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Rear facing blades are handy for when your pursurer is just behind you and you slam your airbrakes on....
Can also be fun when making sweeping drift style turns through crowds of pedestrians.....
And in 180's where you let momentum carry you a little bit in your original direction before gunning your engine...
Pull an endo when you have a scout trooper on his bike just above you and it'll take of his control vanes and send him carrening into a big-ass tree....
Lots of fun to be had with them

U.F.Off has to be the most polite and funny way I have ever been told that

Not to worry I have another idea in mind plus it makes me try something out I have wanted to do for awhile anyway, so in sense it kills two birds with one stone

Yes I have always thought that about the Reaver guess its incase of a hasty retreat so nothing blocks your way will you be squaring up the bodywork at all ?

I never learnt or mastered the game but it was great fun for the few seconds I lasted

monkeytroll wrote:... Lots of fun to be had with them

True, maybe I'm just thinking too logically for these things... or should I say, maybe my brain is too highly trained.

lone dirty dog wrote:U.F.Off has to be the most polite and funny way I have ever been told that

Did you follow the link and see the album cover? One of my favourite covers.

Not to worry I have another idea in mind plus it makes me try something out I have wanted to do for awhile anyway, so in sense it kills two birds with one stone

Fair enough. Go with the flow and it might lead to great things. That's what I do with my modelling. Go with serendipity.

Yes I have always thought that about the Reaver guess its incase of a hasty retreat so nothing blocks your way will you be squaring up the bodywork at all ?

I don't know what I'll be doing with it yet. It's all still on the sprue at the moment, will have to see how it progresses and what I find to stick on... Plenty of inspiration pictures to go through also.

I never learnt or mastered the game but it was great fun for the few seconds I lasted

Yeah, that's how everyone starts. Once you start to string a few corners together and get some speed up, then it becomes addictive.
Zone mode is my favourite thing to do.
Sadly as I've only got a PS2, I haven't played any of the newer games. One day... one day... (the PS3 was out before I got the PS2)

No Missed the link just checked it out AWESOME LMAO

I might still do the UFO one at the same time (he laughs to himself) after all what's another project at the same time

Yes I found a ton of images after using Bing search image not using Google image anymore as it sucks

Don't forget the timeline always gets me that one

Yes I started but took me ages to learn to finish, but I did get fairly good for awhile which really pissed of my uncle worth it for that.

PS2 you do know what year it is don't you

Everybody knows that UFOs were a CIA invention to explain all those spy planes. At least, that is what they are saying now...

 Red Harvest wrote:
Everybody knows that UFOs were a CIA invention to explain all those spy planes. At least, that is what they are saying now...

No No No Noooooo the uncensored/declassified documentation about the CIA using UFO's to cover up spy plane maneuvers and testing is a cover story to cover up the truth about UFO'S

I learned how to fight with knife b lades in reverse for simply slashing on the frontal attack, stabbing however took a back hand strike.

Now going silent about that


But yeah, modify a reaver, have fun with it!

lone dirty dog wrote:No Missed the link just checked it out AWESOME LMAO

I might still do the UFO one at the same time (he laughs to himself) after all what's another project at the same time

Yes I found a ton of images after using Bing search image not using Google image anymore as it sucks

Don't forget the timeline always gets me that one

Good luck.

What's wrong with Google image?

Yeah, I probably should start the terrain piece first to stand a chance of finishing it in time, but this Reaver "should" only be a quick build...

Yes I started but took me ages to learn to finish, but I did get fairly good for awhile which really pissed of my uncle worth it for that.

PS2 you do know what year it is don't you

I do. But I also acquired 3 PS2s along with their owner's collections of games, so I should work my way through them first before moving on (although I haven't got much further than Wipeout and Gran Turismo). Sticking behind the times means that you can still have new experiences, but they are much cheaper. or free in this case, and I like free.

lone dirty dog wrote:

 Red Harvest wrote:
Everybody knows that UFOs were a CIA invention to explain all those spy planes. At least, that is what they are saying now...

