Tank Girl's Vehicles - tank started!

[Weaver]

Okay, I've decided to stop hi-jacking Cthulhu77's build thread and start a general ideas thread for ways of building Tank Girl's various tanks. If you havn't got a clue who Tank Girl is, then start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Girl

There are basically three versions:

Early Comic Version "Scorpion-on-steroids".
Suggested donors (various scaleoramas to model or figure scales):
1/35th Scorpion
1/35th S-tank
1/48th S-tank
1/48th Merkava
1/48th Marder MICV
1/72nd Merkava
1/72nd LVTP Buffalo
1/72nd Marder
1/72nd Type-61 (turret)
M-47 (turret)
1/72nd King Tiger (turret - scaelorama with additions)


Movie Version.
M5 Stuart with car/gun/tat additions. Pictures all over the web.
Scaleorama one and some figure ideas here: http://www.40kimperialguard.co.uk/imperial-guard-tank-girl-theme/


Late Comic Version.
I havn't seen this, but I'm told it's a "funky Abrams/Leopard" style thing.


Cthulhu77 is doing a build of the late comic one here: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?action=post;topic=29075.0;num_replies=26

I've got a 1/48th Marder on order and am considering a hacked-about 1/72nd King-Tiger turret with extras, the intention being to make something like the early comic version.

This an exaggerated rendering of the early comic book version -the black-and-whites are a bit more sensible:



The whole first cartoon, in B&W, complete with tank, is here: TANK GIRL 1 This is the sort of thing I want to build. Note how, contrary to popular "memory", it doesn't have multiple guns or loads of stickers and paraphenalia.

[Weaver]

Here's the thinking behind the King Tiger turret mod. TG's tank's turret has a peculiar squarish turret front with a round mantlet and oval side-pods that over lap it. it also has a large overhang/bustle at the rear.



TOP: The original King Tiger turret

MIDDLE: back half of KT turret turned upside down, new roof added and rear or turret ring built up to match. barrel cut down.

BOTTOM: half drop-tank shapes added to sides of front half and blended with rear half by chamfering the top corners of the latter. Smaller drop-tank halves added to sides of rear half. Perforated muzzle brake added to gun.

Bear in mind that this would be fitted on a 1/48th hull and scaleorama'd to a 25mm (ish) figure.

It isn't "right" to any particular drawing, but then neither is any other drawing. I think it is "in the spirit" though.

[Weaver]

Think I've just found a suitable figure in the Reaper Chronoscope range: Gretha the sniper:




With most of her hair removed, I think she'd make a suitable Tank Girl. Don't know if the boots are chunky enough though, so I've ordered another figure with better ones. That way I can do a Frankenstein job if files and Miliput fail me.

[Weaver]

Here's a bit of Paintshop fashion fix:

[raafif]

lookin' good !

Must get some of those old DML & 40K kits out ... oh yeah ... and finish my Ork LVT battlewagon.

[Weaver]

Just got a box of 1/35th tank bits off ebay. The Panther wheels should come in handy as the oversized hatches on the TG tank.

[Weaver]

Got one of the two Gretas I ordered, plus a sci-fi weapons set, yesterday. The other Greta and a suitable boot donor are on back-order.

Got a 1/48th Marder MICV today, which is ideal for the tank body.

Also had a look for a cheap Tiger II, but no joy (ebay calls). However, I did sneak a look in the box of a non-cheap Tiggy II, and the turret is not as big as I'd imagined. I still think it's the right way to go, but some more extensive slice'n'dice might be in order......

[Weaver]

Got a 1/72nd King Tiger today, and I think the turret's just a bit too small, unfortunately.  Other than scratchbuilding, I'm a bit at a loss now, to be honest.....




Also, it looks like the other 1/48th Marder which I bought off ebay has gone missing in the post, which is a pity since I intended to use part of it's suspension and tracks to "bulk up" the ones from the main kit.

[Weaver]

Now got a 1/48th Tiger II (Academy) off ebay: the only 48th King Tiger I've ever seen. Bit on the large side  , but the turret is useable on the Marder hull.

Funny isn't it? You always imaging King Tigers being HUGE, but the hull's about the same size as the Marder's.

[Army of One]

Weaver.....I'm pretty sure Tamiya do both the Porsche and Henschel turreted versions in 1/48.....think Hobby Master do a metal one....

[Weaver]

Weaver.....I'm pretty sure Tamiya do both the Porsche and Henschel turreted versions in 1/48.....think Hobby Master do a metal one....

True, but they're £18 a pop and I've never seen one on ebay. Given that I only want the turret and I want to hack that about royally, the £5 Academy job was a godsend.

[jynx]

I just want Tank Girl

[Army of One]

Weaver....ooops...never looked at the price....sorry.....£18 is a bit excessive......sounds like you got a bargain...!!!....H

[Weaver]

Just started looking at this idea again and found this hilarious video of a radio-controlled Lego one on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idfgj8jEFig&feature=youtu.be

[aerofan]

Wasn't there a T-55 or BMP or both in the movie too? It's been ages since I saw the movie but the Stuart was made into one funky tank.