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Now for the tracks! Shouldn’t take too long, there’s only 135 of them.

Those Earthshaker cannons are looking great! Ever since I read the Siege of Vraks books, I have wanted to make some.

Progress, I guess. Tracks are on. It took a lot longer than I had expected because I needed to file off some of the width on some and cut wider ones for other spaces to make everything fit nice.

Now to finish the rear part of the hull and add the top part before starting the turret.

Still really incredible stuff, did you say what tanks those are going to be? I know russes don’t have twin stubbers, so Malcadors?

Amazing work.

They look like Machariuses (Machariusi?)

Macharipodes I believe..

Fantastic updates, the tracks look spot on.

Thanks all! Yes they are Machariuses. Machariuserases? Macharius + 1.

I wanted a WWI look to them, so I modeled the tracks after a couple pics I found of WWI “Land Ships”. I also made some water cooled Browning machine guns to replace the Big Shootas in the sponsons.

I’m not sure if I like the width of the hulls, they look a bit wide to me. Does anyone have a Forgeworld Macharius that could post the actual width of the hull?

Some very impressive scratchbuilds here! Serious dedication.

Nice start on the Mercarii - IMO one of the best tank designs to come out of 40k.

Lovely work- incredible attention to detail and precision!

Brilliant idea to use lego block bits as spacers to stiffen the whole tread units up and ensure even spacing- I'm stealing that....

Rock on!

Seriously impressive work on the Macharius’ they look superb already

Progress!

I had toyed with the idea of redoing the hulls to make them skinnier, but I decided the amount of work wouldn’t be worth the effort. And with the back section added, it makes them look leaner.

I’ll be adding a little more height with the addition of a platform for the turret.

The top platform is finished.

Superb work, the panelling on the side looks very nice.

Great craftmanship in this thread, Nozeminer. The Macharius project in particular looks the part.

May the Fourth Be With You!

Celebrate Responsibly!

Looks great so far on the Macharius tanks! Very clean.

I was told there would be no math.... The geometry involved to get all the angles to line up- even allowing for filling and sanding- most impressive.

Thank you!

Oh, my method is measure twice cut once, cut again because it didn’t fit, file, cut some more, file again, and start all over because a messed it up. And don’t forget the swearing.

 Nozeminer wrote:
Thank you!

Oh, my method is measure twice cut once, cut again because it didn’t fit, file, cut some more, file again, and start all over because a messed it up. And don’t forget the swearing.

Sounds like a good method! . It certainly produces great results!

Wonderful stuff in here, very impressive skills!

I’ve finished the engine compartment, but I’m not sure how I’m going to finish off the bottom pipes of the exhausts. I’d like to bend them back toward the hull, but they’ll just fold in on themselves. I might just build a box for them to just disappear into.

The exhaust isn’t attached yet. They’re going to be up higher when I’m done.

Amazing plasticard work on those tanks!

If you cut two tubes at 45 degrees, would they fit together into a nice right-angle join? Might be worth trying.

Slinky’s idea would work well, or maybe roll a GS tube and bend that?

I was able to get a bunch done yesterday. I did do the plastic tubing cut at an angle for my Ork Fighta. It’s a bit too angular for what I am going for. It looks great for Orks, but the Imperium builds things a bit “cleaner”. The same goes for the GS idea. While I’m sure I could get it clean enough, getting 4 pipes the exact same width, length and angle would be more of a challenge than I’m in the mood for right now. I’m happy with the way the “box” turned out.

As the build moves along, I’m finding a few measurement issues that weren’t noticeable before, but now that I’m adding the details they are becoming an issue. Not too big, but annoying, nonetheless. The ladder, for example. It’s supposed to extend up one more rung onto the hull section, but with the way I cut it, there’s no room. Like I said, it’s not a big deal, but it bugs me anyway.

Enuff yakkin’! ‘Ere’s da pikz!

The Genrul is pleased with the progress.

The box worked well!

I got the basic shape of the turret done. Still trying to figure out how I'm going to attach the guns and if I'm going to have them able to elevate or not.

That’s really awesome! The details just keep on coming, amazing!

The box turned out perfect, for next time I wonder if heating and bending using a jig would work? It might take a couple of incremental jigs to get it right without kinking I reckon.

I think if you want to bend a tube you have to have something inside it as well to stop it collapsing, like a coil spring of the right diameter.

Yeah, I've tried heating and bending with no success. I once tried it with a smaller diameter tube and plastic rod inside, but the rod got too soft and squished under the pressure when the tube wanted to collapse. Maybe an aluminum rod might work?