The Duke on the Tracks!

[Duke Maddog]

Okay, starting fresh. The other train is no longer a part of this Campaign since it was not properly started. I would have deleted the whole thread but there's no provision for me to do that.

Okay, now I'll start on the Russian Armored Train "Fascism Fighter".

Here's the pics for this one done up properly:

Nothing was done yet on this one. Hopefully next week or so I'll be able to get something done on it.

Stay tuned for more....

 

[Sherman 18]

Cool!

 

[moon puppy]

Hey Mark, did you get a startup photo?

 

[Duke Maddog]

Hey Mark, did you get a startup photo?

Aw crap! No I didn't. I'm just so used to just starting right up and diving in. I guess that disqualifies this one, I'll do it for my other Armored Train...

 

[Hippy Ed]

Hey Mark, did you get a startup photo?

Aw crap! No I didn't. I'm just so used to just starting right up and diving in. I guess that disqualifies this one, I'll do it for my other Armored Train...

hmy: :smack

 

[lupanzer]

Nice!...

Luiz

 

[Duke Maddog]

Okay, here is a small update from me for today. I'm also experimenting here with a Gallery on another site since the LEM went down again.

I started out by doing the wheels and axles for the engine and tender. As you can see here, the axles that are provided in the kit are crap as they break when you look at them wrong! So, I got a piece of styrene rod about the same diameter and cut it to size to make my own axles:

Next I had to enlarge the slots where the wheels stick out on the bottom of the engine and tender. You can see the ones I enlarged already compared to the original size:

As I continued to build the wheels and axles for the rest of the tender, I happened to notice something. What's wrong with this picture?

The bottom left wheel was molded without the rim! Oh well, it will barely be seen underneath this train once everything is assembled. You can see that in this next pic where I finally got the engine and tender mostly assembled with the basic assembly:

That's all for now, stay tuned for more. Until then, comments are welcome, thanks all for looking in!

 

[moon puppy]

They even armored the underside?

 

[Hippy Ed]

They even armored the underside?

:huh: THingsz that make ya go :hmmm

 

[Sherman 18]

Going to be cool!

 

[jknaus]

Cool
James

 

[Swordsman]

Looking good Mark ..... You know the trainman likes it ....

 

[Duke Maddog]

They even armored the underside?

Either that or the model company didn't want to add any more to this to increase the complexity. I guess they figured it wouldn't be seen anyway, given how low this sits to the ground. Then again, it just may be armored on the underside to avoid damage from mines.

Thanks for the comments guys. Stay tuned for more...

 

[Swordsman]

They even armored the underside?

Either that or the model company didn't want to add any more to this to increase the complexity. I guess they figured it wouldn't be seen anyway, given how low this sits to the ground. Then again, it just may be armored on the underside to avoid damage from mines.

Thanks for the comments guys. Stay tuned for more...

Yeah at 70 MPH a track mine Could ruin your Day ..... ldguy

 

[lupanzer]

Very nice....

Luiz

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Luiz!

 

[Duke Maddog]

As promised, here's my latest progress.


I assembled the two rail cars for the Russian Armored Train:

I also attached the engine and tender to each other and then completed all the turrets (sans guns on the smaller ones to keep from breaking off the guns). Here's the whole train all together so far. I didn't have enough rail to pose this whole train so it is sitting on the table:

Okay, that completes my latest progress so far. Hopefully I can get even further later in the week. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome!

 

[Hippy Ed]

 

[Swordsman]

Starting to look like a nice train .....

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks guys! There are two more flatbed cars that need to go with this before it is truly done. I'm just waiting for them to come in.