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Decided that i want to get into the hobby, dont really know much about the different armies or colour schemes and whatnot so any ideas would be great, and i would rather not buy everything so i downloaded some papercraft plans and decided to try this is what i have so far

Griffon








i used card from a cheap folder and gluegun and superglue as pva glue is way too slow drying it seems, would like to try plasticard but i wasnt really sure on sizes so again if anyone has any info on what thickness i would be needing would be appreciated. will update when i have done the tracks

For plasticard, you're best grabbing a variety ranging from 0.5mm to 2mm thickness, even 0.2mm comes in handy sometimes. You'll find yourself using 1mm more than anything else, since(IMO at least) it has the best balance between practicality and strength. 1.5-2mm is useful for internal bracing when necessary, or for making spacers, the rest for detailing.

On which subject, you'll either want to grab some various thicknesses of plastic rod and hex-rod for making rivets, or grab some of the pre-made plastic ones from Grandt Line or other model train companies.

You're best printing off the plans on the thinnest paper you can get away with(depends on your printer), and those craft glue sticks are handy for putting the printed plans onto the plasticard.

Thanks for the advice! i will grab a couple of sheets of 1mm and a few different sizes and see what happens, i did go to a local model airplane shop and got a selection of lengths of plastic of different shapes and sizes.





using some of these i added some detailing and finished my tracks and the bolter on the front.

Lookin' pretty good. Better than my attempts anyway. I always get mad and just scrap everything because it doesn't do what I want, or I jack it up somewhere. I shall attempt again with plasticard when I get home from the deployment.

Anyway, that is a very interesting track "scheme", I am interested to see how it will come out in the end. I think it will look pretty knarly.

So these are the parts for the gun.. i think :s





There is also this big hole in the back











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Thanks bro! i was trying to get a chunky kinda look, im not sure if i should put thinner bits of rod in all the gaps to fill out th space a bit. it was pretty fiddly in some places with the card but the scruffiness adds to the steez i think. will definitely order some plasticard later to try with though, good luck with ur attempt when you get home


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Spent the day fiddlin about and came up with this

Primitive hand crank. I like it!

It would be really cool if you could make a shell, and then make a small crane that loads the shells down the muzzle of the gun.

Thanks!



I do have these from a box of stuff i got. not really sure about a crane though, dont know if i have space, could you recommend any pics of such a thing?