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Title: Land cruisers
Post by: stevegallacci on August 21, 2012, 11:13:44 PM

A typical US Land Cruiser that was used to patrol the US/Canada boarder at the end of the 19thC. By the turn of the century, all the Great Powers had fleets of land ships, which, of course, were made obsolete by the proliferation of battle Zepplins, which would dominate the nature of warfare for much of the next century.
Such is the description that I got, now, if I can just get an image to post...

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: GTX_Admin on August 22, 2012, 02:34:45 AM

Intriguing...

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: raafif on August 22, 2012, 08:11:56 AM

Intriging indeed !!
        You may have to watch out for the Canadian-produced versions of my super-long & Double-deck Landships ! >:D

         Where's Brian "Blimp" da Basher when you need him ?

problems posting pix ??

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: stevegallacci on August 22, 2012, 11:55:34 AM

try again

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: Geoff on August 23, 2012, 02:55:42 AM

With a trans continental military railroad protected by armoured trains to support the land ships?

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: stevegallacci on August 23, 2012, 05:00:38 AM

While specialized railroad support was possible, most countries avoided such, as they would be vulnerable to sabotage if hostilities commenced. And too well-used patrol routes were also discouraged, lest they be mined. Most logistic support came from "ports of call", established trade and transport centers or pre-existing military forts. While most patrols were rather short ranged, some LC defensible boarders were only a few score miles long, the vehicles themselves were often heavily stocked in expectation of lengthly face-offs or even static sieges, or in many cases the threat of immobilizing weather.

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: Geoff on August 23, 2012, 09:27:57 PM

Excellent!

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: Dr. YoKai on August 24, 2012, 01:29:56 AM

 Nicely executed-I've been thinking along the lines of paddlewheel/roadwheel dual functions myself.
 One of the Science Pirate Syndicate builds I'm contemplating is the Colossus of Roads, a six-
 (paddle) wheeled amphibious version of the Great Eastern...

 Are you planning a build of this as well, or sticking with art?

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: stevegallacci on August 24, 2012, 03:33:56 AM

I'm very seriously considering it in 1/144 or maybe larger. Being that it is rather small, compared to maritime vessels, doing it in 1/350 would be just too fiddly small. And likely publish a booklet on the history of Land Cruisers in general. Oh, and do a ACW land monitor in 1/35th too.

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: Dr. YoKai on August 24, 2012, 04:06:16 AM

 1/144 would be ideal-the Airfix Great Western kit is in the same scale, and its paddles and housings
 would be just about right for your design-its out of production, but I've seen them fairly reasonably
 priced on e-bay.

Title: Re: Land cruisers
Post by: raafif on August 24, 2012, 05:24:50 AM

I think cthulhu77 may be building this now ......  ;)
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