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I picked up Dakka Bommer in lfgs. Once I looked through the sprues, my inner mek decided it was time to start moduhfekatuns. I came up with a blueprint of how I want to build it.

Started working on the model. Glued up some essential pieces and gutted the jet engine. I am still deciding whether to have the wings to point up or down.




My plan is to cut out the rectangle in the back of the plane and fit a turret with a grot.


For the front, I want to trim the orky bits and fit a dome with machine gun.

Angled down I think.

Love the sketch btw.

Made this wall to go behind a grot who will be sitting with a machine gun.

The bommer is coming together pretty well. Been adding things to it as I go. At this point I am waiting for the pewter cables to arrive to add more details here and there.

I have finished orkyfying the engines.





Because of the absence of the jet engine, too much empty space appeared on the tail of the plane that needed to be filled.



I decided to make a hole with a cylinder for a grot gunner to sit in. Adding the magnets helped to make the turret movable and also provided an ability to remove it if needed.




Decided to put a trukk gunner into a turret space on top of the plane.



Here are pics of the whole bommer.

Got pewter power cables sample set from Dragon Forge and connected them to several areas (took pics after I cut them). I made a remote-operated machine gun that goes on front of the plane and was waiting for cable to finish it.








Magnetized the bombs and made connectors for them to sit on.





Next step is clean up some glue, fix things with greenstuff, and assemble/paint pilot and gunners.

very interesting project. im loving the engines you build

looks great! really orky

Thank you everyone for the comments . They keep my lazy behind motivated and getting stuff done.

Awesome! You could easily hav ejust mounted guns and propellers where there were none before, but you really paid attention to adding detail in every spot. I'm working on a dakkajet conversion right now and this is a good reminder to stop and take an extra moment to really go the extra mile.

I really like this, gives me a ton of ideas on what I can do to the unopened dakka jet I have on my bookshelf. Keep the pictures coming. By the way, what are the common sizes of plasticard that you use?

Woosh Woosh Woosh!

 Mephistoles1 wrote:
Awesome! You could easily hav ejust mounted guns and propellers where there were none before, but you really paid attention to adding detail in every spot. I'm working on a dakkajet conversion right now and this is a good reminder to stop and take an extra moment to really go the extra mile.

I actually like less neat ork builds, but I cant omit details. In the long run, imo its better because right details here and there make whole model better.

 Synister_Intent wrote:
I really like this, gives me a ton of ideas on what I can do to the unopened dakka jet I have on my bookshelf. Keep the pictures coming. By the way, what are the common sizes of plasticard that you use?

I mostly use 0.8mm, and 0.5mm for more detailed work. In rare occasions I go with 1.5mm.
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The other day I got flying squadron heads from Spellcrow. They included one cool sample head that I want to use for a pilot.

Pretty much done with putting together the bommer. Just got couple things here and there that will be glued after getting painted.

Trukk gunner's arm was in the way of a head that came with the bommer, so I had to cut it in the wrist and adjust to create more space.


Used greenstuff to make lenses for the remote-controlled gun.


Sculpted welds in bunch of areas including turret mount.


I liked the original front design, but it would take too long to adjust it to my plans. It was easier to file everything and stick styrene spikes instead. Canopy will be glued on after painting the plane.

Today primered everything. I have been using rattle can primers for years, but decided to try Vallejo acrylic surface primer. I have Iwata HP-CS airbrush and found that 35-40psi was the optimal pressure range for applying primer. Since the primer is acrylic, I needed to get used to putting uniform coats without flooding the detail. Aside from constantly cleaning the tip, I didnt have any issues. The odor reminded me of interior wall paint.






I got Urban Ruble Wasteland Oval 120mmx95mm Set One base from Dragon Forge.

I have been working on the jet slowly and have not posted images.

I will be continuing my progress at the following thread:

Warboss Gorwazzov's Waaaagh!

Saw this first on your other blog, its going to look awesome with all the gubbinz on.

Great work sir.... Subbed !