BLAM!
Big Mek Riff’s boot easily opened the small door in the side of the warehouse, this was the last one to be checked and the bigger doors at the front made it look like a garage.
Behind him he could hear to Nobs still ‘discussing’ who’d be the new Boss - he’d only had one challenge for his status and was a dozen teef up as a result – once that happened he knew that they were going to want to be out looting and they’d need at least one working Trukk to do that. The scrapyard at the back of the base held some possibilities – a superheavy sized crawler, some umie bikes, a drilling rig and the back half of a uge dumper trukk that looked like it had been crushed
Inside he thanked both Gork and Mork for his good fortune. It was the base’s garage and had enough tools and scrap to setup a new Mekshop even better than his last, even better there were 3 umie Trukks, at least one of which looked like it could be running in a day or so, but the Meks could do that – he had a plan.

So I wanted to build an Ork trukk, I like the model, but I thought it could do with being a bit longer with the same size wheels at the front as well as the back. To do this I'd need a second trukk as a donor for the wheels. Next plan - I'd make the second trukk a half track using guard wheels and tracks.

At which point I had inspiration from the strangest place...

Walt Disney.

http://www.drawn2gether.com/blog/2008/03/24/the-bushwacker/

And on to the build:

Tracks - I'm not sure if I can find tracks the right size so I may end up scratching the links, the 2 smaller wheels can be from the guard tanks and the big road wheels will be supplied by Lego



Front Wheels - Lego again, I love Bricklink!



Cab - The cab in the pics is a bit too skinny and a bit too curvy, I want to be tweak it a bit to make it a bit more square and Imperial. A bit of research found me the Diamond T 969

http://www.wheelsofvictory.com/Diamond%20t%20wrecker.html

It has all of the characteristics I wanted while still retaining the look of the Bushwacker. The trukk kit will supply the driver and Imperial tank searchlights for headlights.

Body - The crane will stay to keep the Wrecka look, though it'll probably be a bit less spindly. Not quite sure what to do with the load bed - probably keep it flat to begin with for carrying boys, maybe some shootas.

More in my blog - Feenix Rising - Rebuilding the mob

looks so awesome!
who knew disney were so orky!

What, the wheel?

I for one need to see some more wip of the actual truck to say that.

Voark

Looks like you've done your research but you really should have spent more time on your build before posting. The fluff text is great and all but until you get more substance you're not going to get many responses. Talk is cheap. You've got a good concept now lets see you pull it off.

too late buddie you showed me those wheels I wanna see a big and proppa half track now! If yah can't loot them, build them! there are some great tutorials on this site about how to do just that! So get to working yah GROT

niiiiiiicccceeee !! like it a lot!! wanna see this one done !!
me and the ladz hope ya can pull it off would be awesome... pics! pics! pics!

Very nice concept drawings, thanks for that, almost what I pictured for an upcoming wrecka....

Thought I should do some work on this. Started with the cab as it has to look roughly in proportion with the driver





Got some large plasticard I beams to build a chassis from and found an engine from a 1/24 Nascar in amongst some knackered kits which fits neatly in the engine bay

HAHA that's gonna need a honking PROPPA LARGE engine! and you better put a gunner or something next to that driver, maybe even another driver cause that cab is huge! however so far the great work!

The driver will get the gunner from the Trukk, though he'll need a bit of converting as the driver is going on the right - the proppa side! The cab without running boards is only 50mm wide so 2 boys fill it nicely
As said the engine is from a 1/24 kit so is pretty big. The rear of the engine will go though the bulkhead and between the boyz and then under the seat. I'm going to cut a hole in the floor of the engine bay to get it to sit properly which will still leave it sticking out the top a bit so I'll only give it the back part of the bonnet, the rest will be roughly cut off. The exhaust will come out the side of the engine, through the sides of the bonnet (above the wheel arches) and head backwards
The track unit will get it's own bigger, but less flashy, engine

Lights are only blu-tac'd on at the moment, and the engine is hanging in space as it'll be attached to the as yet unbuilt chassis

PoD, you don't need much modeling advice, that's clear from the work you've done so far.

I have a few questions most of which you may have considered already.

1. Overall scale. The whole thing looks - big. That's not bad, mind you, in any way, but it almost looks overscale for 40k. We all know GW stuff is underscale (or not to scale) but the cab on this looks not as much like it's stuck on a big chassis, but simply a really large cab. I don't know if that makes sense, or if it will be resolved as the build continues (or it's the look your working towards).

