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Quite a Chunk of Resin:

Anyone owning a FW Baneblade knows it's quite a chunk of highly detailed resin weighing in at close to a kilo (two pounds).

My Baneblade which I've had for eight or so years was rescued and repaired with TLC and is still my favorite FW vehicle (treaded that is)

This new model is coming along slowly as the detailing is quite exhausting and I do have other commitments but I managed the front 'bolt on' bumper today

http://i.imgur.com/vkADc6K.jpg


and yesterday evening some of the rear detail....

http://i.imgur.com/AIzkjqU.jpg


Slowly but surely it's getting done.

Whatever Insignia This Is:

Well after d*mned near a two month hiatus where in I repaired flood damage and added new baseboard to just about the entire first floor of my humble abode now recarpeted in deoxygenated blood red burgundy plush carpet, I'm back to building models; Yay!

So last night I resumed the outsized Baneblade style Super Duper heavy Stormhammer.

http://i.imgur.com/yy9bDbN.jpg


First order of business was to install the re-enforced armour panel for which the Lucius B'blade is noted. I really like this anachronistic appearance which somehow exemplifies a world lapsing into decay but still has the ability to squander resource on the futility of war. I used 0.030 inch 0,75 MM thickness styrene for the panels as 0.040"/1,0 MM looked too thick. As of right now all the panels are installed and the bitz and gewgaw need to be installed and fabricated and also the umpity ump rivets.

So now the winged skull insignia:

http://i.imgur.com/2yAzfkl.jpg


Seen here in the first stages with a few skulls scrounged from spare CoD floor panels and mounted on 7,0MM disks...........

Welcome back blacky.
Winged skulls...? Please continue.

D'oh!

Of course it would help if I actually showed the "Winged Skull insignia" I am attempting to replicate;



http://i.imgur.com/amrthaz.jpg


I'm a bit out of practice posting.

Great to see you back working on this though.

Yeah, I really miss model building but sometimes life gets in the way.

Aplomb:

One question I am frequently asked is how I seem to be able to handle such small objects so easily and work so quickly so what better time to answer than right here and now.

If you have big fat fingers like mine with short nails it's trying to attempt to maneuver tiny parts so what I do is lightly touch the part with the tip of my #11 Xacto blade.

http://i.imgur.com/Zi4EUjW.jpg


Then a spot of 'thinset' glue and touch the piece to the glue to release it from the blade and use the same blade to push the part into the correct position; you usually have minutes before the glue sets completely.

http://i.imgur.com/0NjiHC4.jpg


I use the same procedure for placing rivets.

I'll try to take better images later............

Welcome back mate

I just assumed that all would have been revealed as the progress was reported, was just giving you a break in appending.

Do you not use tweezers, or similar tools, as an alternative to stabbing small pieces (nothing wrong with it, I know, just curious to your opinion)?

Niceee

 Dr H wrote:
I just assumed that all would have been revealed as the progress was reported, was just giving you a break in appending.

Do you not use tweezers, or similar tools, as an alternative to stabbing small pieces (nothing wrong with it, I know, just curious to your opinion)?

I find tweezers too cumbersome for picking and placing extremely small objects and I'm talking rivets and such 0,5 MM in diameter and as thin as a piece of paper.

I realize it's no big revelation to experienced modelers but to beginners it may be helpful. I myself when I started scratchbuilding in 2007 would have welcomed these shortcuts instead of having to discovered these techniques on my own.


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A Bit Crude:

But with a bit of practice these might just work out; 'tis a pity I need just three..........

http://i.imgur.com/r0yOeKa.jpg


So these will have to suffice.

Stormhammer Update:

Slow going with the thousands of rivets required to make this model come alive; I'm about halfway there.


http://i.imgur.com/7S4QdUL.jpg


I'm rather pleased how the winged skulls turned out
In the view below under the Demolisher cannon...

http://i.imgur.com/eb0S3ud.jpg


and these on the tread well skirting....

http://i.imgur.com/fO2Jd5J.jpg


and a close up....

http://i.imgur.com/c1qSq99.jpg

That's ridiculous, you should ashamed at how bad you make me feel

I am quite contrite,

View Ports:

One thing I've been dreading making is the view ports. These delicate items are frequently damaged on Baneblade resin models and I have heretofore been less than successful in duplicating them in styrene but I have stumbled onto a seemingly viable method which if successful I'll give a breakdown in the procedure.

http://i.imgur.com/KuESSrr.jpg


The port on the center right is just about finished and only needs be filed to the proper angle for mounting on the casement.

The two mounted on the strip are extras in case of failure............


http://i.imgur.com/I9Cd5gh.jpg

99%:

About 99% of the rivet detail is completed as seen in these three photos:

http://i.imgur.com/Hfjz53Z.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/eSmgUg1.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/1DVnwku.jpg


and I've started on the headlights which I am modeling on the Stormblade assemblies only slightly larger

http://i.imgur.com/sVAureR.jpg

Crikey. It's hard to grasp scale until you post comparisons like that.

