I did something bad
Well, as the title suggests, I did something bad. I didn’t really document my progress all that well for this post. I do have a lot of pictures, and I will try to explain what I did.
First, I added the base of the tracks to the wheel areas. This is best achieved by making long strips, and then trimming them to fit at the various angles. I used 4 seperate peices for each side, to cover the various angles.
So, following this (and doing both sides) I decided to start adding some track guards to the front section of the tank. There are 2 ways I did this. First I used 3mm plasticard to make some rough sections. Those sections are acheived by taking a razor and cutting the plasticard to make it look all distressed. The other guard on the front is done by taking a thinner card, and cutting it into 3 equal sectionsso that it looks more like a shoulder pad. Here are some examples
As you can see in the above picture, I also took 3 more total of those Orange Juice pull tabs, and cut them in half, I then glued them in between the tracks to add more gear looking things.
Once you have the base in, you need to go back and make each individual shoe, or trackplate. This can again be done by cutting strips into approximate lengths. I like to make each one slightly different because I feel it makes it look more junky/ramshackle in the end, which is the look I like to go for.
Also, at this point I began adding depth to the sides of the tracks. Things like old vehicle parts, crimped plasticard and other bits.
Now, on the back I took my time and dremeled out the engine from the “Crashed Aquilla Lander Terrain” These things were dirt cheap, and I got one in a grab bag I bought a while back. Anyways, the engine was placed on the back end. I simply used some plasticard in an “L” shape to make a structure, then hung the engine off of the back.
So as you can see, I also added some verticle structure, this was done from old sprue. Again, I do not have pictures for where I got all of this stuff from, but the sprue was placed near the rear, and I began covering the top with some thicker structure.
The last thing I did during this update, was to add an engine block ontop of the aquilla lander engine.
As you can see too, I built a structure to hold a medicine bottle, which I envision as a fuel tank. I will likely fill all of this in some thicker card.
