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  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Sunday, December 2, 2007 5:23 PM

Excellent work, Ikar, very impressive!

Regards, Dan

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Orlando, Florida
Posted by ikar01 on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:27 PM

As long as I've posted it on the armor forums I thought that I might as well repeat the text as well here:

THis vehicle was built from a 1/35th Italeri German Elephant.  The rear hull is  the top of the engine area standing vertically with a couple equipment bays and a rear door added.  The rig holding the Firemonth II probe is a engine maint. stand from a Monogram F-84F.  The probe is the top part of a 1/144th gundam model with some modifications added, including putting a camera lens where a tank's gun barrel would have gone.  The hatch to the right is the engine hatch from a M-113.  Other parts are from the spares boxes. 

 

Inside are four positions using 1/48th Aces II ejection seats with headsets resting on a hook on each one.The piece between the two forward seats is a canopy collar from a Lancaster with some red tinted epoxy on top of silver paint to make it reflect back.  The canopy frame is made from plastruct angle iron and the fold down work platforms are from spares and the fire suppression bottles are from another Japanese S.F. kit.

 

The ladder going up the side is from plastruct and the cable rockets are from a Monogram Hurricane.  The blisters on the top are from an old space station kit and the laser is designed after the laser weapons on the 1960's show Lost In Sapce and sits on tracks to enable it to move in four directions as well as rotate.

The small land probe is the bottom half of the Gundam kit that I used for the Firemoth probe.  I added a clear dome with a camera and a few extra parts.

 

  • Member since
    January 2006
  • From: California
Posted by SprueOne on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 8:17 PM
I agree, super cool. If you post in the armor section, we'd be interested in WIP shots or at least text description of you build. cool stuff!

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  • Member since
    November 2004
  • From: Central Illinois
Posted by rockythegoat on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:44 PM

 ikar01 wrote:
The main vehicle is based on a 1/35th Elephant tank and the small crawler is from a 1/144th Gundam kit.  Considering everything, I thought this would be the best place for it.  I wasn't too sure how the armor guys would take it.

I'm a partial tread-head.  Go ahead and post, they'll like it there, too.  Good work!

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  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Orlando, Florida
Posted by ikar01 on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:22 PM
The main vehicle is based on a 1/35th Elephant tank and the small crawler is from a 1/144th Gundam kit.  Considering everything, I thought this would be the best place for it.  I wasn't too sure how the armor guys would take it.

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    March 2006
Posted by TD4438 on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:57 PM
You should post that in the armor section as well.It's just too cool.

  • Member since
    October 2004
  • From: Orlando, Florida
Posted by ikar01 on Monday, November 19, 2007 9:35 PM

It's called a Firemoth II.  As a matter of fact the vehicle controls a second vehicle:

I forgot to include the scan.

  • Member since
    December 2003
  • From: US
Posted by hunterw450 on Monday, November 19, 2007 9:07 PM
Looks great!  The tracks and weathering turned out good. Is that some type of a UAV on the rear deck? 
  • Member since
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  • From: Orlando, Florida
Heavy Rescue
Posted by ikar01 on Monday, November 19, 2007 8:34 PM

 

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