Post by El Caracho on Feb 21, 2018 16:16:14 GMT
I think this "Elefant" MOC is still one of my most sophisticated builds (together with the "Nashorn"),
so here are some new pictures with updated nozzle and gun mounting:
Now that Cobi has officially revealed their version of the tank destroyer "Ferdinand", here's my rendition of the "Elephant":
If you're interrested in some pictures of the building technique details, follow the link to my flickr album for this MOC below
(You will also find the above pictures in a higher resolution there):
www.flickr.com/photos/144287951@N05/albums/72157679717768881
[more detail pictures inserted]
Frontal armor and mudguards:
Rear mudguards:
Back:
Upper hull frontal armor panel:
Roof:
Upper hull rear panel:
Upper hull side panels:
Gun barrel mounting:
Travel lock for the gun:
As you can see from the building detail pictures, I tested a lot of new building techniques on this one, that even Cobi themself hasn't used like this before.
I wanted a "seemless" line of mudgards over the track links, so I used the hinges as the top layer (hinge tiles), and a second layer of plates below (and not vice versa as usually).
But you cannot attach a 2x4 or 1x4 plate beneath those 2x4 hinge tiles (because some studs would be in the way of the hinge), so I had to use 1x4 tiles and use the most universal part ever invented, the "single stud on demand" to attach those tiles upside down beneath the hinge tiles.
As you can see, the 1x1 and 1x2 handles beneath the top layer of plates/hinges create a perfect angle limit for the front mudgards, so you will never have any mudgards block the track links again :-)
For the front hull I used 2 different slopes, which do not have a common denominator in height, so I had to mount the upper slopes somehow with a distance of half a plate to have them seemlessly fit together at the frontal sharp angle of the hull.
I also had to use a combination of "wing plates" and slopes to get the correct shape needed for the side panels.
The space under the front hatches is only 1x2, but you can still fit a minifigure in there.
More MOCs to come ...
so here are some new pictures with updated nozzle and gun mounting:
This is a repost of my MOC thread from the old Bloks Forum
Originally posted on 03.21.2017 at 10:10:31
Originally posted on 03.21.2017 at 10:10:31
Now that Cobi has officially revealed their version of the tank destroyer "Ferdinand", here's my rendition of the "Elephant":
If you're interrested in some pictures of the building technique details, follow the link to my flickr album for this MOC below
(You will also find the above pictures in a higher resolution there):
www.flickr.com/photos/144287951@N05/albums/72157679717768881
[more detail pictures inserted]
Frontal armor and mudguards:
Rear mudguards:
Back:
Upper hull frontal armor panel:
Roof:
Upper hull rear panel:
Upper hull side panels:
Gun barrel mounting:
Travel lock for the gun:
As you can see from the building detail pictures, I tested a lot of new building techniques on this one, that even Cobi themself hasn't used like this before.
I wanted a "seemless" line of mudgards over the track links, so I used the hinges as the top layer (hinge tiles), and a second layer of plates below (and not vice versa as usually).
But you cannot attach a 2x4 or 1x4 plate beneath those 2x4 hinge tiles (because some studs would be in the way of the hinge), so I had to use 1x4 tiles and use the most universal part ever invented, the "single stud on demand" to attach those tiles upside down beneath the hinge tiles.
As you can see, the 1x1 and 1x2 handles beneath the top layer of plates/hinges create a perfect angle limit for the front mudgards, so you will never have any mudgards block the track links again :-)
For the front hull I used 2 different slopes, which do not have a common denominator in height, so I had to mount the upper slopes somehow with a distance of half a plate to have them seemlessly fit together at the frontal sharp angle of the hull.
I also had to use a combination of "wing plates" and slopes to get the correct shape needed for the side panels.
The space under the front hatches is only 1x2, but you can still fit a minifigure in there.
More MOCs to come ...
