I started on this one while the Mrk 2 was drying, and by this point, I'd found a method that worked. I could now put a trukk together whole doing other things, by using simple and repeatable methods where my mistakes would not count against me. With issues of wheelbase and overall size nailed down, I decided to mix things up a bit. I opted for a 4 wheeled design, as I had some bigger wheels going spare, and went for an angled cabin shape which I'd seen while researching the topic. This was quickly followed by an electrical fitting and part of a USB casing for the engine block. The net effect was like someone had made a monster truck from a pick-up truck, making it slightly taller than a regular trukk but not unreasonably so.
This trukk obviously draws from the previous two visually, but there's a few elements I want to highlight. The big shoota is out of a tiny spray bottle, positioned similar to the Mrk 1, but looks better proportionally. The radiator is taken off one of toy cars I'd scrapped, an idea I'd previously had but not used. Meanwhile, I was mindful of some constructive criticism I'd had, and put some more clearly orky visual designs on it. These took the form of crudely recast skull icons and a glyph plate as hub caps.
Painting progressed quickly, although slightly marred by the sort of problem that becomes apparent after spray painting. The wheels were old, and the tires had separated from the hubs in places, prompting some baking soda and super glue to fill the gaps. I was also a little sloppy with the hot glue gun, relying on washes or texture paint to conceal mistakes. I think this short of thing is just more noticeable with this style of vehicle. On the plus side, I took a stab at painting checks on the front number plate. Not good ones, but at least they are there. But, you know, the whole thing came out quite well.
I think I have pretty much got the hang of this style of scratch build. But I probably need some Boyz to ride it. You've already seen the prototypes...
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