Yes that's a much more sensible size. Needs to be a plug in.

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Little update...

Been toying with the notion of two gun variants. Still needs a whooooooole lot of work for it to be in any way ready, but in this is pic you'll at least get a sort of general idea of the shape of things to come.

As for the tank hunting laser weapon, I'm not sure if I should stick to this or this aesthetic. I'm currently more leaning towards the latter one.

As for additional weapon variants, I could always try to arm it with weapons similar to the Rapier Armoured Carrier, but that would be for later variants I'd guess...

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Why note tinker with both weapon styles it's only a barrel add on after all that way the model would have multiple uses.

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I think that will probably be the way to go. Only 'problem' is that they both have the same rules, so it would purely be an aesthetic thing, not sure if that's a problem though.

The plan is to have the 'standard kit' include an anti-bunker cannon and the tank-hunting laser weapon. After that it would be the 'quad pack' (quad HMG's, quad multiple laser, quad mortars and the variant of the tank hunting laser weapon).

In the meantime I've been working on the tank's main hull.

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Another little update.

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Ladders are a nice touch.

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I wonder though if the ladders will complicate the casting process of the hull as a single piece. If they do I'd then probably have to print the hull in three separate piece (center and the two sides).

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In the meantime I've started working on the last turret of the 'nostalgia pack', the one with the multiple missile launchers. The launchers themselves will need quite some tweaking to be workable, but then the pack should be ready.

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That's some nice firepower I must say.

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Indeed! Plan is to make the missile launchers separate, not only making casting easier, but also allowing you to reposition the missile launchers.

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Oh, and I made a beginning on the 'quad weapons sprue' for the siege tank. Quad multiple laser cannon, quad autocannon, and quad HMG's.

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Have you considered offsetting the barrel to the side on the siege guns? Maybe elevate the hatch and add those peak slots on the raised hatch for the tank commander. And add a drivers slit on the front?

I was thinking of offsetting the barrel a bit, but it meant that I'd either need to widen up the hull a bit more or decrease the diameter of the guns. Both options are not that appealing to me. However, I do need to figure something out for the driver. I wonder how the driver of this tank can see anything...

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Dammit...now I wanna offset the guns and make those viewing slids...

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See that optics cluster on the left corner of the hull I bet that's how the driver sees.