Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I've been assembling my wannabe Thunderhawk/Stormraven and have been having some trouble getting the back ramp to open/close. While it doesn't explicitly say so, the instructions tell you to NOT glue the back ramp on which (for the front ramp as well as every other marine vehicle kit) means that the door should be openable/closable on the tabletop. It doesn't have the usual tongue in groove type that the front ramp of the raven (as well as the Land Raider). Without gluing the piece on, it doesn't seem like it stays in the half open grooves that it has. Am I missing something/screw something up?

I have a Stormraven, but haven't assembled it yet, but from I can see in the instructions, it just snaps in. It you look at step 2c you you see the part for the rear of the vehicle that has a hole for the rear ramp. If you look at the bottom of that piece and on the side that is outside the stormraven, you will see five U shaped attachment points. The ramp should just snap into that. Not a great design by GW, should have just done like they do for all the doors, peg and slot.

Hope this helps you out.

DarkKnights44 wrote:I have a Stormraven, but haven't assembled it yet, but from I can see in the instructions, it just snaps in. It you look at step 2c you you see the part for the rear of the vehicle that has a hole for the rear ramp. If you look at the bottom of that piece and on the side that is outside the stormraven, you will see five U shaped attachment points. The ramp should just snap into that. Not a great design by GW, should have just done like they do for all the doors, peg and slot.

Hope this helps you out.

Yeah, that's the only way I see how to do it now that my bird is mostly assembled. The snapin isn't very sturdy though from playing around with it last night so I'm guessing I'll end up gluing it. If I had known this would be an issue ahead of time, I would have inserted a rod to secure it to the back piece and let it open without snapping out of place. I would have much rather preferred the same mechanism that the front door has.

Yeah, I'll glad I seen your post, you will help me out before I assemble mine, so I can figure out a better method. Sorry it didn't work out on yours, but you helped me out.

I don't know why GW didn't do like the front doors. Could have easily put a small hole or slut on the side fuselage to mount the door on.

Oh well, what can you do.

I don't know why they didn't either. It would have required at most a single extra piece on the sprue to lock it in. Eh, I'm OK ultimately with it glued. Let me know if you use the rod technique I mentioned and post some pics if you do.

When I start working on it, I'll let you know how it comes out, and post some pics as well.

The idea, I think, is that you can remove it to show people how spangly your paint job is, but not explicitly open/close it.

warboss wrote:

DarkKnights44 wrote:I have a Stormraven, but haven't assembled it yet, but from I can see in the instructions, it just snaps in. It you look at step 2c you you see the part for the rear of the vehicle that has a hole for the rear ramp. If you look at the bottom of that piece and on the side that is outside the stormraven, you will see five U shaped attachment points. The ramp should just snap into that. Not a great design by GW, should have just done like they do for all the doors, peg and slot.

Hope this helps you out.

Yeah, that's the only way I see how to do it now that my bird is mostly assembled. The snapin isn't very sturdy though from playing around with it last night so I'm guessing I'll end up gluing it. If I had known this would be an issue ahead of time, I would have inserted a rod to secure it to the back piece and let it open without snapping out of place. I would have much rather preferred the same mechanism that the front door has.

I am using that snap on ramp as a diorama aspect with a terminator hanging out the back.

Could magnetise it shut?

carlos13th wrote:Could magnetise it shut?

Waste really.

Yeah, the hinges on those things are terrible.

I popped a bit of plastruct tubing over each end of the door's nubby-hingey-roddy things, and then glued the 'backs' of the tubes to the S.Raven hull. They work just fine like that, and it's far less hassle than putting a new rod in it.

Orki, that is a good idea, I like that one

DarkKnights44 wrote: that is a good idea,

Yeah, I've been told that I'm full of them apparently. Or full of something anyway.

Orki wrote:

DarkKnights44 wrote: that is a good idea,

Yeah, I've been told that I'm full of them apparently. Or full of something anyway.

Well I've seen some of your gallery posts on here, you have some great skill for modeling. You should be making some tutorials on how you designed some of those figures you made.