To provide another one of my extremely infrequent updates:
The next 54mm vehicle in my collection has turned out to be an Arvus Lighter, which has benefitted somewhat from my now having a 3D printer.
It did get a basic paintjob in time for the event I built it for, but I'm going to do a bit of tidying up of it before do final photos.
In other news, apparently unsatisfied with already having a 54mm Rhino/Razorback, Sentinel and Arvus Lighter (and a Tauros scout buggy on the way), I've decided to recreate the truck from the Inquisitor rulebook...
After some research, I managed to nail it down as build on not the "model truck kit" it was described as, but a Revell model of the German "Fuchs" APC (that's "Fuchs" as in "Fushsia", I've heard all the bad jokes by now)
It's certainly more intricate than typical of a
GW kit, so I'm expecting a lot of the smaller details are going to be left off in the end to avoid them getting broken off in play:
Progress stalled a bit after the kit arriving, as I went to a bitz site for the Land Raider parts that serve as part of the bonnet (there's just a couple, so might as well get it right), but I'm now going to need to have those arrive to get measurements off them.
Still, it hasn't entirely stalled.
Carefully studying the original pictures, the cut line for the cab is visibly just behind a small square notch in the side (actually for aligning construction, but hey, it's given me a good reference). This also lines up with a panel gap in the roof, so it makes for a logical cut in general:
The cut was a bit of a nuisance, as it can't be correctly supported from the side where you can see where the cut should be, so it done by repeatedly scoring along the line, until such a point as the line became clear on the opposite side, making it easiy to do the last part with it flat on a cutting surface:
Annoyingly, some of the casting marks that would normally be hidden are going to interfere with where I need to install the back of the cab, but I removed them with a sharp chisel and a riffle file:
However, in the meantime, I've managed to find one of the
OOP searchlights in my own bitz box and get good measurements off it to make a model for 3D printing.
The plan is to print this in clear resin in order to fit it up with LEDs. (Itself another challenge, as there's not *quite* enough space in the rear chassis to fit in an
AA battery box, but an AAA box is just about clear of the right mark):