Addinarr: I didn't think of that type of split until after. To me the tunnel idea came to me first. Above everything I think of the Land Raider as a heavy tank. The thickness of the walls lends itself to this idea of survivability.
Turbolaser... wow no nothing like that. I'm still planning on the many different possible weapon combinations. My thinking is that current weapon sets are enough; the added weapon spaces give the Exterminus its power and make it highly configurable.
Happy Thanksgiving! Now its time for an update. When I cutting the assault doors I must've been working on two hours sleep because I made the same error on both doors. The cuts on both top and bottom doors, for some reason I made them short. I found this out when I was mocking up the Exterminus.
For the bottom assault door, I added a piece of 2.0 mm x 4.0 mm plasticard. If notice on the back of the bottom assault doors, There are indents for the teeth of the top assault door. To preserve this, I cut out a 2.0 mm section of the 2.0 mm x 4.0 mm plasticard and replace it with a 1 mm thick plasticard piece. With the plasticard in the middle, this brings the total width of the door to 65.0 mm not including the rods use to allow it to turn. Actually I'm quite pleased with how it came out.
Assault Door - Bottom - Construction and FinalMoving back to the top assault door, the problem with using the Forgeworld door still remained. To work in the Forgeworld door, I added plasticard extensions to existing plastic door. Just as the bottom assault door, this top assault door is also 65.0 mm wide.
In retrospect I don't consider what I did to the bottom a failure. In a way it helped me because what I didn't realize until now is that the teeth of the top assault Forgeworld doors and those indents on the backside of the bottom assault doors didn't line up. To correct this problem, I cut a strip of plasticard and made my own teeth out of 2.0 mm x 2.0 mm.
Assault Door - Top - FinalAdded the Forgeworld top and bottom assault doors to the mock up, its really starting to look like something.
Mock Up with Front DoorsThe next challenge will be constructing a good looking front armor plate (where the assault cannon turret would sit) from all the pieces that I have lying around. I've started to do some thinking and I want to try and combine the Prometheus kits. There are some interesting bits and pieces on the front that I want to incorporate into the design.
Front Armor Panel - Ideas and ThoughtsOne item in particular that I have in mind is using both headlight pieces. Think those set on the sides with the turret sharing the middle with what I'll call the targeting optics on the Prometheus kit front would look pretty good. What ideas do you guys have for the front of the Exterminus?
I'm definitely liking how this is coming together. As always any questions and comments are always welcome! Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!