Brian, I am not even being silly about noise marines that play "Down with the sickness" and I truly believe those caps are gonna be awesome somewhere on one of my warlords.....

Silver, I NEVER plan anything....

I have built very detailed warhounds in under two weeks with no plans and not really knowing what I was doing having worked eight hours a day and I am taking thirty days leave soon..... A warlord may fill some empty time in my schedule after the mass build is done......

Hopefully before the end of the first week of May.......

Rogue, sic balls, boy......


Sit, booboo, sit. Good dog......





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But enough of that gak....


Onto the update.


this is a very intense riveting job....







Ok, so the port front side and the canopy are all I have energy for for now. It will be riveted by the end of this week and then the final details will go on.

Have to finish the remodel of the interior and the flight stand plus some other minor stuff. Maybe done before the end of the week.

Have decided that I am not going to put extended landing gear on it. I do not believe with it's weight and the length they would require that they can be made in any kind of sturdy enough fashion to warrant wasting the effort, materials and time on. The will be modeled as if the are retracted and the flight stand will be able to sit at 1 inch or twelve inches off the table. Or does it need to be higher? Thoughts? C&C, please.....




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No, spankers, I DO NOT know how many rivets there are already. Nor will I have a count when it is completed. Sorry if that seems harsh but my sons have collectively waged war on my sanity trying to get me to count them.


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Any takers on which one of them ends up punished with having to count the rivets???


They are 13, 16 and 18. My odds are on the 16 year old.....

Gentlemen, place your bets.....

'spankers'? Is that the new term for the League?

Also, somebody do up a rivet plan for the side hatches on my photo, please.....


I am sorta at a loss on how it should look.....


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Hahahaha, (w)ankers....


Damn you, autocorrect.....


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Yet again, also....


can anyone say Squiggoth?





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A little GS and it would be good to go....

lol, that'd ne a nice squiggoth... what the hell is it?

Mind blowing man... just really really good.

this is a very intense riveting job....

ok...i see what you did there... lol...and i like it^^

by the way... seeing all these damn fine rivets... one gets a small glimps at eternity...am i right?

and yep...that could make a big squiggoth...looks like a pokemon to me tho...

mxwllmdr wrote:Ok, so the ABSOLUTE LAST major construction part is finished. The winglet Aelerons are on AND riveted:








And the look rather sub-par IMHO....


LOL

See that neat looking thing under the wingtip of the second picture? Milk bottle top from McDonald's. Planning some wonderful things with them.......

I finally got some time to look around........ I'm subscribed to this thread why don't I get email notifications?

This is a great idea, a catch all thread That way you don't have to keep track of all your topics. Fantastic T'hawk BTW and lighted to boot.

I use to use photobucket years ago but I kept exceeding the bandwith, have they cured that problem now?

Milk bottle top from McD great cap (what product, hope it's not a kid's meal?)

Simply Amazing Max!

.>And the milk bottle caps!! PERFECT for a small thermal exhaust port (right below the main port)

Good work! No.. Great work!!!


I think that your right to not do the landing gear extended.

The Hawk looks rather heavy and it seems like it would be a pain to make the landing gear...

i think

"he knows no pain...nor fear^^ he is a riveteer"

True. So very true indeed.


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Well he feels pain...
He just doesn't show it otherwise you'll whip him with that carrot of yours....

Thanks all.

I hate carrots. I don't mind a whipping on occasion.....


I am thinking exhaust fan shroud with a grill over it or an atmospheric maneuvering thruster for a large drop ship type vehicle (like Tebrey used on his drop ship) for the milk bottle tops. And, yes, they are from the kids milk bottle but you can buy the milk bottles seperatley. No Happy meals for you, Black...... LOL


I personally had no problem whatsoever going to McD's and buying a half dozen bottles of milk, Drinking them all and then taking my Lactose intolerant butt to Friday Night Magic...


If you can't win with force, gas your opponents out I say......


Photobucket apparantly has fixed themselves, as I haven't had a problem......


And I have thousands of images up there. The Damned Articifer gets his scratch builds on the front page, Mine never show up.... I am considering moving the whole fam damily of photos to the Gallery.


Yes, eternity....

That's how long things with rivets last.....


Incidentally, that's how long it takes to put them on, it seems....


And that ^^ is called a Fast. It was a free giveaway when you bought the 2008 Volkswagon GTI.....


You can get them on Ebay for about 20 to 40 bucks and they are the size of a softball...........

Back to the rivet bench..........


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Viktor von Domm wrote:i think

"he knows no pain...nor fear^^ he is a riveteer"

Sigged

If you want to be on the front page, you should upload a handful of WiP images to a gallery here, and post. Then, the League can rabble-rouse for you.

Looking really good mx' the rivets make a huge difference. I know you're resisting counting them - but a gues the number of rivets game would be fun for all your followers!

SilverHayabusa wrote:My friend that got me into 40k says that I'm a hobby butterfly for this...


I agree that I tend to jump around in my head but that is what I do....

My grandma always said that my brother was "grasshopper-minded", meaning the same thing

Yep, when you are done, post pictures from several different angles, have all 3 of your kids count them (to get an accurate number), and have the Dakkites PM you guesses!

Fun and Games! Yay!

Ok, it's on. I will say this. On top of the front port winglet alone are 36 rivets. Use that as a basis to make your guess. i will tabulate the guess and post a closest to/correct guess along with a list of peoples guess and the correct amount.

442 rivets!

542 rivets!

Jesus, DAVE!!! PM YOUR GUESSS!!!!! Didn't we just say that...... Some people......

I didn't like the rule, so I changed it

Oh....



Ok.

I just thought we should stick together, dave... I'll go down with you

you, guys are worse than my children......

ooops.... just read above hehe... ¬_¬

Rivet Guess-timate PM sent!

Ditto after my fail-post due to not reading :/

Amazing work dude

And mine sent in.

I personally had no problem whatsoever going to McD's and buying a half dozen bottles of milk, Drinking them all and then taking my Lactose intolerant butt to Friday Night Magic...


If you can't win with force, gas your opponents out I say......

LOL... i feel your pain in every possible way mister... i love milk but milk hates me...and tries to kill me from withing... i feel like having a small and ever growing alien inside my bowels just after some very few drops of milk.... but that again shows your dedication to the building of the finer things^^

and it should stay servicable with rivets for eternity... otherwise we could just simply glue^^ ...heavens forbidd...^^

you, guys are worse than my children......

are we there yet dad??? are we, now are we dad? daaahhaaad?


and yeppers, i PM`ed you my guess^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:

you, guys are worse than my children......

are we there yet dad??? are we, now are we dad? daaahhaaad?

