Hi everyone,
We have had so much fun with the Ork's Dakka Chugga Lionel Steam (here's a link) locomotive conversion that we've started working on another one (and have plans for 2-3 more after that).
The one we're working on now will be another Ork conversion. No names are official yet - searching for good ones.
The concept will be to add some Eldar pieces (plus other bits) to an old GE 44-Tonner diesel switch engine. (Realize that judging railroad locomotives can be highly personal - but have always felt that this double-ended GE locomotive was a bit Orky looking anyway!)
Here's how far we've gotten so far.
1) Got a "donor" shell for the locomotive. (We didn't want to mess up a good one.)
3) Going to attach the Grav Tank main part up-side-down onto the rear of the 44-Tonner. Looks nicer than right-side up -- and fits very well. Plus, the loading ramp from the Grav Tank can then be a hatch which opens for an Ork to come out firing....
4) Going to put an Ork into the gunner cockpit with some weapons (need more dakka).
5) Lastly, going to embed the original gunner (in his chair) into the front grill of the locomotive -- sort of like the figure-head on a ship....
Questions we need to resolve....
- What do we call this thing? (Nominations so far: "the El-diesel" or "the Grav Tanker") Welcome additional ideas :)
- What kinds of weapons should we add? The Eldar weapons aren't enough!!!
Then, our next projects....
- Going to work on some Space Marine locomotives
- Going to work on some Ork freight cars (one with a very large gun)
- Going to start working on a full train layout
Will write more about this as we go :)
We have had so much fun with the Ork's Dakka Chugga Lionel Steam (here's a link) locomotive conversion that we've started working on another one (and have plans for 2-3 more after that).
The one we're working on now will be another Ork conversion. No names are official yet - searching for good ones.
The concept will be to add some Eldar pieces (plus other bits) to an old GE 44-Tonner diesel switch engine. (Realize that judging railroad locomotives can be highly personal - but have always felt that this double-ended GE locomotive was a bit Orky looking anyway!)
Here's how far we've gotten so far.
1) Got a "donor" shell for the locomotive. (We didn't want to mess up a good one.)
The working GE 44-Tonner along side the donor shell....
2) Got some fun bits to add. For very little money on eBay we found most of an Eldar Grav Tank which had been built-up with hot glue (it was a mess). We yanked the hot glue off the model and have the pieces ready to use.
Hot glue all over these Eldar Grav Tank parts -- easy enough to pull off...
3) Going to attach the Grav Tank main part up-side-down onto the rear of the 44-Tonner. Looks nicer than right-side up -- and fits very well. Plus, the loading ramp from the Grav Tank can then be a hatch which opens for an Ork to come out firing....
The front view with the Grav Tank on the top...
4) Going to put an Ork into the gunner cockpit with some weapons (need more dakka).
It'll be a squeeze to get an Ork in there, but we think we can do it...
5) Lastly, going to embed the original gunner (in his chair) into the front grill of the locomotive -- sort of like the figure-head on a ship....
Going to embed this guy into the front grill...
Questions we need to resolve....
- What do we call this thing? (Nominations so far: "the El-diesel" or "the Grav Tanker") Welcome additional ideas :)
- What kinds of weapons should we add? The Eldar weapons aren't enough!!!
Then, our next projects....
- Going to work on some Space Marine locomotives
- Going to work on some Ork freight cars (one with a very large gun)
- Going to start working on a full train layout
Next on the docket -- a Space Marine locomotive!
Will write more about this as we go :)
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