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Looking good.

Spray primer applied to the Predator and Rhino - Hooray.

Spray Primer has left an 'orange peel' effect on some parts - Boo

'Orange Peel' effect could be made to look like like over paint and corrosion!?! Hmm, maybe not so bad after all...







Also added a wip aerial and grab rails on the Predator turret

Test fit for the LEDs done today...



Battery holder and switch are loose at the moment as I'll be painting them up first before final fit. Have come to the conclusion though that I don't like soldering - damn fiddly...

Looks good though

Cheers SilverMK2

I've also made two extra sponsoon spotlights as these where missing from the extra weapons sprue I bought on ebay - hard to see the details but made from plasticard with thin plastic tube to represent the actual light

Got myself a Stormraven, even though I'm not going to be fielding a Blood Angel or Grey Knights army, just like the model - felt that it could be improved upon, especially after seeing MajorTom's version and the Chapterhouse kit (which I believe was created by Hits the Spot)

So without further ado...









As you might be able to tell from my previous posts and other blogs, I'm more of a model builder than a painter, but I'm going to try and change that, purchased an airbrush and compressor so hopefully will splash some colour at some stage during the build of this one as well as sorting the Predator, Rhino and Dreadnought. well, maybe...

Your plasticard skill is indeed masterful. Looking forward to more awesomeness.

You really love that plastic card huh. The way you stick to Auto CAD and measure to cut and magnetism and LEG. I would think it is time you Scratch build your Titan, after this storm raven that is. And you know you can make your Army play as such army. You did make your own crest, your own Tank upgrades, and your own paint scheme, this means you can play it as any Marine army.

By the way great job on all the card stock modelling. I too have magnetized my Rhinos. I added LEDs and fiber optic lines as well. Not painted yet though. I want to make their upgrades neutral so that I may take them with any tank of any marine faction and they still mach. Ultramarine blue doesn't work on a BA Baal Predator nor would it work on a Dark Angle Predator.

I was thinking basic black Rhinos, with magnetized Icons. Your upgraded armor made me think of magnetized armor with icon painted in blue, red, and green. SO that would make swapping tanks, just as easy as swapping weapon options. Thanks for the idea

holy crap that extra armor is epic!!!
much better then FW imo... cause theirs is a bit overpriced...

i'd pay it for your EA though!

Cheers for the comments guys... A titan may be a step too far for me, but would love to have a go at a Thunderhawk

Work commences (slowly) on the raven... Did a bit of belly work, adding a Rhino style hatch for a speedy drop of the troops / dreadnought (although there's no way a dread would actually fit inside...

Further progress made, not stuck together yet, just test fit for wings and engines.

Can't decide what to do with the turret and air intake though... am thinking of typhoon missile launcher or just a hatch, with the air intake resized to fit... Also need to make a new rear wing of some shape and description, but not using the supplied tail / wing combo as not at all keen on it....

Wow, the detail that you put into these vehicles is amazing!
There are definitely a few ideas I can borrow from this...

jealousy isnt cool but i would kill for that extra armor on the rhino's!!!

Progress has been good this week, have rebuilt the servitor turret using the front typhoon missile launcher and the lascannons. Put the turret assault cannons under the wings as this is a gunship after all...

Test fitted everything together, the top, wings and engines are not stuck yet, to make painting inside possible, but the base, sides and rear are stuck (pilot and canopy not glued either).... C&C welcome, enjoy...

Decided to redo the box work were the engine sits - previously made this out of layered card but not happy with it so have put some plasticard in it's place. IMO, it's far superior now...

Box section completed and rivets added...

It's really coming along nicely

absolutely stunning looking forward to seeing this baby painted up

Cheers guys

Added some iconography on the doors and wing tops - this is the symbol for my homebrew chapter...

Been a while since my last update - haven't done any further work to the Stormraven as I still haven't bought the paints I need...

Instead, I stumbled across Eli Patoroch's superb Thunderhawk plans and decided to go hell for leather. Got some more plasticard and set to with the glue...





As you can see it's early days and I'm just getting the basic structure together. Wings and engine next...

Mock up on the wing(s), simply made out of cereal box and attached with masking tape. Did these directly from Patroroch's plans, but think they're too chunky - I prefer the sleeker look, similar to The Blackadders version... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/330/372703.page







Will be hunting out some plastic strip and / or square tubing. Plan is to have the wings removable for transit / storage so want to have them slot into the main body and fix in place with screws or similar...

the wings progress...











still got to do the bottom engine and model the rear of the 'hawk, then super detailing...

Working on the undercarriage engine - took some wip snaps to show the method of construction which is the same as on the wing engines

some more eye candy for you gentle reader...








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redesigned the join for the wings to the body of the craft, mainly so I can include the landing gear housing, also took this opportunity to strengthen the super structure as it was feeling a little flimsy...

added magnets to the wings, also made the engines smaller as they were way too big... Now feeling high from all the plastic glue fumes

Wasn't happy with the magents on the wings, so have re-worked them. Added some plasticard and drilled holes for the magnets, then stuck a thin piece over the top to cover and help hold them in.



Much tighter fit now...





Tail added...





Third engine also added...

Front wings made out of three pieces of 1mm plasticard (not permanently attached yet), makes the model come togther though... Also did some work on the cockpit - two chairs and a center console, few bits still to do, getting there slowly but surely...

Further supplies have arrived on my doorstep, but I forgot one important element - the poly glue...

I feel like you should have way more comments, but I don't know what to say other than I want one. Great job, keep it up.