More like "Are you done yet?" ^^

yes! but well it is a bit more generic that way^^

Not generic for us lot ^^
We don't do generic, mainstream, normal, or anything of the sort! ^^

We're abby normal...


Yup...


My momma alway said I was liike a box of donuts...

The very reason that makes this construct so popular and praiseworthy is the attention to detail. Rushing will only spoil the result. There are plenty of threads that while well executed are none the less secondary to the finished product and the implementation of it. Let those that are in a rush lavish kudos and "hurry up and finish" remarks on these threads and allow the artistic temperament the luxury of proceeding at it's own pace.

The_Blackadder wrote:Dis' fing iz gud cuz' ov da small gubbinz yer put on it, yer normul ork'll just rush it an' stuff.

fixed that for you ^^

LMAO....


*slaps knee...*

Dude!...


Awesome....!



Spoken like a true...



....



LOL

shrike wrote:Not generic for us lot ^^
We don't do generic, mainstream, normal, or anything of the sort! ^^

THIS.

gubbinz?

yer no, bitz, loot, crap, stuff, fings, watsitz... erm, I'll try sumfing else... miscellaneous items?

Ya know one of these days I gonna havf to take all my scraps and bits and build a Stompa. It might be fun.

Blackadder that would be awesome. Pure gold!

Now that you've said it on dakka it has to happen!


Pwease? ....

Only a stompa Blackadder? Why not go the whole hog and do a Gargantuan stompa? Dems da bestest!!!

Plus rivets can be giganormous on it

The_Blackadder wrote:Ya know one of these days I gonna havf to take all my scraps and bits and build a Stompa. It might be fun.

bad picture, but the only one I have on here:

from my understanding

Bitz = pieces of models that are extra or from another kit that are "necessary" (arms, torsos, guns etc)

Gubbinz = Any extraneous thing that has a primarily decorative or aesthetic purpose. (pouches, random dangly bit, etc)


Black a stompa to your standard would be both epic and in all probability truly bizarre as Orks have no standards for their construction other than bolted/welded on. with extra Glyphs... Ork Technology works because they believe it should irrespective of ANY other factor. (this includes Thermodynamics, and basic Physics)

NOOOOOOO... it can't be.... can it... seriously?.... IS THAT A MOTHERHUMPING MR POTATO HEAD? o_O

shrike wrote:

The_Blackadder wrote:Ya know one of these days I gonna havf to take all my scraps and bits and build a Stompa. It might be fun.

bad picture, but the only one I have on here:

Spoiler:

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:NOOOOOOO... it can't be.... can it... seriously?.... IS THAT A MOTHERHUMPING MR POTATO HEAD? o_O

shrike wrote:

The_Blackadder wrote:Ya know one of these days I gonna havf to take all my scraps and bits and build a Stompa. It might be fun.

bad picture, but the only one I have on here:

Spoiler:

Yup, have a mrs potato head stompa planned (complete with handbag "wrecker ball"), when I get more bits
but yes, build, sprayed and drybrushed in 2 hours, painted and ready to play in another 2
So many things I wish I'd have done differently, but I was only 1.5 years into 40k, so it's all part of learning... Maybe his missus can be made out of plasticard instead to reduce costs... that's an idea for the future...

also, if you like it, take a moment to vote for it!
/shameless self promotion

yup it is...and he made him (yes, such a build qualifies personality^^)

Also, not discernable is the message " 'ave a nice day" painted on the wrecker ball, and behind it it's trailing oil barrels on chains with the message "just built".. I was going to take it down, but I quite like it, especially the ork dragging along with them...

oh dear god, won't somebody peoples think of the children?!

actually not atm... because they are vast asleep...for now... i tend to be not able to think of anything else tho if they are up and about

haha... now your making me feel old... ¬_¬

why that? i am the parent...you too?

Potate and Orks what a great combination











Now where did I put my potato heads

fail typing on my behalf... I'm used to telling my friends they make me feel old, and the one time someone says something that makes me feel young... I say the wrong damned thing :/

mxwllmdr wrote:you, guys are worse than my children......

ahh, i think i need this in my sig

Rogue Wolves wrote:

mxwllmdr wrote:you, guys are worse than my children......

ahh, i think i need this in my sig

If I had room for it I would as well... :/

Rogue Wolves wrote:

mxwllmdr wrote:you, guys are worse than my children......

ahh, i think i need this in my sig

I agree!

lol, with all the stuff said, i may have to remove my blog link to add more quotes! then i can be on that hoarders tv show for online hoarding!

Dooooooooooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!

get that damn pic of a psyker only so that i can see the blessed mother of rivetes and we see about a better fitting banner! `nuff said!

.... Well in that case, i will see what i can do.. in the very least i can go into the picture via paint, and point out the rivets!

lol...that idea hurts^^ better get it done otherwise^^

One question I've not asked yet, which bugs me slightly given your obsession with rivets...


What do you use to make rivets with? Product, image, how much lols?

I want to make the research outpost in my story, especially because FW no longer stock the Anphelion buildings anymore...

Shrike wrote:We don't do generic, mainstream, normal, or anything of the sort! ^^

Sigged


And, Black, thank you for sticking up for my new found timlyness. I think I would truly love to see anything Ork from your table.....

at AUC... i hopefully will shortly make an article about riveting...with hopefully some helpful stuff provided by the league...

Sent a PM...

Ok, topic jump.......


how does this look for a Lucius pattern warhound shoulder?






I like it but before I made the other three I wanted to aee what you guys think.....

where exactly is this piece located?

i like it by the way...

It's the left side carapace but "other three"?

I think that it looks good...


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But like Blackadder. The other three...?

The_Blackadder wrote:It's the left side carapace but "other three"?

ah...ok...then i guess the other three will follow...

He is building more than 1 As in 2

Looks good so far But needs RIVETS LOTS OF RIVETS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So many rivets!
400 rivets!


.... Okay more like 400 to the power of 4,000,000,000.01 rivet?

SilverHayabusa wrote:So many rivets!
400 rivets!


.... Okay more like 400 to the power of 4,000,000,000.01 rivet?

4,000,000,000.01 x 2

No... x 400!

More more more more more more rivets!!!!


.... sowwy got carried away with myself

SilverHayabusa wrote:No... x 400!

More more more more more more rivets!!!!


.... sowwy got carried away with myself

Fine as long as no ones watching




X 4000 + 1.5

ooooOOoooh... >.> ....


<.<....



I don't think max is watching....

SilverHayabusa wrote:ooooOOoooh... >.> ....


<.<....



I don't think max is watching....

I hope not

LOL

you can pay for my forgetfulness...ain´t cheap but after all what is there anyway?

