The Tractor and the Bot (1/16 SciFi diorama)

[John Everett]

This smallish diorama may be a pretty fast build or it may become mired on a shelf. I don't know yet.

The tank parts are from an old Russian made (Zvesda/Skiff/Dragon) something or other and the figure and robot are self explanatory.

[moramarth]

B..b...but they're NOT 1:35th scale!!!!

M

[John Everett]

Some progress with the tractor and the robot.

[Leon]

Looking good John!

[willc453]

Looking good. REALLY like the robot figure because it'd look great in a Starship Troopers diorama. Don't mean to hijack your build, but moramarth, did a quick check on Evilbay for 1/35th sci-fi stuff. Some are good/
reasonable prices, others run $80 plus shipping. 400+ items came up.

[John Everett]

Apr 4, 2018 10:50:50 GMT -5 willc453 said:

.....Don't mean to hijack your build,........

I'm confused???

Are you an eBay seller attempting to advertise?

Yes....There's lots of Ma.K. stuff on eBay. But this one was purchased locally.

[willc453]

No...was giving moramarth a heads up on SOME of the 1/35th scale kits available on Evilbay in case he or others were interested. The same way we post the latest things we've bought there or elsewhere doesn't make us Ebay sellers.

[moramarth]

Will, John, sorry for causing the confusion; it wasn't my intent to sow discord.  I'm afraid it was just another of my unfunny attempts at humor - I really must remember to attach the appropriate emoticon...
John, it's just I'm not used to seeing you build something that's not 1:35th scale (I'd forgot about the Crait Skimmer).  Also I seemed to remember someone saying in jest all their figures were 1:35th and they weren't going to buy any more; for some reason I thought it was you*.  Apologies.
Will, thank you for your well-intentioned post, I actually didn't realise there was so much SF stuff in 1:35th scale.
As to SF builds in general, I've always held that if something doesn't really exist it has no scale other than that which it takes from its context (or if there isn't a context, whatever scale one cares to apply to it - e.g. stand alone scratchbuilt spacecraft).  Which is exactly what is happening on this thread.

Best Regards,

M

*Put it down to senility, I am now officially geriatric.   At least now the government will give me more money than it takes away...

[John Everett]

Ah....Sometimes a few of us just miss the joke.

So, lots of painting and an update:

[Leon]

Paint looks good John! I really like the tractor.

[Neo Phyte]

So far it's looking good, and mysterious as to what to we will see next.