Quick Build of the Kauth ATV

Built this quickly last night just to verify the color scheme. Still some adjustment needed where the tracks attach but it's minimal. Still very impressed with how this came together. Next time I'll build the interior cabin as well.

Download your own copy here:
http://roebeast.blogspot.com/2019/11/digitally-colored-version-of-kauth-atv.html

Digitally Colored Version of the Kauth ATV

I finally finished my first version of the Kauth ATV tracked vehicle. Thanks to the image wizardry of Rubén Andrés Martínez A., I had a clean copy of the Dennis Kauth ATV to work from. I went with a basic olive color scheme and tried to keep it from looking overly militaristic since I see this as more of an exploration vehicle along the lines of the Star Frontiers Explorer vehicles.

There are no instructions for these models but Rubén's built versions should give you a good idea of how to build them.

Several of the symbols that I used are from Ron Cobb's Standard Semiotic Symbols from the film Alien. I used the Scotch and Soda icons from this post.

My coloring on this model is not perfect but I think it should go together fairly easily. If you find anything truly catastrophic please let me know but otherwise I'm considering this first version as done.

I'm also posting the cleaned up versions that Rubén sent me so that others can have a go at creating their own color schemes. I'd really like to see what you come up with so if you create a new color scheme, please leave a comment with a link to where I can see it.

Thanks to Steven Hildebrand and Rubén Andrés Martínez A. for the imaging help and as always, thanks to Dennis for designing such a cool set of vehicles. I hope he approves of our efforts.

NOTE: Be sure to right click and save the linked image and not just the thumbnail. These should be 8.5"x11" at 300dpi.

Built Version of the Kauth Card Models

Brilliant news! Ruben Andres Martinez on the Paper Modelers Forum has built all of the various vehicles contained in the booklet of models created by Dennis Kauth. There are several models included such as a small fighter-craft and a large tracked explorer. Go over to the Paper Modelers Forum and check out all of Ruben Andres's build notes and more pictures. (You might need to join to see all of the images. But it's a cool forum. :) )

You can find the original post about Dennis's models and scans HERE.

At some point I will be digitally coloring these and having fully built models makes it a much easier task.

Thank you Mr. Martinez!

The little robo-tankette fits into the tracked explorer.

The little additions like this full cockpit are a great touch. 

Kauth ATV Card Model

I was given a copy of this model that was designed by model-maker Dennis Kauth. Unfortunately Dennis died several years ago so I never got the chance to find out if this was designed for a particular game etc. The people who gave it to me were friends of Dennis's and wanted it to be scanned and distributed to other gamers who might enjoy it. I've never seen a finished version of it and would love to have someone take on the project of building it.

NOTE: There is a screen tone over the entire image that makes it appear gray. I've tried to remove this using Photoshop without success. At some point I'd like to color this but it will take a significant amount of time that I'm currently not willing to invest.

MORE NEWS! I heard from the friend of mine and Dennis's who first gave me the booklet and he confirmed that they were originally designed for TSR's Buck Rogers role playing game. They were never finalized and put into production, probably due to the shake-ups happening at TSR at the time.

And on the Star Frontiers: Alive and Well group on Facebook, Matthew Teets shared this Star Frontiers Skimmer that he purchased years ago. It's obviously designed by Dennis Kauth as well. (A couple of images have been added to the bottom of this post.)