Land Battleship "sorry about your village"- complete- more pics

[Mossie]

Well summed up Lance, nuts but in a good way!

[Captain Canada]

I see you're using the right kind of glue 

Awesome stuff. Gonna be quite the machine when she's done !

[Army of One]

Holy moly.....I think Section 136 MHA applies here.....great imagination....or sheer madness.....!!

[sandiego89]

I see you're using the right kind of glue  

Only the best Captain, only the best.  I love Krazy glue.  Works great, pretty cheap, and in small container so less worries about it drying up into an expensive brick.  

Thanks for all the comments guys.  I appreciate it.

A little more work:

Rough lay out.  



Track pods layed out.   The will be a little more clearance between the treads and the flight deck.  

[Old Wombat]

In the spirit of the ship names in Iain M.Banks' "Culture" novels, you should actually call it the "Sorry About Your Village".....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series

If it was a "Bolo"-type AI or "mind-ship", I'd agree whole-heartedly, but it's a bit early (mid-1930's-ish) for that, so I'd go with something like Invincible, Indefatigable, Dreadnaught, etc., or their German/French/Russian/Italian/Japanese counterparts.



Guy

[pyro-manic]

It can only be "Juggernaut".

[sandiego89]

I do like Juggernaut and the classic British names that inspire power, but I want the name to line up with the nationality of the picture on the magazine cover. I can not ascertain from the cover what nationality the cover depicts, but am assuming US as I note the stack is red white and blue, and I believe the magazine was published for mainly US readers.  Juggernaut and other power names are not that common for US platforms of the era.  Perhaps something more American like Kearsarge, Constellation, Ranger, Enterprise, etc.  Maybe Conestoga as a refernce to the covered wagons in the western expansion? How an american beast gets to the continent is another puzzle.

"Sorry about your Village" is a touge and cheek reference to the cover artwork with the beast rolling over a quaint village- now that is a way to earn the "hearts and minds" of the locals  

Whatever the official name, the crews would likely call it "the beast" or some other variation  

Or could the red/white/blue be French?  Anyone have the October 1934 magazine in the stash?  I saw one on ebay    

[Mr.Creak]

Leviathan of course.
Biblical connotations and it was also used in Melville's Moby Dick.

It also has tie-ins with Mike Moorcock's steampunk classic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Land_Leviathan

Or Behemoth...

[scooter]

How an american beast gets to the continent is another puzzle.

Self-deploy?  Just takes forever at 5-6 knots

[Weaver]

Retro pod-racers anyone? 




Oh, the perils of changing slang....

[kerick]

They had some weird mag covers back then.
Where in the world are you finding these?

[Wardukw]

You just gotta love the utterly nuts ideas they had in the 30's and this sure is one of them ... the build is looking super cool dude but i think your a whimp for not building it in 1/35th scale 
I cant not wait to see more of this build ..its exactly the sort of thing i like ,,huge beyond words and utterly impracticable 
Nice mate ,,real nice 

Phill 

[McColm]

Great work ,getting some ideas of my own .

[sandiego89]

They had some weird mag covers back then.
Where in the world are you finding these?

Kerick, you will find these mag covers on the link I put in the very first post:

http://www.frankwu.com/Paul-listing3.html

There are some real interesting ones. 

[Captain Canada]

Boston ? Baton Rouge ? Something 'B' to go along with her nickname.....