WIP two Landships for VSF

 

Mock up of planned landships

So, finally making headway on this project. The shells and most of the add on stuff have been sitting around for a while. This week I was suddenly seized by inspiration figuring out how I would attach the turrets to the main body, and how to structure the model so that the turret would turn. 

So these silver/grey parts are from a Pegasus kit, most likely a power plants kit, maybe a chemical plant kit. I had explored other options, but none of the choices worked the way I wanted. 

They are almost a perfect fit for the model. The longer connector was also a near perfect fit for some washers that I have. So I trimmed off the smaller flange, glued the turret onto the assembly, then used a washer attached from underneath to secure the turret to the body of the landship.

Washer just visible through the treads

Once I put all the pieces back together, I primed the landship black, then painted the turret and body Paynes Gray a craft paint that really does not look that gray to me. At this point I realized I had made an error in design. While the turret does indeed rotate, it scratches up the landship body, and because of the shape of the turret assembly is not a solid disk, the scratches are quite visible whenever the turret is turned. .

You can see where there are gaps in the structure

So I disassembled everything and found a disk to use as a buffer between the turret assembly and the body of the landship. Since it was all in pieces I decided to paint the treads and underside before putting it all back together.

Back together, just needs the front grill to be attached, and some more paint!