I'll pay you in rivets, sweat and my own blood...


That or in pritty pictures of things...?

hmmm... you are a hard bargainer....if you keep that currency stable i am game^^

That or in pritty pictures of things...?

but only of built things... not that we get that confused with the other sort...

Viktor von Domm wrote:hmmm... you are a hard bargainer....if you keep that currency stable i am game^^

That or in pritty pictures of things...?

but only of built things... not that we get that confused with the other sort...

Thats disturbing

LOL... I'll modify that to be pictures of things that I build on my dinningroom table...?


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It is.... isn't it...?

LOL... I'll modify that to be pictures of things that I build on my dinningroom table...?

if i think back a bit...no ...that one isn´t making it any better...

......


....


.....?

exactly...

BLarg!!....

*Head explodes*


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MEDIC!!!

You guys kill me. How in the hell does anyone expect anyone to make a fraction of a frakkin rivet?!?!?!?!?!?


Mein Gott........


And these Lucius aren't anywhere near riveting stage.....



Soon though...

no one screams for a medic after a headexplosion... no one... maybe for a mob and a bucket... but not for a medic...

moving on...

@ max Can't wait to see them tho...
I get excited even when someone just quotes your pictures....
Love looking at the detail on your work.

... And no Vik not sexualy excited...

@ Vik Could I have both?

Hey, there had better not be any brains on my floor.....

i guess we wont be that lucky...

and silver...no!

Aw....


Wait how am I talking if I have no.....

*Falls to ground*

lol...classy...comedian backturn^^

LOL

I make fractions of rivets all the time! Not on purpose though... It's easy when you go to stab it with the knife and push too hard and it splits!

Hahaha , thats why I took a break from riveting. Kept cutting them in half....

And here I thought that they should be placed by hand...

Wondered how you all lived with the glue on your hands....

no need for glue on the fingas- rivets stick to skin no problem! To put them onto plastic however, you need glue, and something sharp and pointy to stick them with!

unfortunatly I didn't think of the knife for placement....

Rivets stick to fingers better with glue...

it is called rivet-zen... you get the hang of it soon enough... it is a special state of mind one gets into when doing more than fifty rivets in one go...and you will be surpised...you actually feel a bit calmed and happy...trust us^^

for this i specially built a tool...i used an old xactoknife handle and put a thin needle inside...instant rivet aplicator...after that you dip the rivet on the needle in a puddle of glue and put it into position...the glue and the material of rivet and stuff (vehicle/mini/terrainpiece) connect and you can get the needle out of the rivet... finished placing one rivet...7534 rivets still to go...

Viktor von Domm wrote:it is called rivet-zen... you get the hang of it soon enough... it is a special state of mind one gets into when doing more than fifty rivets in one go...and you will be surpised...you actually feel a bit calmed and happy...trust us^^

for this i specially built a tool...i used an old xactoknife handle and put a thin needle inside...instant rivet aplicator...after that you dip the rivet on the needle in a puddle of glue and put it into position...the glue and the material of rivet and stuff (vehicle/mini/terrainpiece) connect and you can get the needle out of the rivet... finished placing one rivet...7534 rivets still to go...

After the Front aeleron winglets on the Electro-Hawk I was in Nirvana for a few good hours. Very relaxing.....


I will have to build said applicator for the rivets.....


With the needle and all....

I agree that I should build the rivet aplicator as well...



Thanks for letting us know about it Vik!

just make sure that the needle is very thin and sharp like a jalapeno...otherwise the rivet might fall off too early... you have to puncture it and then dip it...

as i mostly done the cardboard riveting i can say this worked with a thicker needle too...but the way thicker PC/styrene is either best tackeld with a sharp point of a fresh xacto knife or a needle as described...

Sounds good! I was going to head out tomorrow and get a ton of needles anyway so that works well...

Sharp like a Jalapeno? Is that a Jalapeno on a Shteeck?

lol...be careful wher you put that Shteeck then lol^^

Good idea there Vik …. I will go build said item right away man of so many talents ……. you clever bastard

LOL...

I dont speak German ……..

An entire page devoted to rivets is quite enough; my email notification is overflowing. Let me try to put this speculation to bed.

I'll attempt to explain how I make and install rivets that is a procedure that is quick and efficient: you don't need special pick up tools just the #11 Xacto blade and handle.

Take a rod of styrene of the desired rivet diameter and with a NEW #11 Xacto blade http://web4.hobbylinc.com/gr/xac/xacx611.jpg mounted in it's handle dice off a couple of dozen slices about a half a mm thick. so they look like tiny tuna tins i.e. short cylinders. Don't worry about variations in height we'll address that later.

Using the # 11 blade gently stick the blade tip into the top of the tiny cylinder. You're not skewering a goat so you need only touch the tip to the top of the rivet to pick it up, they don't weigh nothin'! It should be here that I point out that if you make the rivet too tall it will lie on it's side and be difficult to pick up with the blade tip because it will keep falling over.

Now that you have the rivet skewered by the blade dip it into a small puddle of:

Tamiya Thin Set plastic cement http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tam/tam87038.htm

or Ambroid ProWeld plastic weld http://mfpilot.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=40_66&products_id=68

or Testors plastic solvent, http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tes/tes3502.htm

Testors is the weakest of these three whereas Ambroid and Tamiya are on a par. There is a few really high potency solvents on the market but I have never used them they evaporate too fast.

There are half a dozen manufacturers but you want the stuff that doesn't evaporate too quickly.

I have also used old solvent that has lost a bit of it's volatiles so the little puddle stays around for a bit.

The beauty of using these solvents is there is virtually no surface tension so the rivet isn't dragged off the blade tip when you exit the puddle.

and transfer the rivet (still on the tip of the knife) to the area you want to install it on.

Gently touch the rivet to the surface and maintain the slight pressure for a few seconds until the rivet stays on the surface as you remove the knife blade.

Do this until you have a good row of rivets set and dry and then with a fine file or as I use a steel fingernail board dress the rivets down to the required height.

Do this for as long as you have the endurance and eventually you will have a model studded with rivets as mxwllmdr's excellent T'hawk displayed so many pages ago.

Thinset or Proweld plastic solvent

interesting...never heard of this stuff...

just did a quick ebay search and this will be next on my to buy list...

Since I've blown the entire morning reading and answering posts instead of working on my projects I may as well compound the felony by addressing the subject of cutting boards.

This mind you is what works for me and I cast no aspersions on methods of other hobbyists but it seems to me that these self healing foam mats with the surface marked off in square cm or inches that are being used are an unnecessary expense and too soft for cutting fine items such as the afore mentioned rivets.

