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Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:39 am
by Kastrenzo
I picked up a few of these Ice Crawlers a few months ago, I thought I could make some more tanks with the treads, only to find out the treads were smaller than anticipated and wouldn't fit into my plans.
After months of just sitting on the shelf, I've claimed another victory in the never ending war of tearing down and converting stock sets into something unique. It's not exactly flashy, But it will do until I can think of something better to make with them.
Converted the crawler into an armoured half-track that un-comfortably seats 6
Optional roof cover to protect occupants from debris
Another "unarmoured" half-track
They're nothing special. but it's typically what happens to a lot of the sets I buy. I put them together using instructions, they sit on the shelf for a year, then I tear them apart when I have an idea for their parts, or more commonly, an idea to convert it into a battle vehicle.
Re: Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:18 pm
by Whiteagle
Ohhh, these are actually on clearance at the local Walmart...
Are they a good buy at $11 a pop?
Re: Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:04 am
by ikensall
Whiteagle returns...
Re: Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:09 am
by Whiteagle
ikensall wrote:Whiteagle returns...
I've actually been returned for a while now...
Also, having looked the part up on Bricklink, it seems it's they're the same treads I got with Emmet's Construto-mech, so I don't see how you couldn't use them for Tankettes...
Re: Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:37 pm
by Kommander Ken
I like 'em. I think it'd be cool to use them as a "town militia" sort of faction, but that's just me.
Re: Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:59 pm
by Overwatch_Elite
Whiteagle wrote:ikensall wrote:Whiteagle returns...
I've actually been returned for a while now...
Also, having looked the part up on Bricklink, it seems it's they're the same treads I got with Emmet's Construto-mech, so I don't see how you couldn't use them for Tankettes...
I agree, I think my favorite part about the tankettes is that they are probably staffed by regular people who work in them.
Re: Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:24 pm
by Whiteagle
You know after buying this set myself, I've found it's a pretty good either way.
Stock-wise you get a nice little utility crawler, parts-wise it has a ridiculous number of SNOT elements, and the base model is pretty open to modification.
Re: Arctic Ice Crawler Halftrack Conversion.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:56 pm
by kingodacheez
I bought two of these so I can build tracked drones similar to the MB COD models.