That’s great storyboarding! I definitely want to create something along those lines for the final presentation.
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So I started to make some transfer “bridges”, not sure if they have a proper name. In the schematic below, upper right corner, notice the upright with the cantilever bracket that extends from the rear of the rig to the bomb trailer. This allowed the crew to swing from one to the other.
On the Mik rig, I am putting one on each side, near the middle, to allow crew to board another vehicle, perhaps on a parallel track. It also may help hide the seam where I joined the two shell sections. I had to order some brass rod, each piece was about $0.85, I used two. I made the bridges out of trim poplar. I really need to learn to solder brass, I’d like to make the bridges again out of all brass but lack the skills presently.
Made a middle and bottom bracket to hold the rods, and then glued it up.
I found the figure online, he looks a bit like Immortan Joe.
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The most amazing thing about Fury Road and Furiosa was that every vehicle were real fully operational vehicles. Just crazy 
Yes! The Gigahorse is pretty badass. The People Eater’s mercedes based rig is also awesome.
The real vehicles, practical effects, and not much CGI are why these movies stand out to me.
I had the heater going in the shed yesterday, so was able to get some detailing done. I added a loudspeaker from my junk box. I found a set of six machine guns for $9.92. They are labeled as 1/35 but seem to be an ok size, if a little fragile. The set is a kit, the guns had to be assembled and glued. Tiny fragile little pieces, reminds me why I like large scale!
Finally, a pic of a raider boarding the D&RGW 50.
I hope everyone in points north is faring well in the storm. We seem to have dodged the bullet here in southern SC.
The raider needed a weapon, so I found this thing in the parts box. It comes with the Bachmann “track tools” set and I’m not sure what it does, RR-wise. But it looks a bit like a spear.
I needed some bumperage on the rear of the crane deck, so I added some tires with a chain to hold them. It was a bit difficult to thread the chain through the tires, as I couldn’t make the holes too large without tearing the sidewalls. In the end, I just grabbed the end of the chain with tweezers and jammed it through, then caught the other side of the chain with a curved pick. I had to use clear gorilla glue, the non-expanding kind, because the rubber tires didn’t like CA too much.
I also got the shell wired back up, adding tail lights and a blue night-time operations light in the rear crows nest.
I installed some hex head bolts to the sides of the crane deck, then I worked on side tire bumpers with the chrome rims still shiny, these were off one of the VW combis. These got chains too.
Here’s a shot of the War Boys practicing their scary poses, the guy on the front needs a weapon, it looks like he is lining up his dukes for a power-punch
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He’s pulling a bow string with a flaming/grenade arrow.
The tool on the pole was used for “jacking track” into place for spiking. Could also be used to remove spikes.
Thank you for the info about the track jack- good to know its true purpose. Yes, the kneeling dude was originally drawing a bow, but it would have been too anachronistic. But maybe with a grenade arrow it would be ok! Didn’t Rambo have some of those?
I ended up making him a fantasy rifle out of the leftover pieces of the gun kit, it had a bunch of extra barrels for the .50 cal. I’ll take some pics once the glue is cured.
Many thanks Cliff! I am having a grand time working on mine, and watching everyone else’s take shape. Y’all are some great builders. This contest is fantastic.
Jim you are certainly capturing the film’s vibe and the Silverton NSW Mad Max Museum where many of the props have ended up.
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Thank you Bill! I’d love to visit that museum some day, these movies have been a favorite of mine since I saw Beyond Thunderdome as a very impressionable 9 year old. I was poking around to learn more about the museum and discovered that Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior, was filmed there. Silverton looks pretty out of the way, though, so I’m not sure if I’ll get there. but perhaps one day. We went to New Zealand in Feb / March 2020, it was pretty kickass (but getting home was crazy, initial days of covid) so maybe a trip to Straya is in the cards. I painted this Piko Clean Machine in KiwiRail livery to commemorate our trip.
If I do make it to NSW, I’ll be sure to check out this place as well as the Silverton Tramway museum in Broken Hill.
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So I have two days left, yikes! I have been on a trip out west for the past week and haven’t been able to work on my project. Here is a great shot I took from the highway of a coal train going into a power plant. On the plane once I finished my book, I counted the coal cars because that was something to do. I got 113.
I have a few more things to do on the rig to finish up, but here is a couple of pics from last night when we got back.
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Started today by cutting some ABS strips to approximate 2x6 planks. Mine are 6mm wide.
Then I cut some triangle joists to go under the planks.
Grooves were sawed into the top of each plank to make each look like three separate boards.
Each side got a deck. The wheel arches in the combis needed to be covered, so more ABS and some hexagon bolts for show.
Then painted the wheel shields and built a cross deck.
Finally, a small homage to director George Miller. You may have to zoom in on the crane boom.
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Sorry…I’m afraid that OSHA may need to be called. The new walkway on the roof does not have handrails to prevent falls. An ogre or two may slip and have a nasty fall, maybe a bruise or such. Even GHA may not save them!
Handrails would impede the raiding, the boys need unimpeded access to glory and Valhalla! 
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It’s disturbing and I absolutely love it!
I wrapped this project up yesterday by weathering the model. I used a rust wash on the whole model, and then dry brushed matte black and german brown for grime on the catwalks and some other surfaces. This has been a blast and I really enjoyed watching everyone else’s builds come together.
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Beautiful build, Jim! You’ve nailed that Mad Max aesthetic — it looks like every bolt has a back-story and every surface has survived a sandstorm. Honestly, I feel like just interacting with this thing should require a tetanus shot.
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Now you need to build a Panathenaic Stadium with LGB R1 curves. Then power that pig up full throttle LIONEL speed around those LGB R1 curves.
Spoken by a 
with heavy a Greek accent …
Can thou defeat thine “globe of destruction” hanging off this F7 Chariot of 
!
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Thanks Bill and Rooster! I was a bit worried the grime/weathering was not really showing on the photo.
It would be sweet to see this thing whiz around a velodrome!
I have noticed you can take curves at higher speed if you swing the boom and wrecking ball into the inside of the curve. The ball is a good counterweight. A coordinated crew could use the crane both for rampage and speed advantage 