I use an old kitchen hardwood cutting board that my wife discarded years ago. The surface is scarred and I have accidentally drilled holes in it over the years some of which come in handy for anchoring bits of plastic but it's hard enough that the work doesn't sink into a dimple when you bear down to cut.

Lately I have taken to using a hard white nylon cutting board that has a slightly textured surface. It has some advantages and disadvantages. One is that it is not warped and seems impervious to knife cuts and saw cuts (within reason of course). THE disadvantage is my tired old eyes can't see the rivets on the white surface easily so its back to the wood board for that work.

The_Blackadder wrote:An entire page devoted to rivets is quite enough; my email notification is overflowing.

ONE page is enough?? LOL You are definately nOT subbed to the other -=]_,=- threads then!

Plastruct Plastic Weld is another brand, but I find it soo thin that the rivets are not as durable to handling as with Testors blue.

Testors Blue isn't that the child safe (non-sniffing) thick glue?

I use that and/or the adult red (high inducing) (God how close do you have to get to the stuff to be affected by the fumes??????????) for gluing large surfaces together where capillary action isn't sufficient penetration but isn't it quite messy and too slow drying for rivet work? I used my method for Lucie and have never lost a rivet even when filing them.

have never lost a rivet even when filing them.

that´s saying something alright...

God how close do you have to get to the stuff to be affected by the fumes??????????)

aren´t you americans famous for sueing even cofeey shops for having cups of coffey that were previously not labeld hot coffey? i mean... american companies get extra careful with such advices... in fact here in europe we sometimes make fun of these things... sometimes even things like children sweets would be difficult to handle for americans it seems...case in point : kinder eggs...



at blackadder still... i like how you use handy and usual kitchen stuff... sometimes it is nice to see someone that hasn´t gone all hightech for his hobby... the self healing cutting mats for instance sound like a charm... but i also use from a recent aborted project of mine some old and rather wasted looking MDF plates... i ruined them with PVA and insulation foam... but then i felt that the project didn´t work out as planned so i took the foam off...essentialy ruining the boards...so now they are used till they perrish as heavy duty cutting boards...

ar dave...

ONE page is enough?? LOL You are definately nOT subbed to the other -=]_,=- threads then!

methinks too

Regarding the afore mentioned plastic solvents,

While I prefer the Ambroid ProWeld I find the brush too big for small work and you waste a lot of expensive solvent through evaporation. Likewise the Testors applicator brush.

Get yourself at least one bottle of Tamiya because of the very fine brush which incidentally telescopes to the bottom of the jar; very handy when the bottle empties. and the square bottle is less prone to tipping as with the Testors and the very prone to tipping ProWeld.

Another trick when you are running low on solvent is to drop glass marbles into the jar to raise the fluid level.


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My biggest laugh comes from product recall where an item is withdrawn from the shelf because it contains parts small enough to swallow. Aren't these kids ever let outdoors. The world is full of parts small enough to swallow.

If your kid is too dumb not to swallow things chances are he'll end up choking on a pebble.

Darwin was right, "Survival of the fittest!"


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No page transfer again

I usually use red tube testors for everything but I use the testors liquid cement in the black triangular bottle for rivets.


I love those eggs. Always such lovel little scratch builbing probabilities in those toys.....

I just swallowed my glue ……… cough splutter …….. a pebble cough splutter …..

i think i have to look into tamiya stuff soon too... i have a need to replace certain stuff like paints aynways...as i have ruined some by a stroke of dumb thought.,..

If your kid is too dumb not to swallow things chances are he'll end up choking on a pebble.

Darwin was right, "Survival of the fittest!"

LOL...yep... nature...be careful where you step...and mind you...my kids used to chew acorns at the playground...and even cig stumps... but not even once did theyy swallow anything... (mind you my older son is very experimenting...)


and that trick with the glass marbels... as mentioned above... i used washes before... just take this warning... never use anything made of zinc, copper or for that matter plumb... it will ruin your paints... white specially looks rather awfullafterwards... sometimes my own dumbness ranges into the extraordinary as well...(as compared to my love for riveting...^^)


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mxwllmdr wrote:I love those eggs. Always such lovel little scratch builbing probabilities in those toys.....

true to the letter!!!

but it is so hard to get them off the hands of my kids^^

The_Blackadder wrote:Testors Blue isn't that the child safe (non-sniffing) thick glue?

I use that and/or the adult red (high inducing) (God how close do you have to get to the stuff to be affected by the fumes??????????) for gluing large surfaces together where capillary action isn't sufficient penetration but isn't it quite messy and too slow drying for rivet work? I used my method for Lucie and have never lost a rivet even when filing them.

Nope! never a problem for me

Huh What?

Gonna be away for a day or two, guys. Be back as soon as I can.....

mxwllmdr wrote:Gonna be away for a day or two, guys. Be back as soon as I can.....

Who let him out of his chains

I don't have anything morally or religiously against getting high, but it's the smell of Testors Red that I just don't like- the Blue has a lemon-ey smell that I prefer. You can't help smelling it when working with it.

lone dirty dog wrote:

mxwllmdr wrote:Gonna be away for a day or two, guys. Be back as soon as I can.....

Who let him out of his chains

at a guess the army did.

mxwllmdr wrote:Gonna be away for a day or two, guys. Be back as soon as I can.....

there is a nice tradition.... go onna trip...bring back something for everybody^^

I want some Jerky...

I miss going to 7/11 and picking some up...

damn it I miss america full stop...

uuughh i havent had beef jerky in soo long.. the last time i had some, it was ostrage jerky from florida last halloween

it's like the most addictive substance known to man!!!

apart from caffeine...

Is there anything really good to eat in the UK besides Holy Pork Pie?

Lots, it just depends on what your after lols!!!

human....feces....?

Oi, play nice rogue...

im sorry
*puts head down in shame*

I just got a hooters t shirt from Kirby Houston, my mate had just been over there for 2 weeks …… and some Reeses Peanut butter cups Dam delicious


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Rogue Wolves wrote:im sorry
*puts head down in shame*

Rouge we have something you would like over here ……. a mental health clinic

lone dirty dog wrote:I just got a hooters t shirt from Kirby Houston, my mate had just been over there for 2 weeks …… and some Reeses Peanut butter cups Dam delicious


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Rogue Wolves wrote:im sorry
*puts head down in shame*

Rouge we have something you would like over here ……. a mental health clinic

I could use one of those....

Mind a roomie?

dsteingass wrote:Is there anything really good to eat in the UK besides Holy Pork Pie?

Duck. Duck is the most delicious non-porcine meat of all time.

Duck is awesome... mmmmm duck...

dsteingass wrote:Is there anything really good to eat in the UK besides Holy Pork Pie?