2. Will there be room under the front fenders for those tires? the slopes look a bit steep.

3. Engine, hood plans. Anything exciting in the works? partially exposed is always nice, but leave enough hidden to keep them guessing.

4. Kind of not liking the headlights. Not sure why, but I wonder if more modern Kenworth rectangular lights (maybe even with blackout shades) might look better.



Ps - oh . I hope I'm not trolling again.................

hey, awesome start! Looking at the original you're on your way. I'm very interested in how you do the lift for the clearance on the tires as pictured in the 3d model.

For the tracks a 1/35th Jagdpanzer tracks might be about right. I have to agree that this seems a tad largish.. not so much to me on scale as just in general as a truck. If you stick to the proportions of the 3d model this would have a fairly large footprint (I'm thinking at least Predator sized).

Also not liking the headlamps to well... but to each his own.

You gotta look at his inspiration pics. Those fenders are going to sit a good inch above the tires, which is sweet, and the inspiration truck is an old 50's Ford, so it needs those round lamps to stay true to the Disney rig. I doo agree the cab is a little too big. The charm of this original piece is the tiny passenger truck atop a monsterous set of tires and construction machinery, plus nothing sez "I looted this" like a big ork crammed into a tiny, 'umie-sized cab.

Just saw that movie a while ago, and no mek worth his grease could resist it. Good on ya, mate! Can't wait to see the crane and suspension finished.

I'll agree it is big, the cab itself is based around the Ork trukk driver model and doesn't look huge with a guardsman in there, where I think I have got a bit carried away is the engine bay.
Currently the running boards down the side of the cab are 10mm and are going to be slimmed down a bit, maybe I'll take a few mm off the wheel arches too

As The Big Orks says the wheel arches aren't going to be anywhere near the wheels so the're size doesn't matter

The engine is going to get extra gubbins to fill the space and will have exhausts coming out of it's sides and then out through the sides of the bay. I built a bonnet (hood) before I found the engine so it is ready to be cut up as needed. I'll probably just use the back half with a 'U' shaped hole cut in it

I'm a bit unsure about the lights myself - they keep the look of both the Wrecker in my references and the Disney truck, plus I already have them, but they are a bit big. before I consider new ones I may try them without the shades and maybe with some mesh or a metal frame over them

Always happy to answer questions


Trying to decide how technical to go for the suspension and axels at the front myself, I'm going to have a look at some Monster truck suspensions to give me an idea of what they should be like

Still thinking it'll be easier to scratch the tracks - the footprint of the tracks is goint to be larger than a Pred, at least as big as a Land Raider


The cab is (definately) bigger in proportion than on the original Disney truck as I wanted it to look a bit more like it could have come from a Guard truck which would be a bit less cartoony

Cheers all

I think you should make the drivers compartment alot smaller. Like, if you remove the spike from the drivers helm, he should just barely fit.
Also, some extra armour instead of what looks like huuuuge windows would help with the scale.

Kinda like this.



Its looking promising so far, but it looks like it will turn out at about the same size as a Battlewagon, with those monstrous wheels and all.

If I make the cab any smaller it wouuldn't fit 2 umies, let alone a pair of boyz.

It's definately going to be battlewagon sized rather thna Trukk sized, witha all the space at tback I could probably give it Battlewagon armament too

Penguin, this really is extremely large for a truck.... almost abusively so, as it will block LOS to a large portion of your army and will possibly be the same size or larger than even the GW BW kit... let alone a Land Raider.

This reminds me of rat rods! The Idea is great, I love the big headlights actually and the shape is good. DaBlackGobbo has done some "ratty looking stuff" that came out really good. I do agree though that you need to pack your guys in there as tight as you can to make the look work. you can even have the boyz arms hanging out the window to pack them in there. if there are no wheel wells you can use as big of tires as you like too and not worry all that much how big it will make the truck

i see your trukk like this kinda.
Good luck, keep up the good work
Urty

It was never intended to be anything other than 'uge! It's not really intended for gaming, more for my own amusement

Rough dimensions will be 300mmx120mm footprint and 120mm tall - roughly 1 Land Raider (minus sponsons) wide, 1 1/2 LR long and a LR + a Rhino tall

What did you use for your engine, cos that is awsome. I think it is too long as well BUT for your own amusement is OK.

how did you find what bussh whaker? thats orky too orky

Hi, i really like where this build is going, especially if you use them huge wheels the scale of the cab is difficult to get right i had the same problem with my looted wagon which is of a similar construction. Have a look i hope this helps http://www.the-waaagh.com/forums/?showtopic=32011 i found that this model is a little bit over scaled especially when next to a landraider, i think something along the lines of nexus's fuel tanker is the right scale for trucks that are looted from humies but as an ork design they can be oversized parodies of humie vehicles we know today.
You've got some great parts like the engine and headlights, i would suggest though that you shorten the bonnet by about 15mm - 20mm this would help keep the orks driving it looking big and not overshadowed by the trukk.

