Mutant Mauler - FINISHED !! - "Perimeter"

[Captain Canada]

Very cool. Love this stuff you're coming up with !

[Austanker]

Update:
I decided to trash the mine plow add on for the Abrams kit and use it on this build it glued together nicely back to front , I have added an Oerlikon gun totally impractical but hey it looks cool , not sure whether to keep the track guards I made they look bulky and lack detail , the exposed tracks look pretty cool tho , may add a 50 cal up front or a grenade launcher

[MaxHeadroom]

Keep on going, Austanker, I'm curious, how it continues!

But, please apologize; The Oerlikon is useless for a 35 to 40° angle to the front. Don't shoot the pianoman driver!
Maybe, you have to rise the gun and add a circular platform for the gunner to give a free field of fire of 360° to him/her.

Btw, this was my version of a Zombieplow:

(with some welded-on blades)

Movable, of course, if working at the engine is necessary:


Norbert

[Austanker]

Keep on going, Austanker, I'm curious, how it continues!

But, please apologize; The Oerlikon is useless for a 35 to 40° angle to the front. Don't shoot the pianoman driver!
Maybe, you have to rise the gun and add a circular platform for the gunner to give a free field of fire of 360° to him/her.

Btw, this was my version of a Zombieplow:

(with some welded-on blades)

Movable, of course, if working at the engine is necessary:


Norbert

Yeh kind of stalled at the moment between jobs lack of time / money / will lol , might have a rethink on the gun its not glued in yet I kind of like the nautical feel , I imagine it would be used like those technical mounted guns in the middle east , I dig your plow I will be making mine moveable as well ... soon lol

[Austanker]

ok summer is over I've packed the metal detector away for a bit and back to the model nook a bit more work on the Mauler done the side skirts on the weekend adding some detail to them with polystyrene strips

[Old Wombat]

My version of a zombie plow;



http://s459.photobucket.com/user/GPlachy/library/PAPPRVSS?sort=3&page=1


Had to go back to PhotoBucket to find it, all my old posts (when I joined the site) seem to have lost their links!

[Captain Canada]

I love the look of this one. Has a mix of modern and old school about it. Welcome back to the bench and looking forward to seeing more !

[Austanker]

Is that flyscreen you are using for mesh Wombat ? dig that model / dio 

[Old Wombat]

Nah, Aber mesh.

That much I remember but don't ask me what size. I built this in about 2009, shortly after I got back into the hobby ... Actually, it may have been my 1st build "back at the bench".

[Austanker]

Back from the grave again I'm determined to finish this thing off been working on it the last few days because of the rain and I'm out of action with 2 weeks off work
I have decided to go with a post apoc themed diorama and have begun construction on it , the base I have textured using Polyfilla exterior cement and I am casting roadside barriers in Plaster of Paris from the Meng accessories kit
The Mauler has received some minor detail work and a coat of primer not sure if I'm going to go with the 20mm cannon in the rear
I have ordered some cool figures from Not Dead Yet miniatures and some stowage items from BNA Modelworld , hopfully it will all come together in a few weeks

[kerick]

Each time I see this I imagine various guns mounted on the edge of the cargo area gun truck style. Stacks of ammo boxes in the middle and extra rifles and shotguns laying around.

[Rick Lowe]

Yeah, a gun in each corner and maybe something with a longer reach in the centre?

[Austanker]

Not sure on the weapons load out at the moment , this vehicle is a perimeter patrol type vehicle that also does fence maintenance so not an attack type vehicle , maybe I'm just being to sensible I should go for some wow factor lol  anyway I'll see what I can jam into the back of it 
Some more work on the dio today finished the road barriers and added some damage to them they came out bloody great , hit the whole thing in primer and tonight I have made a fence from a washing bag for ya missuses undies and I am also making some signs up

[Rick Lowe]

Hey, that's a great idea for scale fencing... not sure about the 'Misuse of Undies' though...


Oh, Right! Memo to self: READ the WORDS!   

Ahem!


The concrete barriers look great.

There's a heap of that sort of signage online, if that helps.

[kerick]

The over head ring mount from any army truck would work too.