Pulp Jalopy #2

Speaking with another TSOGer yesterday (Saturday) morning he revealed he still hadn't found his old diecast cars for Monday night and wasn't sure where they were I thought I'd better have a second car ready in case...

So from this...

To this...

In 24 hours!

I decided to go with the WW I fighter look so I formed 7 pieces of flat styrene into this. I glued the 6 1mm flat faces together with a couple of braces and the glued a 0.5mm piece to the right side. Once it set I curved it over to the left glued it and clamped it in place.

Once that was done I made an engine block from sheet styrene added some Lego Speaker Horns and a couple of 1/35 Panther bits to it for character. I gathered some Lego Wagon Wheels, Decretive Caps and a Propeller and a TOBSEN77 Pilot and 2 HMGs and prepared them to be added to the body.

Back to the 'fuselage' I cut the Pilots Position out with the trusty Dremel and painted the body with wood side panels and silver metal work. I then lined the edge of the pilots position with some Milliput to represent the protective padding.

Next I assembled the bits...

All done...now where was I?

The Armoured Jalopy Complete!

Well here it is all finished in luxurious British Green with Gold Embellishments the Armoured Jalopy all ready for a run using the Mad Maximilian Rules...

Its scratch built from my usual stuff (styrene sheet and PVC pipes) but I have used two TOBSEN77 HMGs and the wheels are Lego ones, they're not perfect for the period but the Rolls Royce A/C of the 1930's had solid rims so I'm happy plus the Jalopy rolls smoothly hmmmm...the build was fast so the doors, vision slits, and radiator aren't quite as detailed as I would like but I think pretty passable...anyway I hope you like it!

The Armoured Jalopy Specifications

Length: 5.6 metres
Width: 2.5 metres
Height: 1.9 metres
Propulsion System: Inline 8 cylender fuel injected Daimler Benz engine
Top Speed: 45 MPH
Armour: Steel Plates on the Body and a Rolled Steel Turret
Armament: 2 x Forward firing HMG's with 2500 rounds each
                  2 x 20mm Austo Cannons in the manually rotated Turret with 500 rounds each

Pulp "Armoured Jalopy" - Scratch Build

Okay since TSOG are going to do some play testing of the pulp car fighting Mad Maximilian rules I'm gonna need a 'ride'.

I've had a first look through the rules and seen the pictures of the intended cars (sort of 1930s styled sleek art deco Grand Prix types) and decided to go with the Rolls Royce A/C, Bolton Paul Defiant  & Pick Up Truck amalgamation sort of thing!

I got the approximate sizes of the supplied cars  and spent some time last night drawing up details blue prints (hahaha) and today cutting and gluing styrene and PVC pipe....

Here's a picture of my detailed plans with where I am up to at the moment...

And a couple more pictures from different angles...

I'll go with Lego wheels most probably as they are easy to get and cheap. The MGs are from Tobsen77 and will be mounted firing forward like a WW I fighter. The rotating turret behind the armoured cab I think will have one (maybe two) rapid fire 20mm cannons. More details on specs as I complete the build.