Next I went to work on the side hull pieces. I made these with more foamboard cut to shape and lined with 0.25mm plastic-card. Several plastic strips act as spacers here.

At this point I revisited the sketchbook and drew up a new plan for the side detail. I'm looking for detail quite close to the Land Raider to tie this kit into the Space Marine aesthetic.

As you can see this kit should have enormous sponsons, mounted on a heavy slab of armour to take the weight. There will be a standard side door behind that.

The side panels already add some weight to the machine. I've selected some well matured ten year old 0.5mm plastic-card for the side detail. I am using 1mm card to space out the layers.

The 0.5mm plasticard is very easy to cut, but has no strength to it (0.25mm is like paper, its amazing stuff) so I've used lots of 1mm card behind the 0.5mm stuff for this next bit. Then I added more detail - rivets! I cheated here and used Wave rivets sprues, I also cut out the cog-tooth sections (sand channels?) and added extraneous details.

Now I just have to finish it off and do the other hull side. *Sigh* I'll leave it here until the next update, which may take a couple of days. I'll see if I can find something more interesting to show too. Engine exhausts? Sponson mountings? Weapons?