Thats a good point brought up by Alex .. but when you think about it,its always modern times which cause the zombie problem ..i guess mainly cause now we have the technology to make a virus which turns humans into dead head munchies .
I guess back in WW2 some mad nazi doctor could have come up with a zombie virus.
Me i'll stick to the modern side of things ..dont have any dead WW2 models which are kaput ,only lots of modern ones
Oh by the way ..Thanks for the kind words Alex mate .. and i have been thinking about smoke launchers and lucky me i have a heap of those from modern armour i have only used as parts ,,ya i think i'll throw some on it and if you think this one is nasty wait for No2 ..its seriously nasty compared to this one

Phill

Damian, Nah these Panzer Jockey zekes aren't just the mindless zombies resurrected from the throngs of war dead. I was thinking more along the lines of sentient zombies.

Conversely you could have the experiment/ritual result in a more traditional zombie plague that draws the Axis and Allies together to try to contain it.

Phill, putting it in the WW2 era opens up opportunities to use some of those Nazi Occult and experiment scenarios. Plus you can pull a Turtledove and revise history into historical-fiction.

Anyway, I'm probably over-thinking the light thing too much. But if you have the launchers they'd look pretty sharp mounted along the roof.

Alex ...The smoke launchers is a good idea and it will give the truck that little bit extra which is totally fine with me .
I know what you mean about the lights,,and you have me thinking about those now damn it
I have a few ideas so i will let them simmer for a bit and then see how it goes .
Even tho i might not be a fan towards a WW2 zombie the ideas a cool one,the hard part would be making a 35th scale zombie ,,well for me anyway .
Hell having a US and German soldier fighting side by side with others would be different thats for sure and i do want to see that ..so please someone go for it.

I've already gotten the machine that will be the bases for No2 ..its gonna be mean

Phill

Just going through some old wrecks to see what could be salvaged and re-used. Now that there's an extension I may just get an entry in..........if I can I'll sign up.

Never too late to join the mayhem Dave, welcome aboard !

Sign Up page is HERE and Photo Gallery is HERE just in case anybody has trouble locating them.

Cheers, D

@Phill That thing is a beast!

@Dave It's never too late to join; there's still time!

Well here's where my project got shelved back in early December . . . . .




You guys have inspired me now, it's gunna get dragged out and finished by the end date if it kills me !!

Cheers, D

Dave ,, Welcome aboard you'll have fun here

Adam .. Thanks man ,, only a couple more things to go and its ready for painting .. did some measurements today on the new EOD2 machine and holy crap this one is way small compared to this one .

Damian .. Mate its looking good ,, once its weathered it should look very cool indeed

Phill

P.S ,,, Hmmmmm roasted zombies ..not a smell i would want to smell anytime soon

Phill: I approve. Great work. My only additional comment would be a giant trash can next to each of the miniguns to manage the spent brass and links, probably a largish hose coming off the bottom, opposite the ammo feed side, and emptying into the trash can. Might limit the swing arm though... Or you could just kick it outside and skip the re-loading. Anyway, this thing looks awesome and I look forward to the painting.

Damian: Nice work. Can't wait to see it come together.

Happy Modeling, -zon

Zon ,,its a good idea dude but with the amount of trouble i had trying to get those damn ammo feed belts to bend it just about drove me totally nuts so i am going to do it like alot of others do it today ..just let the shells and links hit the floor and clean it up when your done,,same way i did in the army and it takes up a lot less space ,,by the way empty sand bags are great for putting all the shells and links in .
In machine No2 for EOD2 that tho will work cause that thing is gonna be a lot bigger

Phill

Grubby came up with a cool idea for scratch ammo feed belts, check the post on April 4 in THIS THREAD PAGE .

Cheers, D

Thanks for the welcome guys. Got a wrecked M35 guntruck, parts of a ZIL truck, M2 50cal, howitzer, a Jag sport car, a steam loco and plastic rod & sheet.
Thinking in some very strange ways at the moment...................................

Then you were born to be part of this . . . .

Progress so far. Basically an M35, the rear body is plastic card with an upturned truck bed as the roof/upper sides to illustrate the 'home brew' nature of these trucks. I won't be cleaning up edges etc so that they look flame-cut. Armament is the mortar in the roof and a .50 with home-made mount. Colour will be a concrete grey/brown camo.

Still to do - wheel protector bars, rear with door, front end (still to decide on bar armour/ sheet steel / combination)

When this campaign first started I didn't know ther were this many crazies the scratch building that's coming out of this is really brilliant and I continue to watch

Righto guys ,, the building is done ,,next is the paint ,,and man i can tell you thats going to look bad ,, i mean like they painted it with a paint brush ..anyways heres some pics of the almost finished product .












the next time you guys see this thing its gonna be done and doner

Phill

Phill, the launchers look great. Can't wait to see her all painted and buttoned up.

She's a cracker Phill, can't wait for the colour to get slapped on ! Can you please roll down the side tarps, I want to see if you've painted a nice mural on them ???

Dave, very cool mods on the M35. Using the bed for the roof, niiiice !

Cheers, D

Thanks guys that was an easy and very fun build ..the paint tho is gonna be the real fun tho
The tarps on the sides are ,,well sorry gents ,,there for good but have no fear there will be something painted like a mural on the sides of the truck ..oh just to be annoying i got another idea to add to the EOD2 campaign and this you guys are gonna love

Phill

Well done Phill....Really like it...Looks very deadly....Great...

Here's my finished entry.....modified M35 with shrapnel/smoke firing breech-loading mortar; two flame-throwers and a 50cal with 2000round hopper feed.

Photos in campaign gallery

Hakan .. Thanks man was thinking earlier today and wondered just how cool that thing would look with all guns firing ..damn it would look good

Dave ,,Mate what can i say ..your truck turned out bloody brilliant ,,she looks well old and the paint turned out prefect for this rig .. super well done matey

Phill

Thanks Phill

Old is what I was after - if this scenario really happened I figured that the survivors would have to raid depots and museums; and modify what they could find. There would be very little newbuild material available.

You couldnt be more right Dave ,,its a hunters world now and if you can find it then you gotta hunt ,steal and forget borrow .
My next machine is driving me nuts ,,to be honest i can't wait for this campaign to end so i can start on number two
I keep getting ideas for the bloody thing and i am going to build it to the extreme ,,complete with fully detailed engines and crew quarters but unlike our other machines where its build what you can find this one is totally different ..much time and skill was used to build this and it was built by pro's ,,ex military prototype will be the reason for its existence,,in real life this thing would do its job rather well i think
Course i aint gonna tell ya bugger all else about it ..where would the fun be if i did

Phill

Great work guys. Good to see alot of these projects coming together as this campaign enters the home stretch.

I'm looking forward to End of Days 2. I am settling on doing something darker this time around, with the emphasis on the "end" part. I've got some ideas for the baddies. I probably will go with mankind's oldest and most dangerous foe...but with a twist.

And I always have backup plans.