At the risk of sounding cliche, I really love the pub food in the UK...

Depends on the pub, but yeah, I'll agree with that for the most part ^_^

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Depends on the pub, but yeah, I'll agree with that for the most part ^_^

My buddy (who lives in London) took me to a place in Euston. Fish and Chips worth celebrating!

Aye, one place in Cornwall I went to, their milkshakes and cheeseburgers were godly...

Whitby.

THE place to go for fish and chips!!!

Kebab ermmmmm

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Whitby.

THE place to go for fish and chips!!!

Or to meet Dracula...

Lols... I love it when people say that... He only washed ashore there... he didnt live there

AnUnearthlyChilde wrote:Lols... I love it when people say that... He only washed ashore there... he didnt live there

heh still.

SilverHayabusa wrote:

Mind a roomie?

if you dont mind sean

I thouht dracula was buried in Kitzigen Germany?

meatballs with potatoes and brownsauce! yummy!

Dracula and British food simultaneously...

I'm not sure what to do with that.

Yes, I am lost to that buried in Germany, wanting a roomy and meatballs

What the hell LOL

mxwllmdr wrote:I thouht dracula was buried in Kitzigen Germany?

Dracula died in transylvania.

And If your referring to the who Dracula was based on, Vlad the Impaler, then no one is sure with any certainty where he was buried.

Looking good, glad to see you've made some great progress. Now we need to get you to just play with some of your toys on the tabletop.

I just got a hooters t shirt from Kirby Houston,

just the t-shirt? i am more into the stuff that is stuffed into the shirt...

then no one is sure with any certainty where he was buried

IF... then he got burried in several places?

The impalers death has no accurate reports, as such you have various sources say they buried him... all of which are erroneous.

well....i dunno if i mix up things here but i heard of numerous burring because he got quartered or even more?

thats one of the stories. another is he drowned, and a third I know of is his body was taken to the seat of ottoman power and displayed there until it rotted.

None have any proof for them though

actually i saw a tv show about him...once...long time agi...foggy memory too^^

I'm a bit of a history freak, I tend to get absorbed in things... After reading Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, I went off on one reading anything I could about Vlad.

tis rediculous how many stories exist about the man...

well he fought the osmans (?) back then and defended the frontiers for europe in the east...iirc... so he was often referred to as a hero...of some kind...so bound to be made lots of stiries about him...

Ottoman's. Yeah he was the only person/ruler to successfully defend against their empire. He wasn't the flavour of the time for them... as much as he was a dictator, he was also well loved, and an extremely intelligent man.

Also, did you know that his nicname, Draculya, means "son of the dragon" in reference to his father having been part of the order of the dragon, a knightly order set up by the holy roman emperor of the time...

yep i knew of that meaning of his name...

well... to do all those impalings as a form of psychological warfare you have to be a bit inteligent...because lets face it, coming up with something above just bashing skulls in is inteligent... so to get inside your enemies head by means of stakes (lol) is quite a bright idea!

I love the story of him dining outside the castle walls to show his enemies he had no fear, when he hears a servant complain of the smell emenating from the corpses on the steaks... so he orders his death and imediate impaling while he eats...

A man after my own heart

A man after my own heart

aha...well...got any next of kin you want to cook?

Don't tempt me... I do as a matter of fact...

in-laws don´t count as family for this special matter tho...

I don't have inlaws. Me and the fiance split 8 months back

No, I'm on about my brother :/

ohoh... sounds like a greek tradegy here...be careful...and if push comes to shove use a bit of oregano...compliments good to meat...

omg, being 50% italian.. i can appretiate oregano for what its worth! plus.. havin... had a twin brother (non identicle) the oregano does help, lemme tell you!

You'll get the shakes...

Viktor von Domm wrote:

I just got a hooters t shirt from Kirby Houston,

just the t-shirt? i am more into the stuff that is stuffed into the shirt...

then no one is sure with any certainty where he was buried

IF... then he got burried in several places?

Yes I would have liked what was stuffed inside the T-shirt as well, however the US frown upon kidnapping …… well in some cases

AS for Draks he lives down the road from me, along with most miss fits of the world.

I tell you I don't need to play FO I live it on a daily basis

Yeah, me too. But I prefer Fallout....


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So go away for a couple days and the thread gains a page and a half. Gonna have to go away more often.


@ LSG, Ok, already I told you I am in for the 21st.......

lol.... i need to visit that island so desperatly...





wait for it...










for a laugh...^^



at RW... tasty, was he?

at dave... well you only live once... so be choosy about who you keep company^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:

at RW... tasty, was he?

as he soon found out, the taste was to die for!

Rogue Wolves wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:

at RW... tasty, was he?

as he soon found out, the taste was to die for!

ba dum tss

lol

DiDDe wrote:

Rogue Wolves wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:

at RW... tasty, was he?

as he soon found out, the taste was to die for!

ba dum tss

Just did the test guess what I kick Zombie ass

I think RW is a Zombie COME HERE !!!!!!!!!!!

oh man... how long do we have to go without max??? a coupla days... so how long on avarage is a coupla days??? anyone?

too long, vik, too long

Well, it might depend. When I say a couple of minutes, I mean 2 or 3. When my wife says a couple of minutes, she means 1 or 2...hours. But that's if she's in the bathroom, and I am waiting to use it. If I am on the computer, and she says she wants to use the computer in a couple of minutes, she means "Get off the freaking computer right now!"

LOL... i know that stuff by heart!!!

It's sad...




But oh so true...

*Flinches*

I'm so glad I dont have to deal with that stuff!

Hey I love her!

And she's the only one who could put up with me.. I'm just glad I got her.

SilverHayabusa wrote:Hey I love her!

And she's the only one who could put up with me.. I'm just glad I got her.

and that my friend is the really sad part...

RSJake wrote:Well, it might depend. When I say a couple of minutes, I mean 2 or 3. When my wife says a couple of minutes, she means 1 or 2...hours. But that's if she's in the bathroom, and I am waiting to use it. If I am on the computer, and she says she wants to use the computer in a couple of minutes, she means "Get off the freaking computer right now!"

Valuable time must be used resourcefully …… So with you on this I love bath night she takes her book and an hour later or so …… BLISS !!!!!!


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Viktor von Domm wrote:

SilverHayabusa wrote:Hey I love her!

And she's the only one who could put up with me.. I'm just glad I got her.

and that my friend is the really sad part...

Amen

Oh man! You've gotta give her her own pc!! Sharing PCs is like sharing a toothbrush around here

dsteingass wrote:Oh man! You've gotta give her her own pc!! Sharing PCs is like sharing a toothbrush around here

actually that is totally true...^^

You have your own toothbrushes

Hence, the dirty, in Lone Dirty Dog......

