Colonial Landram from Battlestar Galactica

"I love it when a plan comes together!" nice coloring! It needs a wing on the back. :)
Rhaven Blaack, Thank you, I've seen, and downloaded the jleslie viper, there are some concerns I have with rescaling it larger...

The land ram was based on a Thiokol Imp (I believe) and the LiS chariot was based on the Thiokol Spryte, a very, very simpler platform. Sooo, by building the tread set and center then a chariot structure?? things that make ya say hummmmm.
 
ASC Mclaren said:
"I love it when a plan comes together!" nice coloring! It needs a wing on the back. :)
Rhaven Blaack, Thank you, I've seen, and downloaded the jleslie viper, there are some concerns I have with rescaling it larger...

The land ram was based on a Thiokol Imp (I believe) and the LiS chariot was based on the Thiokol Spryte, a very, very simpler platform. Sooo, by building the tread set and center then a chariot structure?? things that make ya say hummmmm.
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I too have that Viper in my collection. I just have not built it yet though.
I was not too curtain if you did not not, but that one was the only one that I knew of that was half way accurate.
 
Rhaven Blaack said:
I too have that Viper in my collection. I just have not built it yet though.
I was not too curtain if you did not not, but that one was the only one that I knew of that was half way accurate.
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That's true. Unfortunately the jleslie Landram is not very accurate either. This was the primary reason why I've decided to make a new Ram. I have started building the old Ram (but never finished it because of the flaws) an will post some side-by-side pics when the new one is ready. (Don't wanna spoil anything, but a new accurate TOS Viper is on my todo list!)
 
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That's true. Unfortunately the jleslie Landram is not very accurate either. This was the primary reason why I've decided to make a new Ram. I have started building the old Ram (but never finished it because of the flaws) an will post some side-by-side pics when the new one is ready. (Don't wanna spoil anything, but a new accurate TOS Viper is on my todo list!)
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Revell-Fan, It is like you are reading my mind! Cockpit and landing gear for the Thunderfighter, a rumor of Crichton, an awesome Landram, AND AN ACCURATE TOS VIPER! My head is reeling in delight :) There is a young boy, in 1979 land that is thinking that Starbuck could have taken the Death Star, if only the Viper wasn't made for a 2" warrior!

On another note, I was checking out the 1:18 A-Team van and the color above the red stripe is a dark grey

Rock on!!!

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ASC Mclaren said:
Revell-Fan, It is like you are reading my mind! Cockpit and landing gear for the Thunderfighter, a rumor of Crichton, an awesome Landram, AND AN ACCURATE TOS VIPER! My head is reeling in delight :) There is a young boy, in 1979 land that is thinking that Starbuck could have taken the Death Star, if only the Viper wasn't made for a 2" warrior!

On another note, I was checking out the 1:18 A-Team van and the color above the red stripe is a dark grey

Rock on!!!
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REALLY???? I always thought it was BLACK..! Is it possible that there are two paint schemes???
 
Here are some progress pics of the Ram. The engine block sits too low and will become a bit higher. The tracks consist of four different layers of paper laminated together.

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The center part of the windshield. The kit has MANY TINY flaps and if you are afraid of these - stay away from it ;-) !

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And this is how it looks at the moment. Since the turret is not ready yet I have attached a closed gunner station. BTW, this is one of the variants you'll be able to build, the unarmed Tramram (used for transportation only).

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And, as promised, some comparison shots of the my Ram and jleslie's. You can clearly see the differences in proportions and detail. I hope to get the turret done this weekend. So stay tuned! :wave::wave::wave:

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And, as promised, some comparison shots of the my Ram and jleslie's. You can clearly see the differences in proportions and detail. I hope to get the turret done this weekend. So stay tuned! :wave::wave::wave:
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I really like this, a lot!! I look forward to this! :thumb:
 
I can't even remember where I found the 3-view's when I designed that Landram. I do remember watching and rewatching the episode it was in trying to catch every detail I could.

Same for the Viper: Watching endless episodes and looking at pics of the 1:1 model trying to get every detail I could (I didn't use the Revell plastic model because of it's inaccuracies)

Of course these were designed 10 years ago using pencil and rulers, and redrawn in MSPaint.
 
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I can't even remember where I found the 3-view's when I designed that Landram. I do remember watching and rewatching the episode it was in trying to catch every detail I could.

Same for the Viper: Watching endless episodes and looking at pics of the 1:1 model trying to get every detail I could (I didn't use the Revell plastic model because of it's inaccuracies)

Of course these were designed 10 years ago using pencil and rulers, and redrawn in MSPaint.
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Did you design the Ram from jleslie? I had the same problem when I started. I designed everything according to screenshots and some in progress pics of the conversion of the Thiokol snowcat I found a few months ago. It's interesting to see how the proportions of the vehicle seem to change when it was filmed with a different lense. In the wide shots (scope) it looks big, sleek and agile whereas in the close-ups and in-studio shots it looks small and bulky. I had to "guesstimate" a lot and tried to make it look good.
 
Hmmm!

Different proportions could perhaps be from use of models vs the "working" studio prop (i.e., the "real" vehicle.)

Just a thought...

Anyway, this is looking great...

Robert
 
rbeach84 said:
Different proportions could perhaps be from use of models vs the "working" studio prop (i.e., the "real" vehicle.)

Just a thought...

Anyway, this is looking great...

Robert
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Ohhh, I am already thinking to building this up as an RC by modifing the Tamiya motor & gears and treads. :mrgreen:
 
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