{"id":793,"date":"2007-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtazz.com\/blokecrafted\/mekboy-speedsta\/a-beginning-2\/"},"modified":"2007-12-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-05T00:00:00","slug":"a-beginning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gtazz.com\/blokecrafted\/warhammer40k\/rebel-grots\/mekboy-speedsta\/a-beginning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No pictures yet, but we&#39;re up and running. I bought a Zvezda 1\/35th BA-3 armoured car for the base. Just looked a perfect shape and I think it&#39;ll work well. It&#39;s a little smaller than I originally planned, but the gobsmasha is so big I think scale creep would have been a problem. This will work well as a trukk for my grots, which is the point.<\/p>\n<p>Got the main chassis glued together and the first plasticard plates are attached. I&#39;ve run out of superglue, which is slowing the progress. I don&#39;t like sticking plasticard with polystyrene cement, takes ages and the bonds never seem to be perfect. Maybe it&#39;s just me.<\/p>\n<p>More soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-83duiqJuH-k\/Uf1lm4XcDlI\/AAAAAAAADPY\/-Pez68oIfB4\/s1600\/speedsta_01.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" title=\"Click to Zoom\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click to zoom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-83duiqJuH-k\/Uf1lm4XcDlI\/AAAAAAAADPY\/-Pez68oIfB4\/s288-c\/speedsta_01.jpg?w=1200\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-NffzYNw1jRU\/Uf1lneNviYI\/AAAAAAAADPc\/_jCpOBv7X9k\/s1600\/speedsta_02.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" title=\"Click to Zoom\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click to zoom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-NffzYNw1jRU\/Uf1lneNviYI\/AAAAAAAADPc\/_jCpOBv7X9k\/s288-c\/speedsta_02.jpg?w=1200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-QQJPU2PZf9k\/Uf1lnyPZS4I\/AAAAAAAADPo\/srS4dLQnmjo\/s1600\/speedsta_03.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" title=\"Click to Zoom\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click to zoom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-QQJPU2PZf9k\/Uf1lnyPZS4I\/AAAAAAAADPo\/srS4dLQnmjo\/s288-c\/speedsta_03.jpg?w=1200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No pictures yet, but we&#39;re up and running. I bought a Zvezda 1\/35th BA-3 armoured car for the base. Just looked a perfect shape and I think it&#39;ll work well. It&#39;s a little smaller than I originally planned, but the gobsmasha is so big I think scale creep would have been a problem. 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