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I've not used my AB, an Eclipse HP-CS is a while, and it's not spraying in a sooth manner; it's rat-at-tat tatting as it sprays, machine gun style.

Any suggestions?

Cool! I like your twin barrels.

Very nice, Butters! :) :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I particularly like the bomb on the port-side ... I'[d guess deployment is to release the holding straps, turn sharply to starboard, and try to un-a$$ the area before detonation ... :) Very Orcish! :) It's actually a 'dumb' rokit! It's got a n...

Awright... well, it's time for more pictures. I finally found some batteries with juice in them! Well, I'm done with most of the building; I still have figures and stowage, not to mention painting and such to go. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/BillyBlackCloud/DSCF0289.jpg http://img.photobuc...

Old Wombat wrote:Ta, Brian!

Actually, I'm loving this build; everything seems to be (for the most part) falling into place & behaving itself. You should see the quad-barrel gatling gun I've bashed for the commander's cupola! (Soon, folks! Soon!)

Mmmmmm.....quad-barrel gatling gun.

Happy!

Hey, that's looking sharp! What did you say you were thinking for the paint scheme?

Well, around the turret I needed them to be a bit orderly since I wanted it to be able to rotate, and plates sticking out would snag a bit. As for glass-smoothness, that's on the air skirt and I do need it to simulate rubber skirting. Oh, it'll have patches and such, but I prefer to do alot of slopp...

Still no batteries. I'm sorry. Truly, I shouldn't even post if I don't have pics, I know that, truly I do. :oops: Anywhoo, this has been a constructive week, tank-wise. The blessed Aves has made all the difference!! [-o< The lower hull is scribed and somewhat detailed, though it needs more; I've bee...

ignatz wrote:Is this thing still on? I've always wanted to work on some kind of hovertank model!

Sure! Crank one up. There's a few builds still underway.

That's looking real nice, sir! It actually looks the part of a hovertank!

Well done!

fortunately, in this build, there is no Aves/styrene interface. No lines transfer across that boundry. The Aves scribed amazingly well. I did most of it with razor saw but some with a scriber and straight edge. Now, it's not perfect (it is my first real Aves experience) but since it's for an Ork veh...

Well, lot's of progress,but no pictures. :( My camera needs new batteries. The turrets been detailed; lot's of paneling/plateing around the sides; cranks and gears added to the Grot observation well; rivets and bolts added; plateing between engines added; lower hull coated in Aves, sanded, and scrib...

I did indeed get all the sanding done! