VITAL STATISTICS		click to enlarge
Game System:	Warhammer 40,000
Army:	Ork Speed Freeks
Type:	Tank (Battlewagon)
Build Time:	Lots
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COMPONENTS LIST Code Component Qty • 99120101010 Space Marine Land Raider 1 • 99120103002 Ork Wartrukk 2 • 99390499001 40K Battlefield Accessories Sprue 1 • 9947010307704 Ork Dreadnought Rokkit Launcha 6 • 9947010307713 Ork Dreadnought Front Half 1 • 9947010307716 Ork Dreadnought Lid 2 • 9947010308401 Killer Kan Front 1 1 • 9947010308402 Killer Kan Front 2 1 • 9947010308403 Killer Kan Front 3 1 • 9947010308404 Killer Kan Back 2 • 9947010308405 Killer Kan Accessory Sprue 2 • 9947010308409 Killer Kan Lid 2 • 9947020912305 Rock Lobba Support 1 • 9947020912307 Rock Lobba Crew 4 1 • 9947020912310 Rock Lobba Struts 1 • 9947040301401 Rokkit Buggy Front Plate 1 • 9947040301408 Rokkit Buggy Banner Top 4 • 9947040301501 Speargun Front Plate 2 • 9947040301601 Wrecker Trukk Front Plate 3 • 9947040301610 Wrecker Trukk Driver 1 • 9947040301611 Wrecker Trukk Gunner 1   Buy Complete Kit   ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS Code Component Qty • 99360299004 Sprue: Orcs Shield Sprue 1 • 9947010308214 Ork Icon Pole 2 1 • 9947040301305 Harpoon Trak Glyphs 2 • 9947040301506 Speargun Glyphs 2 • 9947040301607 Wrecker Trukk Glyph Sprue 2 • 9947040302005 Ork Biker Icon 4

TOOLBOX • Clippers • Hacksaw • Files • Superglue • Polystyrene cement • Plasticard • Aluminium mesh

DESCRIPTION

Dave Lawrence Hobby Centre Support

Dave: It all started about 4 years ago, when the Speed Freeks army list came out in Codex: Armageddon, I decided that I needed a Battlewagon to transport my Skarboyz. As my Warboss had destroyed a couple of Land Raiders in recent games, I decided that my Mek would use these destroyed Land Raiders to build the mighty Battlewagon.

The first step was to make it wider than a normal Land Raider. To do this I cut out 5 lengths of sprue from the Land Raider frames to the width I wanted. These were then glued and pinned to the insides of the track sections, 3 along the bottom (front, middle and back) and 2 at the top (front and back). At the same time the front doors were cut in half, widened with Plasticard and put in place. The framework was complete.

The floor was then put in using the Land Raider floor and some Plasticard, placed on top of the sprues we put in at the bottom. Aluminium mesh was then placed on top of the Plasticard for texture.

Next on the list was the engine block which was constructed from the Land Raider engines, the bottom bit of a Wartrukk, 3 barrels and Plasticard and was placed at the back.

The front of the Battlewagon was completed by attaching the front of a Wartrukk to the front top bit of the Land Raider and filled in the gaps with Plasticard. The twin-linked heavy bolters from the Land Raider were replaced with 2 of the Ork Dreadnought rokkit launchas. The speargun and wrecker trukk front plates were added for extra armour.

The top was constructed from the passenger compartments from 2 Wartrukks with a strip of Plasticard between them to give it the width. The rock lobber supports and struts were affixed to the rear to make the mast. The legless Killa Kans were then assembled and put in place.

The sides were then Orkyfied, with one of the hatchways on each side left open. The Dreadnought front and the remaining Killa Kan front were then stuck over the closed hatches. 'Planks' of Plasticard were then glued across the open hatches and the rest of the sides to represent the extra armour plates.

To finish off the build, random Ork glyphs, banner tops and icons were placed around the vehicle to give it that bit more of an orky feel.

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