Hi All
First post after a period spent lurking and admiring the talent and imagination that's been on show here. Thought it was about time I shared an on/off build that's been going on since 2010.
First a bit of background on the vehicle:
Landcrawler Mk I (1905), designed to counter Johnny Martian in WotWII, armed with two 8" guns and a reverse engineered heatray, protected by steel plate and Tesla electromagnetic shield with power provided by four Parsons 500 kW steam turbo-generators with steam provided by a closed loop Babcock marine water tube oil-fired boiler. The build is stalled at the moment as I need to replace the return rollers with a track skid as I didn't leave enough room under the sponsons for the tracks. I also need to design the track tensioning device and work out how I will build it. I might get it finished in 2013.
The thing is huge, to the same scale is a WIP StuIG 33B
![](http://i13.servimg.com/u/f13/17/79/66/11/dsc02046.jpg)
Boiler, turbines and electrical stuff
![](http://i13.servimg.com/u/f13/17/79/66/11/11033010.jpg)
Air-filtration to protect from the Black Dust and turbine exhaust to the condenser array
![](http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/79/66/11/12091612.jpg)
Close up of the two sirocco fans (based on designs used for the RMS Titanic)
![](http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/79/66/11/12091614.jpg)
Tracks are WWI style as these look better than the donor kit manganese steel webbed links.
![](http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/17/79/66/11/dsc01910.jpg)
The business end of the two guns and the heat ray projector
![](http://i13.servimg.com/u/f13/17/79/66/11/dsc02043.jpg)
Engine deck, with the two fans for the condenser. Somewhere on here I have to find room for the Tesla EM shield projector...
![](http://i13.servimg.com/u/f13/17/79/66/11/dsc02042.jpg)
The turret is finished whilst the hull is a bit of WIP at the moment. For now it's back on the shelf whilst I work on a pair of StuIG 33 and work out how I'm going to approach the problems of the idler and return rollers.
![](http://i13.servimg.com/u/f13/17/79/66/11/dsc02045.jpg)
Hope you like.