cheers

It's from a 1/24 (I think) NASCAR, so I think it's a V6



Disney - not just talking Mice

As a comparisin here's the cab so far with the larger Trukk wheels set upa round it - personally I think it's more the Trukke beinbg too small rather than my cab being too big





excuse any spelling mistakes there has been arather a lot of alcohol this evening

Seeing one of your previous posts about size...300mm x 120mm, footprint and 120mm tall, this is even bigger than a baneblade.

But then again, if you say you want to use this not as a gaming-piece. Go ahead with the uber-scale...even if you want to use it as a gaming-piece, goodluck to you.

Your build sofar looks great, goodluck with the rest.


Voark

Hey thats some really good and neat plasticard work. The windows are really even, so good angle cutting there!

Seeing that it's not for gaming then, build on! TBH military sized trucks intended for troop transport are usually quite large, so it makes sense Just make sure that when you do your tanks they're freakin massive hurhur

I love the look of it so far it looks awsome


@ vorak: that is not as big as a baneblade i have a huge gaming tank that i used an oversized baneblade cardbored cutout and it is small to da orks and i am still working on it

@ Gorker: you just contradicted yourself. You said it is not as big as a baneblade, but then that you used an oversized baneblade cutout.

Warboss Gorker...if you read back to my post ( i think you ment me with Vorak) you will see that i said that it is bigger than a Baneblade. A baneblade is about 21cm (210mm) long, and POD's truck will be 30mm long, as he says on page 1.

I do hope you continue this build Penguin, because if you can make it look like the drawing, that would be awesome

Goodluck.

Voark

Little more progress:

Dull bits like chassis and engine mounts. Slimmed it down by 4mm off each set of wheel arches. Cut a hole in the bonnet for the engine and another for the fan (I forgot the first time) and hole in the sides for the exhausts. Found a way to mount the headlights.
Currently looking at pictures of Monster trucks to work out how to fit the front wheels with some vaguely realistic suspension and driveshaft





TANK SHOKK!

that thing is going to be big

Holy Hell... I thought there was an ork army out there, but all I see is this massive truck!

this build is looking good, but I would put some more space between the tires.

Well I'm exhausted (if I didn't one of you lot would have)

you know y0ou could use it as either a battle fortress or "counts as" a gargantuan squiggoth. for speed freeks that is. just put a metal squiggy head on it and kill away. hehehe

BTW - they aren't finished yet and will go vertical behind the cab as in a traditional truck

If the evil sunz had their own orky god this is what its titan would look like. TAKE THAT UMIES!!!

still cant stop drooling!!! that thing is awesome man!!

excellent job!!

some awesome plasti card work there, can't wait to see this beast fully built and painted.

Right I promised some updates - not got as much done as I had wanted, but on the other hand I have more of a complete plan as a result

So first up something to hold the front wheels on



and the beginnings of the track unit



altogether gives me this



and an idea of the size now

so is it a battle wagon or fortress? and whats that other large deadly looking behemoth?

the other one is a feckin' skullhamma. man that bushwacker is huge mate!!!

I would call it a mekanikal squigoth cause if thats a baneblade that thing is uge'

I think I've drifted into Battlefortress territory - but the is plenty of room on the back for boyz, weapons and turrets - there was always going to be more than just the cage shown on the inspiration picture



MKII Fellblade, beakies used to have Fellblades - Baneblades were in the same style as the older beaky vehicles - so this is an update based on the newer style of tank

I see, thanks for clearing that up

Not done anything particularly interesting with this at the moment, mainly dull structural bits, so instead I'm on to ideas on where to go.

As shown I want to combine FW Battlefortress with The original Rescuers half track and a pair of twin booms for the Wrecka section

so what do you think?

Last bit was to work out how to build the teefy bull bars - plus I'm thinking BB style main turret

I don't think it's big enough.

This thing looks great! I thought it looked big and mean when it just had the trukk wheels on it, then you throw on the tracks and the monster trukk tires and... I can just picture a bunch of Baneblades lined up side by side, ready for this thing to come in and crush them.

I'm not liking the turret. It looks like it was just ripped off of a Baneblade and stuck onto your wrecka. It looks out of place with the rest of the build.

wow that thing is awesome! you should with the half track battle fortress