Hey, if you are ok with putting someone else's half-decayed food particles in your mouth, more power to ya!

Viktor von Domm wrote:

SilverHayabusa wrote:Hey I love her!

And she's the only one who could put up with me.. I'm just glad I got her.

and that my friend is the really sad part...

Sad? How?

your mean...

Sorry to cut right in here, but I just have to say....mxwllmdr....." your work is amazing! I really like that thunderhawk! It looks awsome!" I finally got around to reading all 47 pages, and boy!.......Panting in background....am I glad to be done! I will try to follow this thread more closely from now on!

mxwllmdr wrote:Hence, the dirty, in Lone Dirty Dog......

No thats not the reason why , and you don't want to know the reason why

Dave come on I aint using her toothbrush really ….. I use the dogs either not fussy

Now you know why the Lone Dog part

lone dirty dog wrote:Just did the test guess what I kick Zombie ass

I think RW is a Zombie COME HERE !!!!!!!!!!!

Great! Then I know who too look for when the apocalypse comes




Sharing computers sucks.. good thing I have my imperial guard so that I have something to do when she comes and hijacks the computer..

DiDDe wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:Just did the test guess what I kick Zombie ass

I think RW is a Zombie COME HERE !!!!!!!!!!!

Great! Then I know who too look for when the apocalypse comes




Sharing computers sucks.. good thing I have my imperial guard so that I have something to do when she comes and hijacks the computer..

Ill be the one kicking zombie ass ill bring the guns you bring the beers …….

He he he he. I'm a Zombie Killa too! Well, it helps that the "armory" is in my closet.

RSJake wrote:He he he he. I'm a Zombie Killa too! Well, it helps that the "armory" is in my closet.

Great we have the start of an alternative league ……….. what are you going to bring to the party then RSJake

lone dirty dog wrote:

RSJake wrote:He he he he. I'm a Zombie Killa too! Well, it helps that the "armory" is in my closet.

Great we have the start of an alternative league ……….. what are you going to bring to the party then RSJake

I dont have an armory... stupid gun laws But what I DO have is survival supplies

i have
1. cat-launchers
2. cat-grenades
3. cat-appults
(these cat jokes doing it for you?)
in actuality i have
1. sister who has an obsession with zombies, so some knowlage
2. working gasmasks... just cause
3. ability to fire a weapon accuratly ( cause i just love me mah shootin')
4. anything you want for a small price
plus common, i lived in a state that is one giant forrest, survival supplies.. i have

Rogue Wolves wrote:i have
1. cat-launchers
2. cat-grenades
3. cat-appults
(these cat jokes doing it for you?)
in actuality i have
1. sister who has an obsession with zombies, so some knowlage
2. working gasmasks... just cause
3. ability to fire a weapon accuratly ( cause i just love me mah shootin')
4. anything you want for a small price
plus common, i lived in a state that is one giant forrest, survival supplies.. i have

Cats

ooh yessir i got me some cats, so milk, meet, blankets... we got it

Well, since i've seen and played alot zombie movies and games i guess i have some knowledge about them

And I know how to shoot a gun.. Actually i'm a machinegunner in the army

Hey guys, I think we have something here!

agreed... we should start a thingie

LZDF? the League Zombie Defence Force??

??

Looks great!

Only thing I can think of is that you can't really see the text if you don't know it's there..



Maybe try it in black or red?

Yes! But, I'm not a league member

DiDDe wrote:Looks great!

Only thing I can think of is that you can't really see the text if you don't know it's there..



Maybe try it in black or red?

this was only a rough draft?

and of course.. those not in the league are the ZDFG the Zombie Defence Force Grunts!

Sweet!
I'm in.

Epic!

i'm in!

are we using that banner?

Capitansolstice wrote:are we using that banner?

just what I was thinking too..

are we using that banner or do we get our own "grunt"-banner?

i have no power in distibuting the =][_,= banner.. so i'll make you one..

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i dont want to thread jack, so go to mine and i'll give you personal ones

so so... here it started...aha... zombie defence league...aha...

by the way... i am a zombie killa too... just did the test...only problem is guns... but i got a police station near by... guess that counts in those times as a gunshop too^^

Hi mxwllmdr, im back again! Loving your T-hawk! Dam you nearly 50 pages!

Dont worry about guns,I live near a RAF base and I know where the armoury is

League Zombie Defence Force SWEET!!!

Time to kick back and kick ass …….


RW nice banner ( like the Rivets ) although is that not plagiarism

always talk nice to the gun---wielding man^^

@ Viktor von domm

Agreed. I would be interested in joining this Leage....ZDFG

1 I my self own Working gas maskes.....just cause
2 Have plenty of experiance with Firearms
3 I own 2 personally, 2 more that my brother owns, and a whole mess of guns that my Dad owns....
4 I love killing Zombies...

Enough info given yet?

dont worry when i get back today i'll make you guys some banners and post em on my thread like i did for DiDDe's and Captian's

O.O

ZDFG??? Sounds like the left over letters at the end of a game of scrabble... ¬_¬

tiss true...

I think it shoul have been LZDG Legendary Zombie Defence Group...

ZDL, Zombie Defense League.....

^^THIS^^

Agreed.. ZDL

Thanks rogue! But How do I put it in my sig?

Ok. I am back for a bit.....

Started the flight stand.....






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still a good bit to do but done soon.





I pomise.......


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Hey, does anyone see anything wrong with it's size or height?


It stands about thirteen inches at the top of the stand....


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Also, the rivet count is climbing.....

That has to be one of the most beautiful chunks of plastic I have ever seen in my life! Well done Max! Well Done!

Very well done man!

The only problem I can see is that you didn't take a shot with the light off!

It's a lit plane afterall!


P.S. It is truely amazing what you do here...

OUT FRIGGIN STANDING Max! Hell I like you,... you can come over to my house and rivet my Sisters. Now show me your "rivet -face"... your "RIVET-FACE"! Hmmph...work on it.

Max It looks awesome man...

as for feedback, I have a suggestion. I think the rear of the flight stand should curve like the front as the rear.

I did a crude image in paint to show what I mean lols

Looks Awsome! You should be very proud of your self!

That looks amazing Max! I love it!

Is ther a way to get my ZDF Banner? RW said he would make one, but I cant find it!....im lost....Guns cant help me here....

I feel its a bit disappointing myself …………..








feth no it's AMAZING !!!!!!! I want it I want it can I have it daddy can I

cool work max! that looks now very dynamic...and thats saying a lot for a flying brick...as bricks go, they aren´t known for their dynamic prowess^^

Thanks evryone.


