Since there seem to be a lot of train/armoured train things around at the moment, how about a Rail GB?
Very loose rules, the principle one being that the whatever-it-is (or at least some component of it) must travel on railway-style tracks at least some of the time. I see no reason why "railway style" shouldn't include other kinds of rail system, such as tramways or futuristic monorails, maglev trains etc... The key thing is that there's a fixed, linear structure that supports the vehicle in some way, and which it either can't leave or can only leave by changing it's mode of locomotion.
Some random ideas:
1. Wheel-and-track tank that uses train wheels instead of road wheels.
2. Modern armoured train, with SAMs, ATGWs etc...
3. ZELL combat aircraft packaged into a rail wagon.
4. Pirate tram (as per Da Frog's inspired artwork).
5. Nuclear-powered super-train probably destined for a B-grade disaster movie....
6. Rail Speed Record contender.
7. Real Whiff, that is to say a "paper train" that was proposed but never built.
8. Warhammer/WH40K train. Could be anything from super-high tech to Orky tech.
Over to you......
How about going for the totally wierd.
One that runs on time :wacko:
JimB
O maybe this:
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It is Armoured Recovery Vehicle used by Polish Railroads in emergency operations. Bigger version of picture here:
http://www.plk-sa.pl/czytelnia/infrator/pancerne-wozy-na-wyposazeniu-kolejowego-ratownictwa-technicznego/
Quote from: jeremak on November 19, 2010, 04:55:36 AM
O maybe this:
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It is Armoured Recovery Vehicle used by Polish Railroads in emergency operations. Bigger version of picture here:
http://www.plk-sa.pl/czytelnia/infrator/pancerne-wozy-na-wyposazeniu-kolejowego-ratownictwa-technicznego/
I take it it doesn't actually
run on the tracks though: it's just used as a prime mover? (Sorry, can't read the Polish)
Yes,
Quoteit's just used as a prime mover
. But it's used by railways company. And, for "whiff-corectness", model of it can have additional wheels for driving on tracks.
Quote from: Weaver on November 19, 2010, 04:33:17 AM
6. Rail Speed Record contender.
Hah, been there, done that, with me on board the train at the time too. :)
Seriously though, I've got books of the 'proposed trains', but could be a bit of a job making them. Could be lots of fun though. ;)
Quote from: jeremak on November 19, 2010, 07:17:43 AM
Yes, Quoteit's just used as a prime mover
. But it's used by railways company. And, for "whiff-corectness", model of it can have additional wheels for driving on tracks.
With the extra wheels to run on the rails it would be fine: the idea is to make vehicles that run ON train tracks, not just vehicles owned by railway companies.
Yeah! Why not! :wacko:
Thought about doing a railway build set in some fictional African state.
Or taking Revell's (probably a re-box of someone else's kit) Big Boy locomotive and putting it on anti-grav devices.
And there were some cool pics of a Russian armoured train from Chechnya in a thread on railway whifs. Could be cool to adapt to a US setting (which would also vastly simplify sourcing appropriate donor bits).
I caught a few bits of the movie Wild Wild West over the weekend and what do you know? It's got a steampunk "derailer tank" in it which not only runs on rails or wheels but docks with the front of an armoured train for good measure!
Unfortunately, the best pic I can find of it is this toy, but you get the idea:
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Been thinking of swapping parts between Dapol's 9F and BoB classes to create a 9P and a super-Q1 for some time now. Count me in.
Quote from: sideshowbob9 on November 22, 2010, 07:52:49 AM
Been thinking of swapping parts between Dapol's 9F and BoB classes to create a 9P and a super-Q1 for some time now. Count me in.
I'll bet there are some here who haven't a CLUE what you're on about Bob, But I'm there with you. ;D Wouldn't the 9P be a Boxpok wheeled Brittania though?
QuoteI'll bet there are some here who haven't a CLUE what you're on about Bob, But I'm there with you. ;D
Thank you! ;D
QuoteWouldn't the 9P be a Boxpok wheeled Brittania though?
Absolutely right. Essentially, the idea is what if the Brits were built at Brighton rather than Crewe?
If I were bolder, I'd create a 4-8-2 8P Super-Duke with the 9F driving wheels, as well as the truck and bogie from the BoB but that would leave the BoB a 2-6-2 and a rather awkward one at that!
This might get me motivated. For some time now I've wanted to turn the Airfix Stirling into a train, it just looks like it could easily be an electric locomotive. At least, it does to my warped imagination. :blink:
Quote......turn the Airfix Stirling into a train....
That is just
GENIUS!
Please please please can I steal that idea off you?!! Not for this GB if it goes ahead obviously but at some point in the future.
Quote from: sideshowbob9 on November 22, 2010, 12:20:10 PM
Quote......turn the Airfix Stirling into a train....
That is just GENIUS!
Please please please can I steal that idea off you?!! Not for this GB if it goes ahead obviously but at some point in the future.
Permission granted!
^ Thank you. :thumbsup:
Hobbyboss do a range of 1/72 armored trains, mostly Russian and German but could be Whiffed. Trumpeter do a few as as well. went