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Zefig wrote:Foda_Bett- I'm assembling my stormraven right now, and had a spare razorback kit on hand for the turret. Held up the raven's front door to the razorback's back door, and lo and behold, they've got the exact same profile, same axles, everything. The only thing the raven's front door appears to add are the ribs. Presumably for her pleasure.

Thanks! Now I've got a forgeworld order to make.

Noooo problem. I'm thinking I might switch mine out with a regular rhino door and add some teeth. Give it a good ol' shark mouth on the front.

Crap. I just remembered I already glued it in. Noooooo!

@ Tom: Yeah sure, ummmm

Not sure how they come on sprue as i cut the pieces up a bit prior when i kitbashed a lightning. The door is pretty much the same height and a few saw cuts made the other bits fit lenghtways. Width is almost spot on to the most sunken armour plate on the SR (if that makes sense! ) I did have to put a long cross-piece to make the bottom bit fit though, possibly was due to shoddy cutting on my part

Btw, Hits_the_Spot just posted another SR variant on his TS marine blog, think i still prefer it without the tail tbh.

Saw it, and I agree, the tail just doesn't work for me either... I am thinking about possibly putting a landspeeder style tail on her, something low key. Really depends on how it looks to me when the rest is otherwise done.

BTW, box is out, tools are out, it has begun!

Mmmm, might have to look into a small tail too....

Eagerly waiting

For the record, just calipered a rhino door and the SR door, identical!

Hello FW, I've got a set of FW doors just waiting for something worth putting them on...

Build begun, side templates started... jeeze lots of angles if you want to have the plates flush!

Proceeding apace....


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p.s, have a set of FW doors ordered too... but for me, they will be instamold victims, the big BA symbol and chalices anyways, not the whole doors...


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Interesting fact #2
Razorback/LR turret does NOT fit into the slot... would need to shave 2mm off all around or so...

Piccies! We demand piccies!

jeeze lots of angles if you want to have the plates flush!

The most time-consuming part of any plasticard build - but it's very rewarding to have those white bits of plastic fit nicely together and turn into an engine of destruction.

Interesting fact #2
Razorback/LR turret does NOT fit into the slot... would need to shave 2mm off all around or so...

Check out your wife/gf's deodorant bottles, and check out the medicine cabinet for aspirine tubes etc. You can probablyt find something that fits the slot in the SR. Glue it underneath the razorback turret, add tabs so it can't fall out, and then buy your wife a new whatever you wrecked - the last bit is the most important!

Lol this is HARD

I have a pile of discarded cuts already lol. Front of the SR is built, wings build, and I wanted to get the side panels for the extension cut tonight but I got derailed building a dread to check it vs the SR size -

Interesting Fact #3
A dread will not fit inside, even with the hull extension. It is wider than the SR hull... it might work sideways, but any visions of popping the back doors to reveal a mighty war refrigerator doesn't look like it will happen...


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p.s @ CK, not going to use a turret on top, but if I was going to, a RB or LR turret looks much, much better!

MajorTom11 wrote:Lol this is HARD

I have a pile of discarded cuts already lol. Front of the SR is built, wings build, and I wanted to get the side panels for the extension cut tonight but I got derailed building a dread to check it vs the SR size -

Interesting Fact #3
A dread will not fit inside, even with the hull extension. It is wider than the SR hull... it might work sideways, but any visions of popping the back doors to reveal a mighty war refrigerator doesn't look like it will happen...


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p.s @ CK, not going to use a turret on top, but if I was going to, a RB or LR turret looks much, much better!

have you tried w/o the base?

Oh, suppose it was worth mentioning the dreads are magnetized, specifically so their bases can come off... Would find it extremely silly looking otherwise!

You could always claim the Dreads don't like flying and have gripped Terra Firma in abject terror and ripped the ground with their feet?

okay
maybe not...

dreads surfing on the top, or paragliding, or hanging from the bottom by there DCCW

There will be no CS Goto style rhino surfing antics here! lol

Hrmmm Tom... you are actually making me want to pick up one of these for myself.

I'm sure you have one or 2 close at hand should you want one no

In all honesty though, thus far I haven't accomplished much besides the concept art itself, we all have to thank Vitruvian, Machinator, Foda and CK for their contributions making this thread worth looking at thus far!

That being said, I finished assembling 4 magnetized dreads, so it will be back to figuring out the SR after a jaunt to the gym! should be back at it in a couple of hours, wish me luck people lol, this is going to be frustrating!

p.s @ CK, not going to use a turret on top, but if I was going to, a RB or LR turret looks much, much better!

Yep, I feel they would fit the silhouette a lot better. I'd even consider making them underlsung, though that would involve changing the landing gear. Makes more sense IMO to have guns underneath when you're flying over your enemy...

That being said, I finished assembling 4 magnetized dreads, so it will be back to figuring out the SR after a jaunt to the gym! should be back at it in a couple of hours, wish me luck people lol, this is going to be frustrating!

