Glued and pinned more wood together to get the basic frame together and started adding the iron bands (aka card and pins) and that will take a bit. Once that is done I'll work on the platform and the top of the crane, and after that tie in the wheel.
It's a real bodgejob but it works.
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| Old Fireworks for the win. And yes, I can't cut a straight edge to save my life.... |
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| ....but we are getting there. Ignore the wheel. It thought it was Obi Wan and wanted to have the high ground. |
Stripped the last tape from the roll and used my trusty The Chopper to cut swizzle sticks to size. Clad the roll with it, inside and out, and after drying sanded the sides smooth-ish. Made 2 crosses for the axle to go through and glued those on by 1,5 eye. It sorta works, but I never intended this to be a working crane anyway so no problem.
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| Making the cross in the most high tech way possible |
Started: September 2023 for the painting, unknown when I built it.
Another one down thx to the impetus from Scrapjacks.
Stargrave Soldier body, grenades and flashlight on the helmet are from Space Marines or Guard. Drilled out the face and put in a Necron lower chin. Oxygen backpack is a Adeptus Mechanicus piece, shoulder guard is a old Chaos Warrior something part? The rest is stock Stargrave. Decals: Star is from 1-94, Screaming Eagle from Warlord and the marking on the front of the redcap is a fuel filler marking from a German aircraft kit.
Background is that these are Pirates from The Numberd, they all carry a yellow shoulderpad with a number on it and they only refer to themselves as a number. Unknown is how many there are, and if it is just a ruse to appear more powerful. And the why, who knows....dead men don't talk.
First thing to build is the wheel. I've looked at scratchbuilding the wheen, 3D printing it and what not. , then took a step back and looked at how others did it.
Started: October 2024
And it is done. Yes, I could do a ton more, but I won't. She is done and can go with the rest of my scenery and live on a shelf. Again, a shame this is OOP, but there are more MDF fish in the sea.
Enjoy!
Date started: October 2024
Original topic: Warehouse for STALKER
Right, I need the space for a Groupbuild so this one has to be finished by the end of the weekend tops. Need to finish the glazing today so it all can dry overnight, then final detailing on Saturday, Sunday at the latest.
Date started: somewhere early 2025 I think.
Built, based and that was it. Primed these last week and did most of the paint job at our hobby nights.
Kept it basic and generic so it works for multiple periods and scales.
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| With 15mm (though the drone is technically also used for 15 and 28mm), stairs to the front. |
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| With 28mm with the marking. Though to be honest, the slim stairs side will also work for it, God knows I've had to scale some for work that only had space for one steel toeed boot at a time. |
In case you are wondering about getting these for yourself......don't!
This is a H0 kit from Faller, 130474 of which I bought a box of 8 or 10 at a tenner each years ago. Well, inflation hit hard cause these up in price by 500%.
Then again the kit has a ton of parts for scratchbuilding, so....
