main section of the track guard. I put mine near the top, but you could go all the way around the track guard as well. I figure I am going to have the bottom on the ground, so it doesn’t really matter to me. You could double the amount of caps you have to add more realistic look.
Next simply attach the portion that will overlap, to make the caps look more like a gear.
Make one side first, and then for the opposite side, remember to REVERSE the way that the caps face. This is because, the caps inside doesn’t have anyshape, and you want the top of the cap on the outside, hopefully that makes sense.
Here is what my tracks looked like afterwards
Thanks for looking so far.
More to come