Thanks for the reply,

This Way Lies Insanity:

I was going great guns and about to close up the roof panels when the thought struck me, "Why not make them illuminate!!!" Well there may be just barely enough room for two small LEDs so I decided to give it a go.

http://i.imgur.com/3IaRBWo.jpg


I removed the opaque front panel and installed clear styrene. The lens bezels are 9/16 inch/ 7,1 MM tubing. after painting I'll install the lenses replete with reinforcing rods (No point in doing that now as it would be the devil to paint around and not smear onto the lens.

http://i.imgur.com/ZBBdOtE.jpg


You can see by the image below this is a complex little structure......

http://i.imgur.com/2KP7POH.jpg

Reinforced Lenses:

Okay the headlight housings are pretty bland at this stage so today we are going to try to install the reinforcing rods in the lenses.

http://i.imgur.com/DbumMuL.jpg


I started with 0.010 inch clear styrene and glued it to 0.25 inch tubing the outside diameter of which fits snugly into the 9/16th inch tubing used as the bezel.

http://i.imgur.com/uvg9JR5.jpg


The 1/4 inch lens is only temporarily glued to the 1/4 inch tube end.

The reason for this is twofold in that it is easier to work with the reinforcing rod when it is out in the open as opposed to the cramped space inside the bezel and secondly it will be easier to install after the painting of the headlight housing is finished rather than try to mask the lens already installed.

Next post please........

You could run a side business making glasses for kittens.

Looks like it's just you and me Buttery.....

Reinforced Lenses II:

It's a bit difficult to perceive but the rods are installed on both lenses and the right one has been filed to the proper diameter.......

http://i.imgur.com/SNMFzsM.jpg


Hey, I'm making this up as I proceed; whether it works or not will be as much a surprise to me as to you............

I. too, am watching intently - Buttery is just in charge of the Euro shift.

Thanks for the auto append interupt,

Reinforced Lenses III

Not too bad for a first attempt. Of course the one installed will have to be straightened but the concept is viable.

http://i.imgur.com/27xXbV7.jpg


With both lenses installed temporarily I can proceed with the LED lighting......

http://i.imgur.com/q5WXPa8.jpg


Questions are always welcome.

Barrel Time:

First a relative size photo of the work thus far accomplished.

http://i.imgur.com/mRzNixC.jpg


Then an explanation as to why I think it necessary to include the drop tanks on my Lankreuzer. The Maus tank had a fuel efficiency of 185 meters per gallon. This hypothetical tank weighing in at 4 times the mass would need a lot of extra fuel just to make it operational and I suppose would dump the aux barrels when combat was expected.

http://i.imgur.com/XAW588N.jpg


B'sides I think the barrels look cool.

Quick AAA Bump if you need it later! =D


And now I can go back and read what ya posted! LOL

Thanks for the bump,

Germ Warfare:

Well I got the shot and I got the flu which has laid me up for the better part of a s'ennight. Today I managed to put a few touches on the aux barrels including mounting one temporarily on the rear fender.


http://i.imgur.com/26WvZG8.jpg


The Aquila is FW brass but I cut off the backing plate so the eagle stands out better and I also glued on a 0.020 panel of styrene and added a bevel so the icon will stand out better.

http://i.imgur.com/WcRtNdF.jpg


Figuring the angle of the mount plate and mounting the eagle perpendicular was a major chore in my debilitated condition so you might say I had no fun making these items this week.

http://i.imgur.com/PlnhMMa.jpg


Next the sponson guns.............

Hope you feel better soon, it looks superb.

Looks good though.

I'd have probably glued to mount to the tank (the tank tank, not the fuel tank), and the aquila to the fuel tank, and then glued the fuel tank/aquila to the mount/tank.

Rather than glue the aquila and mount to the fuel tank, as you seemed to have. I can see how that wasn't much fun.

I only just attempted the Aquila this afternoon and I made the barrel mount straps and rings yesterday. I had to cut the size of the Aquila wings about 3,0 MM in span and adjust the wing chord length proportionately. All the pieces are just tacked in place temporarily at the moment but yeah, your way would have been easier I'm sure.

I been following your work for a while now. Great progress on this. Games workshop should give you a job. =)

Love that avatar; most annoying Ha!

Sponson Turrets Revisited

I've put this off long enough the sponson turrets begin very labor intensive what with the minutia and the near microscopic rivets to these tired old eyes. Someday I'm going to have to invest in a magnifying lens and light source.

http://i.imgur.com/XFiKvK9.jpg


One thing I am disappointed in is the spiral copper conduit not being quite small enough in scale diameter.

http://i.imgur.com/1kxkdV9.jpg


The rest of the sponson minutia seemed to fall into place and I look forward to the manufacture of the guns as they will be relatively easier.

http://i.imgur.com/2ZLzvTG.jpg


To recap in the last two images these will be just upscale replicas of the Baneblade guns. Dual lascannons and quad bolters seem to me superfluous.


http://i.imgur.com/aAQmZP0.jpg


Likewise for the centrally mounted turret bolters.

Of course I shall entertain any suggestions regarding this............ Thx

That is looking really good! Keep up the good work