No No No Noooooo the uncensored/declassified documentation about the CIA using UFO's to cover up spy plane maneuvers and testing is a cover story to cover up the truth about UFO'S

But isn't that only a cover story?!?

shasolenzabi wrote:I learned how to fight with knife b lades in reverse for simply slashing on the frontal attack, stabbing however took a back hand strike.

Now going silent about that


But yeah, modify a reaver, have fun with it!

But I bet you weren't doing that on a jet bike...

So, progress has progressed... and it's already gone off at a tangent to what I first intended.

I started by building the main body of the bike and then chopping off the blades.
During this I noticed that the attachment points for the lower two blades looked very familiar and Eldar-like. This reminded me of some bits in my box that I didn't use on a previous model...

and with a little modification, the Wave Serpent spines fit on quite well.


Much more to do, even at the rear never mind the front.
I want some kind of control surfaces and/or air-brakes. Whether I do this with these bits I've just added or add more, I don't know yet.

Work has begun.

Well that looks brilliant, and at least plausible as a flying bike. Great start.

Google image search does not offer a direct link just the image since it updated

No such thing as a quick build

Free games will let you off then plus I still can't decide between the ps4 or Xbox one

No its not cover story thats just a conspiracy

I like the new blades they really do give it a more WIPEOUT feel good call on that plus it gives more depth to the back and bulks it out nicely

I actually like the look of the Reaver bike at this stage without all the other gubbins on it, might be useful for some bike conversions I want to build

Thanks Cam.

LDD: Oh really, I shall have to investigate that further then.

Not around here there ain't, not when I can spend 8 months building a tank.
At least, this doesn't have an interior, so that saves some time... and it is teeny tiny (although I'll probably end up making it slightly longer)...

Thanks.

Yeah, at this point they are a really good blank slate for any bike-shaped things.

It doesn't have an interior?

You mean you're not going to model the under-seat helmet storage, the saddlebags and contents, or the internal gubbins of the engine?

I'd probably add some kind of vertical fins either on the bike itself or as canards off the winglets.

A side car? Of course that would be perfect

The longer fins are an improvement, IMHO. Hmmm if it is going to be on a flyer's base, with the transparent rod, perhaps add pelvic and anal fins (that is what they are called) to the underside. Make it more carcharadontic

MT: Now there's a thought...

...No. The body is stuck together, so I can't get at the interior now anyway.
It was difficult enough, working within the confines of a wave serpent, never mind inside something this small.

Red_Starrise wrote:I'd probably add some kind of vertical fins either on the bike itself or as canards off the winglets.

Thanks. Yes, fins can, will and may be added, here and there. Welcome to my slice of madness.

Red Harvest wrote:A side car? Of course that would be perfect

The longer fins are an improvement, IMHO. Hmmm if it is going to be on a flyer's base, with the transparent rod, perhaps add pelvic and anal fins (that is what they are called) to the underside. Make it more carcharadontic

No side-cars in racing... oh wait, there is... still no, not this time...

Thanks. Not decided on how it will be based. I tend to dislike those rods, but I don't know if I prefer any of the alternatives. Something will happen there.
There will likely be some details added to the underside, what, I don't know yet.

I have just found the perfect air-brakes and I'm in the process of adding them. Will show tomorrow when I'm fully installed them.

Love the jet bike conversion so far.

As for mounting, I saw a Dark Eldar flyer (Games Day pics) where a guy 'mounted' it above his terrain using repelling magnets, or it may have been an electro-magnet setup?

Probably really fiddle but it looked amazing!

 Lamby wrote:
Love the jet bike conversion so far.

As for mounting, I saw a Dark Eldar flyer (Games Day pics) where a guy 'mounted' it above his terrain using repelling magnets, or it may have been an electro-magnet setup?

Probably really fiddle but it looked amazing!

Well that would be amazingly awesome however my idea is a little simpler as with the game there are plenty of tunnels you could use that to base it.

Build half the tunnel section use some kind of small wire support to attach it to the wall at say the blade ( close to the wall as in the game ) you could even design the wire to look like scrape sparks just a thought mind

Thanks Lamby. That does sound cool. but tricky.

Thanks LDD. Also a good idea.

I am currently thinking of disguising it with some plants, but rock/concrete/pipe/etc... are also possible. I'll worry about it when I get there.