Childe, maybe, but to do so would have doubled the width of the top of he stand and there just wasn't room for that on the bottom of the bird....

Vik, I've thrown some bricks in my day to some very good effect. Aerodynamic or not they can in fact fly if you try hard enough.


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LDD, I am dissappointed too. That ypu dont get one that is... LOL

Brother Paen, come on over. I will show you rivet face.....



LOL....

LOL...that remionds me of the anti tank brick sock...from saving privat james...lol

Fair enough Max, I guess it'd depend on how you engineered it

holy shasisilizzinapoloply! that is aaawwsome!

The stand looks like a giant shoe lol.

That said, i'm probably going to sacrifice a land raider (or maybe a baneblade...) for the base for this. (been thinking about how to base this for a few hours now....)

Cut a big hole in the tank for the stand, thread the stand through the tank hole, and make it look like a massive plume of smoke the thunderhawk is flying over. Add some flickering LED's in the smoke, and it will look badass.

Horst wrote:The stand looks like a giant shoe lol.

That said, i'm probably going to sacrifice a land raider (or maybe a baneblade...) for the base for this. (been thinking about how to base this for a few hours now....)

Cut a big hole in the tank for the stand, thread the stand through the tank hole, and make it look like a massive plume of smoke the thunderhawk is flying over. Add some flickering LED's in the smoke, and it will look badass.

DUDE!!! :O

That idea sounds awesome! You can't bail that now you just have to do it!

also... Max, Don't get me wrong.. But I think it would better if you angled it up abit.. Right now it looks like it's going down :/

But then again.. that's just imo. Other than that it looks just great!

No I agree. I think that would be cool. I Really haven't finished the idea for this stand though. I plan on adding trimming and rivets and was gonna have it sit on a fiberboard oval.

Very cool, very cool indeed!

I drive a Jeep, my MPG indicates that it has the aerodynamics of a brick.

I like that stand. Different that I normally see.

Painting it black? With it have a scenic base added as well?

jabbakahut wrote:I drive a Jeep, my MPG indicates that it has the aerodynamics of a brick.

Jeep-drivers don't need aerodynamics, we have the cool-factor on our sides!

Jeeps suck........










Fuel............










LOL


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Oh, and thanks bigfish. good to see ya back around....

i dont have anything against jeeps.. now.. smartcars, i'd be willing to crash a car into it just to teach them a lesson

^^That one^^ has a Chevy 305 from a 1979 Impala!
It's not the everyday driver, this is our toy

mxwllmdr wrote:
Oh, and thanks bigfish. good to see ya back around....

Dude ive been here this whole time, just lurking

dsteingass wrote:^^That one^^ has a Chevy 305 from a 1979 Impala!
It's not the everyday driver, this is our toy

How dare you deny an impala Its engine... Impala's are so much sexier!!!

a '79 Impala is absolutely NOT sexy dood

I was thinking THIS:

OK, rivet count is done......




And the winner is........




ok, just like to take a minute to say I am proud of this model and very much appreciate and respect all you guys that follow....



back to the winner.....






wait for it.........







ZILVERHAYABUSA WINS WITH A GUESS OF 1238!!!!!!!!!!!


The actual number of rivets is ....

1335.......




That number does not count the factory rivets on the bits.....


Stay tuned for the finished stand. Done tonight. Promise....... ish.......

Just add two more rivets somewhere and it'll be 1337.

Yay!!!! I WON!!!!!


Dude that was alot of work!
Amazing work that words do not convey properly..


Did you know that the Jeep was voted gayest vehical a few years ago? >.<

But hey I still think that they can be cool...


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P.S. What did I win?


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And don't say the honor of winning..
Or the right to be prowd...


Those arn't prizes...

SilverHayabusa wrote:P.S. What did I win?


And don't say the honor of winning..
Or the right to be prowd...


Those arn't prizes...

I know, you get a cookie!

On topic now, Great work mxwllmdr I haven't checked this Blog in a while. I've missed so much.
Great work on that Thunderhawk, 1335 Rivets THAT IS INSANE!

SilverHayabusa wrote:Yay!!!! I WON!!!!!


Dude that was alot of work!
Amazing work that words do not convey properly..


Did you know that the Jeep was voted gayest vehical a few years ago? >.<

But hey I still think that they can be cool...


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P.S. What did I win?


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And don't say the honor of winning..
Or the right to be prowd...


Those arn't prizes...

At a guess, Internet cookies...

Swordwind and Poo thanks guys for the kind words and stopping back in....


Silver, pm me with a top three wishlist of prizes. What you get won't be any of those.....


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Ok so the stand is done. next up missiles and finish the interior....

That stand really came out great!! :O

Are you gonna count in the 102 rivets you used on the stand to the overall rivets-made?


And btw I have a request.. A pic of it taken in the to show all the lights you've put in it? ^^,


Please?








YAAAAAY!!!! page 50! xD

And first post, too, DiDDe.....

If you want to see the lights all in effect just give it a few hours. I will be completely done and will do a walk around photo session......


It's actually 122 rivets on the stand but who is counting?





Oh, yeah. I was....



No, they don't count in the total......

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is soo cool man! Love it!

I feel honored! first post on page 50.. I mean can I feel anything else then honored?


Sounds great! Why don't you make a walkaround video? That would be really cool!


122 rivets you say... hmm... Where's the 20 little buggers I missed?

Great job Max! the stand looks great!

And the prize is.....

... Me knowing that I'm the most realistic!
In knowing how much work you put into this guy...

The Stand is Platey and rivety! Good Job!
...Now cast it up!

RSJake wrote:Well, it might depend. When I say a couple of minutes, I mean 2 or 3. When my wife says a couple of minutes, she means 1 or 2...hours. But that's if she's in the bathroom, and I am waiting to use it. If I am on the computer, and she says she wants to use the computer in a couple of minutes, she means "Get off the freaking computer right now!"

There needs to be some kind of scale for his kind of thing

Rogue Wolves wrote:i have
1. cat-launchers
2. cat-grenades
3. cat-appults
(these cat jokes doing it for you?)
in actuality i have
1. sister who has an obsession with zombies, so some knowlage
2. working gasmasks... just cause
3. ability to fire a weapon accuratly ( cause i just love me mah shootin')
4. anything you want for a small price
plus common, i lived in a state that is one giant forrest, survival supplies.. i have

Catling guns?

Plus, every guy worth his salt has, at some point, made a plan in case of a zombie apocalypse. Though I have no firearms (damn British laws), I do have a few meat shields, spray paint and assorted types of knives, which is much more fun

But yeah, great work man... Might need more rivets
I really can't say anything more to that, no improvements, nothing. You have done something many have tried and few have succeeded- you've left me speechless

The stand is about the only thing that could be cast.......