Your condition is that bad? On a serious note: measure carefully, and use paper templates when in doubt. Pencil can easily be removed from plasticard, so don't be afraid to doodle a bit on them; it can help you out with deciding on a final shape.

I am thinking of plating over the front ramp and moving the turret down there, to replicate the gunner-pilot arrangement on Hinds or Apache helicopters. I can use the turret base as the start of a chin turret. Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to attach it.

Just saw that observation re: rhino back doors. Woot! going to switch out a set from an unbuilt rhino I have.

Looking forward to some progress! I have a feeling that I may be stealing a few of your ideas when this is all done

Once you are all done of this project I say you make a big old thunderhawk using a SR

CommissarKhaine wrote:

p.s @ CK, not going to use a turret on top, but if I was going to, a RB or LR turret looks much, much better!

Yep, I feel they would fit the silhouette a lot better. I'd even consider making them underlsung, though that would involve changing the landing gear. Makes more sense IMO to have guns underneath when you're flying over your enemy...

That being said, I finished assembling 4 magnetized dreads, so it will be back to figuring out the SR after a jaunt to the gym! should be back at it in a couple of hours, wish me luck people lol, this is going to be frustrating!

Your condition is that bad? On a serious note: measure carefully, and use paper templates when in doubt. Pencil can easily be removed from plasticard, so don't be afraid to doodle a bit on them; it can help you out with deciding on a final shape.

Underslung would have been awesome, I just can't bring myself to lower that front end even a mm more. And I don't see a way to pull off both the turret and the ramp at the same time... Apache style wouldl have made a lot more sense overall though!

LOL yes I didn't quite word the gym vs plasticard thing well did I lol... No worries, gym was fine , now back to the plasticard, I will def be making paper templates first before continuing again.


Thanks everyone, wish me luck!!


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Progress made, side panel templates are set and fitting flush. Still need to figure detailing specifics, but at least I know I have a proper base to build on.

Valkyrie bits will hopefully arrive shortly, in which case I will check what will be a worthy/useful addition to the build. I am taking steps to ensure that the fuselage will wide as far as possible as it moves back, hopefully allowing a sideways dread accommodation at the least.

I would also like to figure out some way to avoid goofy landing gearage out back, whether that would be by simply not having them deployed, or simply lowering the gear bay... progress is slower than I wanted, but it's coming!

I have seen a nice conversion of a looted Storm Raven mixing it with parts of the Ork Battlewaggon (including the front shovel and the open body, the wings put underneath).

I used the landing pistons from the front on the back instead (and left the front undeployed), depends what look you're going for i guess

I would also like to figure out some way to avoid goofy landing gearage out back, whether that would be by simply not having them deployed, or simply lowering the gear bay... progress is slower than I wanted, but it's coming!

Change it to bigger skids, or change their positioning to the side maybe? If they came down from the side, it would also change the profile of the SR.

Ok so it's been too long -

I managed to cut the side panels, but a bit order for valkyrie plating took a bloody month to get here, so that stalled me out...

In the meantime, I took the oppurtunity to set up something a bit better than the breakfast table as a workspace

when I got back in the hobby, I have accumulated such a ridiculous amount of crap and equipment that I decided to finally make a move and build myself a hobby cave in the unfinished basement. I could have went with one of the spare bedrooms upstairs, but I like the idea of not worrying about making a mess with the airbrush etc...

So, 1 trip to Ikea and 500 bucks later... I present the hobby cave











Of particular note -

Paint shelves... love it!



Made from vinyl garage door sweeps, nice and cheap-



They come in 2 parts, one of which has predrilled holes, and one that needs them drilled in but no big deal. They both have slightly upturned angles to the paints are actually leaning back just a bit. Nice and steady, it would be extremely tough to knock them down.

No more fishing around in drawers, cases or whatnot, and takes up much less space than a carousel!

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Good timing setting it up, because the parts finally arrived today, which means it's go-time! I really want to get this done so I can start airbrushing, so hopefully this next week should see some major progress!

Stay tuned...

That's quite the man cave, though a bit bright for my taste. I prefer mine dark and unsettling to keep would-be anti-man-cavers away. Then again, I am dark and unsettling and tend to shun anti-man-cavers.

Lol maybe could turn out the non-table lights and wear a phantom of the opera mask while watching dawson's creek re-runs?

I believe that would be super creepy enough to keep the non-devoted away lol

Insert swear word of choice!

I hate you Major Tom that is bigger than my enire house!
no fair!

Done a grand job of the workspace.
No excuses now mate, get cracking on the modelling!

MajorTom11 wrote:Lol maybe could turn out the non-table lights and wear a phantom of the opera mask while watching dawson's creek re-runs?

I believe that would be super creepy enough to keep the non-devoted away lol

And wearing floral-pattern hawaiian shirts. It's the only way to be sure.