Pall Ironbear Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Even though the Storm Nugget isn't Codex legal for SW, I thought I'd at least get the model and see if I could do better than GW. The more I played about with different options, the more I realised I should just have bought an Airfix Apache kit. This thread could go a long time between updates as my hobby ADD is kicking in, lots going on with work. A few pics so far: The front end looks like the pilot had parked it in a mountain side, so using the gun servitor from a SR, it got lengthened. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/95cf6bf8.jpg I'm using plasticard and Milliput to build up the front cockpit, and make it flow with the original. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/4a8384bf.jpg The rest of the airframe just looked too small next to the oversized engines. So the tail got lengthened, which seem to be a pretty common mod to carry out. Although I may have got carried away with it. Pilot compensating for something maybe? http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/3dda797b.jpg The engines got slimmed down slightly by using Whirlwind launch tubes, after grafting the original engine mounts to them. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/7bb9f8cc.jpg And next to *cough, ahem* a Storm Raven for scale. You can just make out (bottom left of pic) the twin speeder AC mount I'm using to replace the original oversized AC mount http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/704abd4f.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Ironbear Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Made a little more progress on the Storm Nugget, and then I got talked into a visit to Warhammer World.... Managed to throw some paint on the cockpit. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/5bd8231c.jpg But the real reason not much progress has been made, it's bigger brother is fighting for some build time. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/39d0ab22.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/aa576843.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/3e12a69f.jpg The T/Hawk need a lot of work to get it up to a reasonable standard. Someone posted in the SW forum that GW had missed a trick by not making the Storm Nugget legal for the Wolf dex. It so easily could have been nicknamed Airwolf. So while I was laying down a guide coat to smooth the milliput, we done this for a bit of fun. But now that allies will be legal in 40k games, it just might become a Raven Guard flyer for my force. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/0b1c3da1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Jan-Michael Vincent is too much of a douchebag to fly for the Wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Ironbear Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 :whistling: True enough. Hopefully have more done on the talon after work today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montuhotep Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 How much did you lengthen the tail boom by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Ironbear Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 The top is 6cms, bottom of the boom is 5.5cms. I made a plasticard rod framework first, like a Bell-47, then covered it with more plasticard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Tiberius Kondrad Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I had planned on a Talon conversion myself. But I'd never thought about the Raven turret on the front... That is inspired! :lol: Seem that turret is brilliant on anything except the Raven though, lol. CTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Ironbear Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 It was the easiest way I could think of to get a gunner's cockpit on the front of the bird, continuing the 40K Apache feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Ironbear Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 I've been on nightshifts, so only a small update. Some more work on the cockpit. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/935cdd00.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/f439063f.jpg I've tried the chin mounted rockets, still not to sure if they will stay. The other option is to mount Landspeeder rocket pods under the winglets. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/55453b96.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/e29b21f0.jpg Really should get myself a digital camera and setup a decent photobooth for the pics. Apologies for the poor smartphone quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Ironbear Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Progress on all the flyers has slowed a little. Lacking inspiration a little for the Talon conversion, so this update is on the T/hawk. Minor issue where I hadn't cleaned the release agent properly which has made some paint lift off. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/132B17A0-D486-4F1E-BE23-5EC73E6C4F14-5328-0000058CDD201BAA.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb124/shilly39/40k%20Wolves/40k%20Flyers/BCE86F6E-A036-48F1-876D-7437129AA59C-5328-0000058CEEBB75FC.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy1391 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 That is looking cool! are its wings going to be stubby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Ironbear Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Sorry, been a while sorting my life out. The wings on the Talon are going to stay as stubbies. Not too sure about the chin mounted rocket launcher now though. Made some more progress on the T/hawk. Thefit on this particular kit has been pretty bad. Taken a fair bit of re-shaping pieces and filling with milli-put to get the fit reasonable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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