I endeavoured to magnetise the tank to make it modular.
Magnetising the dozer blade came first – I did this after assembly, though it’d be easier to do it beforehand. Taking a power drill to the built tank was somewhat hair raising – if you do this be careful that the drill doesn’t bite the plastic and pull sharply into the hole. I went with 6x1mm magnets as a decent fit, and they are enough to hold the blade up:
I picked the outer aspect of each mount point on the chassis, as there was more plastic at that point on the blade mounts to drill into.
Onto the blade:
It doesn’t look it from the angle of the photo but the magnets are only just sitting higher than flush to ensure good contact with the other side.
Magnetised and in place:
The body guns don’t strictly need it as the guns push fit into the socket, but… well, I got a bit carried away. 5x1mm magnets – done before assembly:
Test colour scheme 16th June 2022:
Undercoat: Vallejo Mecha Black
Blue: Cobalt Blue blended up to Primary Blue by hand, highlights Primary Blue then a mix of Primary Blue and Art White
Pigments: Dark Mud mixed with Rough, then Dark Mud, with Mars in the recesses, then Natural Soil on top
White: Artic Blue then Art White
The blending was all done via brush, no airbrush this time around.
I think the pigments ended up reading more red than I expected; going to back that off a bit to try and make it look more like dust accumulation than rust.
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