I said that I found something to use as the air-brakes. After rummaging through my bits for a while, I was starting to think that I'd have to make them from scratch. But I still had the best hope yet to come in the shape of the "armour bits" collection... and therein I found the (near) perfect part: Wraithguard shoulder pads (well I assume they are shoulder pads, they came along with the many swords and axes that Comrade sent me).

They very nearly fit the shape of the bike's body, and with a few bits of plastic are now mounted.


You will notice that I have it in a turning set up. The tips of the "wings" may be extended to some degree in the near future.
I've also de-Eldar-ised the bike by removing all the gem things, as this will fit with the fluff of where these came from (as it is not an Eldar jet bike).

True, I was learning that on my feet.

Interesting wing span that bike has! skilled rider for that one!

Those do look like airbrakes I can't remember where but they remind me of some in a movie, nice work indeed plus looks better without the gems

Nice add to the bike. Actually adds some a look of flight rather than just a rocket!

Thanks Shas. Well the wings are only for control and not for lift, as this is the latest in Anti-grav' technology.

Thanks LDD. Can't help you with the movie.

Thanks Solar. That's what I'm going for, a bit of forging a cinematic narrative.

So, I had a look at the underside to see what I could do with those pelvic and anal fins that Red mentioned... and while I was covering the holes there I got a bit carried away with the plasticard and ended up with a diffuser of sorts... then added a couple of fins for good measure.


I now need to work on the front, which looks like it'll have to be scratch-built, so that I can get an overall aesthetic before finishing off the final, little additions (canards etc...).

In other news; while I popped in to Hobbycraft to pick up some spray-on varnish (that I mentioned previously), I was naughty and bought myself another model. But this is a proper model, not the toys that GW makes and I have to improve...

An Airfix 1:48 Westland Lynx (still quite possibly my favourite helicopter).
Just to make the point, this cost the same as a SM Predator, but it comes with over 3 times the parts (331 vs. 94) and the detail is far superior. I could go on, such as the instructions booklet and the number and quality of the transfers..., but I won't.

I won't be building this just yet (I have things to be doing after all), but I'm eager to see what I can do with my newly learnt (past couple of years) modelling and painting skills. This will be built as it's meant to be, with no modifications, just for display. But the spare parts and transfers will go into my box (nice to have a use for the parts beyond just hoarding).

Right, enough of me and my putting many things in brackets (if only I could think of something witty to put in a bracket here).
Until next time.

Looking good with the diffuser and brakes in place

Solid or split nose going on the front end?

Thanks MT.

I'm going with a straight nose to match the more classic Feisar shape, e.g.

Although I appreciate that those are images of a craft from a more recent game and not the original.

and I've got this far:


The tricky part is now over. I was stuck for a while as to how to attach/build this around the front end of the existing bike...

...Then I decided to ignore that problem, build the front section and then glue them together when the time is right (not yet, they are still separate).

This is just the bulk of the shape, there will be some thin plastic layers over this to give the panels, and there will be some shapes to cover the handlebars and deflect air over the pilot. Also, the underside will be filled in to just over the air-intake on the existing bike, as shown in one of the pictures above (a gun will be mounted there somewhere as well).

That is so cool I can actually see this coming together and looking like it should, the nose section is really bringing it home will you be angling the handle bars covers

Very cool.

Looking brilliant. Think it needs more control surfaces'. But maybe just "scratched" on.

Also, for stand what about the way I did it in the Roads comp. Use the exhaust fumes to disguise a bent wire cantilevering it to the base?

Really nice lines on this one Dr.

Thanks LDD. You can see why I wanted to do this part before doing any more at the back, so that I can match the look with some added angular parts.

I haven't settled on a design for the covers yet. Angles will be involved.


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Thanks Gits' and Cam.

More details will be happening.

That is a possibility, but these tend to have quite "clean" engines (no plumes of smoke).

Having recently watched some footage of some of the games I haven't played there is a "Mag-Loc" feature that sticks the crafts to the track and is realised with many arcing lightning bolts. Also a possibility.

Yes I can see you having to add some angled sections to the back which will pull the theme together but your definitely on the right track (no pun intended)

Bike is coming along very nicely.