General Atomics M-7771 "Custodian" Armoured Security Vehicle

[Old Wombat]

Starting point:

[ChernayaAkula]

This in a sci-fi setting? Colour me intrigued!

[Old Wombat]

Minimal mod's but the wheels are going to be excess to requirements.

So far: Upper & lower halves joined; rear access hatch centred; turret ring centred; puttied gaps.

Need to dig through my bits bins to find something to replace the wheels next, so I can start planning that.

[ysi_maniac]

L7 105 mm gun ...? 

[Dizzyfugu]

Legs! 

[Rick Lowe]

Legs! 

And lots of 'em!

[Old Wombat]

Keep guessing, kids!

[sykotik]

Harrier style directional thrusters?

[zenrat]

Some kind of slug style slime exuding skirt/foot arrangement?
Tentacles?
Flippers (amphibious version)?

Of course when I build a model car I often replace the wheels with...
...different wheels!
So, how about a set of Big & Little chrome mag wheels with the lettering on the tyres picked out in white?

[Old Wombat]

Hint: No wheels & no legs/feet/flippers/tentacles/slime/etc. Directional thrusters, yes, but not as the main supporting or drive systems.

[Old Wombat]

PS: I've been working on weapons today yesterday & into today - it's 0325hrs here. I'll try to get some photo's up ... um ... today.

I'm off to bed! G'night!

[jalles]

Air cushion / hovercraft?

[zenrat]

Gas bag.  Or to be even more Sciffy, a vacuum dirigible.  The Guardian hung upside down beneath it to form the gondola.

[Old Wombat]

OK, turret weapons, here they are, naked & in the styrene (I haven't painted them, yet) for your perusal:















Quite a lot of pic's but they're quite detailed for something that small.


PS: There were going to be pic's of the hull but I stuck more bits on that need time for the glue to dry, so I'll try for them in a couple of days, when I've finished gluing the bits on.

[Old Wombat]

Right, glue cured faster than I expected. So, here's a pic of the hull - kept aloft by .... googly eyes!



There are more changes than that, & more to come, but I'll show them later.