After fitting the tracks on my Ork Kil Krusha I checked that the turret was fitting properly.
Compare the size between the Kil Krusha and the Big Trakk. It’s one big tank.
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Ork Big Trakk
I finished the tracks, which basically means I have finished the model, so it is now ready for undercoating.
The workbench feature on the Big Trakk may help anyone else putting one of these kits together.
Flames of War Tiger I E
The Tiger was feared so much by the Allies, that most German tanks were referred to as Tiger tanks.
Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank used in World War II, developed in 1942. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger. It was an answer to the unexpectedly formidable Soviet armour encountered in the initial months of Operation Barbarossa, particularly the T-34 and the KV-1. The Tiger I design gave the Wehrmacht its first tank mounting the 88 mm gun, which had previously demonstrated its effectiveness against both air and ground targets. During the course of the war, the Tiger I saw combat on all German battlefronts. It was usually deployed in independent tank battalions, which proved to be quite formidable..
This is the Flames of War blister of the German Tiger I E.
I was quite surprised by how many parts were in the blister. This wasn’t going to be a quick model to put together, especially with no instructions!
The key was to find pictures of the finished model on the web and see if that helped.
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Ork Kil Krusha Tracks
The Ork Kil Krusha from Forge World has a somewhat complicated track arrangements, however it is simplified somewhat by using large pieces for the tracks rather than lots of individual links.
The suspension looks quite complicated, but thanks to the clear instructions it was quite easy to fit it all together.
The tracks unlike the Big Trakk are only in four pieces, two of which lie on the bottom under the wheels.
The tracks do need to be fixed more securely to the leading and trailing wheels.
It was clear that the driving wheel would need to be placed carefully to ensure a snug fit for the tracks.
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Kil Krusha Top Turret
The top of the turret went together very easily, fitting the two weapons and the Ork commander.
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Big Trakk Cockpit
At this stage I decided that I would fix the driver into the vehicle. The original plan was to paint him separately, however seeing how much he is “hidden” and this is not a Golden Demon entry, I decided to paint him in situ. So he got glued into his seat. You can see his arm in the photograph below.
I also glued on to the cockpit mesh cover, this will hide much of the driver, so again less need to do a fantastic paint job on the driver, something simple should suffice.
The workbench feature on the Big Trakk may help anyone else putting one of these kits together.
Ork Defence Line
Though I do have the resin Ork Barricades, you can never have enough. I did build some scenery at the last GamesDay and came home with the bits. These I then decided to take apart and re-build them as an Ork Defence Line.
Another defence line section.
Ork Stompa Gantry
I have been thinking about more Ork scenery for some time. When recently my son broke his toy crane I was inspired to take the broken section and use it as part of a Stompa Gantry. I have also used parts from an Ork Trukk, an Ork Battlewagon and Imperial Accessories.
I have used foamcard for the base and the majority of the model was stuck together with a hot glue gun.
Ork Kil Krusha Tank Hull
After putting the main weaponry and turret together, the next stage was to construct the hull of the Kil Krusha.
There was a fair bit of sprue and extraneous resin on the parts and it was a challenge to remove these without damaging or destroying the resin pieces. There was a fair bit of flash to clean off the parts especially the casting sprues which were in many cases quite thick. I did make one mistake in cutting of the waste sprue on the bottom plate I did manage to cut off the ridges where some of the suspension would be attached. Oops
Once cleaned though the parts did go together quite easily. The hull went together well, though I had a little warpage that I did manage to correct without too much trouble or effort.
Top view showing internal detail.
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Also a better result…
Well as well as getting better results on my other Land Raider, my next try with the Citadel Spray Gun on the Land Raider Mark IIb was also more successful.
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