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The Safari
Walker: an Ideal Platform from Which to Hunt Dinosaurs! Unprotected
observation platform, exposed main deck and no armaments whatsoever.
Re-christened the "Steam-Powered Snack Tray" by those who crewed it.
Raptors are very clever.
Front / Back. This was the first walker project. Old toy for the legs as well as the source for the boiler. A 100-count plastic card box for the base of the carriage, the rest built up with plastic card. Rivets are plastic rod. |
| Inside Aft
View of the Safari Walker!
Chain railing for the observation deck. The rivets are easier to see in this shot. Control panel is a plastic, 1/72 scale 55 gallon drum cut in half and glued to the inside wall. A few holes were drilled and some short lengths of plastic rod glued into those for the levers. Same trick with the rungs on the mast. Gauges are cross-sections of plastic rod. |
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A German Experimental Scouting Walker! A
medium machinegun in the nose with a cluster of rocket pods mounted on
each side.
It's amazing what one can do with an old toy and the cap to a deodorant dispenser. Rivets were plastic rod glued into holes drilled into the model's surface. Rockets were larger plastic rod shoved unceremoniously into a old, manual pencil sharpener, then sanded down. |
| A German
Armored Troop Transport! Medium machinegun in turret, boarding gate covers
the front access hatch.
Would you believe it started off as a 350-count plastic card storage box? The turret is a length of PVC pipe. Lots and lots of drilled 'n' fitted rivets. And, yes, the boarding gate is functional. |
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A German Heavy Assault Walker! Medium machinegun in the bow and a light artillery piece in the turret. Toy base (yes, they were deeply discounted after the Wild Wild West movie left the theaters) with a PCV plumbing pipe hull and a DreamPod9 turret. These rivets were are from a slightly larger plastic rod and are just glued straight to the surface of the model without first drilling a hole to set them in. Big time saver! |
| Behold
the Mighty Japanese Imperial Daitetsujin !
An as of yet unmodified toy from the Sakura Wars 2 line of figures. It stands roughly 7" / 18cm tall and is plastic, not vinyl, so converting it into a colossus shouldn't be to hard. Add some scale guns & paint. The toughest part is going to be finding or making the Seal of the Emperor on its bow. |
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