Saturday, June 6, 2009

Bring it down! Building a Blood Pact Heavy Tank #1

I've spent some time this weekend prepping and assembling my Mortian-pattern tank for use as a Blood Pact AT83 Brigand tank, the Urdeshi forge's equivalent of a Leman Russ. With a little clipping a forgeworld traitor crewman fits nicely. Vote for where you think he looks best over on the right.

What do you think, use him as a driver?


Down low in the commander's cupola like this?


Sitting up high?



Here are some tips for those of you thinking of picking a Mortian for yourself. First off, I could not manage to fit the large bogies between the hull and the outer track guard so I clipped off everything that stuck out and glued it straight to the sides. To make sure I had it level with the road-wheels I assembled these little guys out of order.

#1 tip: use a razor saw, not clippers. Clippers will shatter pieces.


After they're removed from the sprue, saw in a bit and then saw down a bit for a clean cut.


Here are the stages.


When attaching, the road-wheel should be slightly covered by the wheel well.


The two remaining bars on the road-wheel attach to the hull while the rod slots in place.


(Skip the mind-numbing, finger-gluing part where I attach 50 some track links individually.)

Next up is the front mounted hull weapon. The inner barbette swivel had a minor angle on the top of the hull-side, but this allowed only minor swivel due to rubbing against the hull overhang. It was easy enough to take a sharp blade and extend the angle.




Now it swivels freely.


More pictures to come of the assembly stage. I also plan on magnetizing this beast.

10 comments:

  1. That's quite a tank kit, I can't wait to see more progress.

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  2. Very interesting vehicle. One trivial question - how much they asked for shippment as this is not clear from their website?

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  3. @Mik: Then you'll be happy with all the pictures on my hard drive, just waiting for the next update!

    @Magiler: Try the Shipping and Handling link at the top of their page: http://gwfwmort.bplaced.net/web1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=12&lang=en

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  4. Thanks, they update this point since my last visit.

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  5. That is quite a model. Defintely not for the faint-hearted.
    John

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  6. I have to say, I don't envy you those track links... Good luck with the rest of the tank!

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  7. may i ask you how have you glued the tracks, mine are no so perfect.. :(

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  8. Sure Hessel! I glued several track links together on a flat surface, then glued them to the road wheels. This lets you bridge the gap between each wheel. If I remember correctly, three tracks was the most useful.

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  9. i've just completed my mortian battletank, a track is comed out well, the one i've done before asking you a little less... but the whole tank is comed out well :D

    if you want to see it, it's at http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232104

    thanks again..

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  10. I've seen your work before, Hessel, but did not see you start working on the Mortian tank. Well done! It looks great, I love your camouflage and all the details you added.

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