Yea...

I can't imagine trying to make the electro-hawk into a cast....

That would mean cutting it all up...

And thats just barbaric!

I could hqve as I was building it but that is a level of planning I didn't want to consider.....







For this model........;-)

mxwllmdr wrote:I could hqve as I was building it but that is a level of planning I didn't want to consider.....







For this model........;-)

No but the next ones will be built in such a way

oOOOOoooo.....

I was kidding....

Absolutely One Of A Kind man! Awesomesauce Supreme!

Amazing! With that flight stand, the whole thing seems to come together perfectly, great work!

How about a finished series of pics, while on the stand?

Want to do a little work on the interior then def gonna do a walk around photog shoot........


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OK, she is done.......


Banter or photos?




Ok, photos. I understand......


Missiles:


All the way around:









That's real glass. Won't hold paint or glue. Hot glued the pieces in....


Interior:



Rear:



Bottom:




The missiles are magnetized. The underwings:



The bench for the lower deck isn't shown. It isn't glued in yet and won't stay unless I tack it into place. All the seats will hold seated models including the two seat bench in the cabin for the Pilot/Copilot. all the interior panels are not glued in yet so they can be painted and then installed. It should allow for a nice viewable interior that is more fully painted. Good luck, Horst.....

OK. Been a while coming. I think that other projects are screaming my name now. I hope that you all have enjoyed this. I know I have. In fact, it has been a long tome since I enjoyed something not my family this much. I think I will keep doing this kind of stuff for a while. It passes the time and relaxes me....


Oh, and Dave. I was kidding about casting it, too. I wanted to see who would freak out and start throwing money around.......









Hit me up with C&C.





Oh, and stay tuned for the mass build. I plan on doing the posts for it in a tutorial style. Maybe impart some knowledge. Maybe gain some.




Enough for tonight, maybe.

.. now i just need the orkoticon for the slow clap. seriously man, this is the most epic scratch build .. ever. You put this into a tut and i would give a chaos hawk a go. I would be happy with one without an interior and lights even. As far who would start throwing money around for casts, hell even pieces like the engine, add me to the list! I would give you another round of congratulations and all that but i think you know full well the awesomeness of what you've made here.

Thank you, Genom. Have you been around long? I don't recall you posting before.

I do intend on posting a tut for this soon, incidentally. It will be included in the Mass build project that begins....


Three weeks ago... LOL......


That project includes 11 warhounds (or more, depending on how I feel about them), two or three Reaver Titans, and another Thunderhawk. All of it will be posted as it is done with a lot of photos explaining how it is done.

Also, I am writing an article on scratch building in general. I hoping to include a lot of information in general about hows and whys and design and so forth......

It is going to be a collective effort, really, on the part of the League of Extraordinary Riveters.......


Thanks again and stick around. It can only get better.......

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn dude that is amazing

God damnit.

I'm going to be staring at this thing for a few hours, airbrush in hand, chanting "dont feth it up, don't feth it up", knowing that no matter what I do I probably won't give it a paint job worthy of the model.

But damn, I'm going to try. Looks beautiful, can't wait to see it IRL.

You are going to be fine, Horst. I know it.....


Thanks Rogue..... appreash it......


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shrike wrote:

RSJake wrote:Well, it might depend. When I say a couple of minutes, I mean 2 or 3. When my wife says a couple of minutes, she means 1 or 2...hours. But that's if she's in the bathroom, and I am waiting to use it. If I am on the computer, and she says she wants to use the computer in a couple of minutes, she means "Get off the freaking computer right now!"

There needs to be some kind of scale for his kind of thing

Rogue Wolves wrote:i have
1. cat-launchers
2. cat-grenades
3. cat-appults
(these cat jokes doing it for you?)
in actuality i have
1. sister who has an obsession with zombies, so some knowlage
2. working gasmasks... just cause
3. ability to fire a weapon accuratly ( cause i just love me mah shootin')
4. anything you want for a small price
plus common, i lived in a state that is one giant forrest, survival supplies.. i have

Catling guns?

Plus, every guy worth his salt has, at some point, made a plan in case of a zombie apocalypse. Though I have no firearms (damn British laws), I do have a few meat shields, spray paint and assorted types of knives, which is much more fun

But yeah, great work man... Might need more rivets
I really can't say anything more to that, no improvements, nothing. You have done something many have tried and few have succeeded- you've left me speechless

go away for a few days and this happens.....



who let shrike outta the kennel........



LOL......




Yes, Shrike, I know you weren't the only one.......


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Sheesh now I got three pages to read just to know what the feth I missed.....

Oi! Whilst I can't deny this is truly awesome and possibly the coolest thing on Dakka at the moment (let you all argue about that one) - aren't you gonna drill out the barrels on the bolters? Sorry to pick - the rest is amazing work 10/10 (PS. Did we get a final count on those rivets or did I miss that bit?)

You missed that bit. 1335 rivets all told. Not counting the 122 on the stand.......


Silverhayabusa won with a guess of 1238......


No, not drilling them out. I suck at drilling out barrels....


Horst can do it if he wants it done. Some people don't like to have the barrels drilled out.....


But since you mentioned the guns, I just remember that I forgot to tack the armor plates onto them for them photo walk around.....



Thanks bunches, Monkey. Keep the C&C coming.....


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Since I am still up at this ungodly hour I decided to work on some Dreadnaught weapons a buddy asked me to make. What do you guys think of this start:








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Not done but a few hours and already piliing it on. Damn it, Max. Get control of yourself.....







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Damn, not very clean photos or work. Need sleep........





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Gotta stop putting so many carriage returns in my posts....

Possibly the best thunder hawk I've e dry seen, brilliant work I'm looking forward to seeing more.

I am lost for words ………………………………………… that does not happen often

I remember when the T-hawk was in it's infancy!

Nice work! Awesome to see a project like this finished up!

logg_frogg wrote:I remember when the T-hawk was in it's infancy!

Nice work! Awesome to see a project like this finished up!

It's not finished it needs an amazing paint job now , not to add any pressure of course

hey max...to the max more like it! that is surley one hell of a grave for rivets you made! very awsome looking... in fact so good looking that i am quite more marveled about the flight stand... the whole E-hawk is so good looking that it now looks like FW made...if it werent for the color of the material...i love the effect the lights did on those pics... that little smear of lighting... lovley...

the flightstand looks very cool...a true hommage to riveting if i may be so bolt (pun intended...)

lovely all around... i´ve wetted my pants a bit...