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[spoiler]I have acquired a pre-owned FW T-Hawk. It is, as of yet, not assembled ready or painted in any way.
And as you can imagine, I don't want to botch anything at all with this beast. I am aiming at turning
it into a Raven Guard T-hawk, to be used in a future Apocalypse battle.

Question nr 1: If I want to use Raven Guard doors on this thing, is it Land Raider doors or Rhino doors
I should use?

Question nr 2: If I want to bend some things into shape, how hot/warm should the water be for the
resin to be immersed in beforehand? Sorry if these questions sound dumber than doorknob utterings.

Here's the current look of it. Right now I'm making a few green stuff fillings on it. And no, the roof on
the cockpit is not glued on (as neither is any other important stuff). I am thankful for all useful answers.

dracopticon wrote:Question nr 2: If I want to bend some things into shape, how hot/warm should the water be for the
resin to be immersed in beforehand?

Just hot water from the tap is hot enough. I know this to be fact. I did exactly that with my FW Vampire Raider.
Can't answer the door thing. If I had to guess, though, I'd guess Land Raider doors.


King Ghidorah

dracopticon wrote:

Question nr 1: If I want to use Raven Guard doors on this thing, is it Land Raider doors or Rhino doors
I should use?

Those look like Landraider doors.

Ghidorah wrote:

dracopticon wrote:Question nr 2: If I want to bend some things into shape, how hot/warm should the water be for the
resin to be immersed in beforehand?

Just hot water from the tap is hot enough. I know this to be fact. I did exactly that with my FW Vampire Raider.
Can't answer the door thing. If I had to guess, though, I'd guess Land Raider doors.


King Ghidorah

He's right on the water. I have done this to bend a trygon's tail. Just hold it under for maybe a minute and even try to bend it with the crease under the water too. Also, don't dip into cold water, bad things can happen.

dracopticon wrote:[spoiler]I have acquired a pre-owned FW T-Hawk. It is, as of yet, not assembled ready or painted in any way.
And as you can imagine, I don't want to botch anything at all with this beast. I am aiming at turning
it into a Raven Guard T-hawk, to be used in a future Apocalypse battle.

Question nr 1: If I want to use Raven Guard doors on this thing, is it Land Raider doors or Rhino doors
I should use?

Question nr 2: If I want to bend some things into shape, how hot/warm should the water be for the
resin to be immersed in beforehand? Sorry if these questions sound dumber than doorknob utterings.

Here's the current look of it. Right now I'm making a few green stuff fillings on it. And no, the roof on
the cockpit is not glued on (as neither is any other important stuff). I am thankful for all useful answers.

- Hot tap water certainly does the trick, the water should be around 60C
- the doors on the T-Hawk are the same as land raider doors

fiddler6291 wrote:
- Hot tap water certainly does the trick, the water should be around 60C

QFT - due to boilers and such varying in performance, good guide is that if it's too hot for your hand, it's too hot for resin. You should feel the resin become malliable, so it's fine to start with a colder mix if you have an all in one tap, and just back off on the cold water.

Works for me anyhow.

Don't try and cool it rapidly. Resin will splinter with dramatic temperature changes after becoming warm. If it doesn't splinter, it will definitley contract, which leads to surface undulation and even a sinkhole effect on flat pieces.

Many thanks for your useful answers! I will now proceed with the assemblage... Wish me luck.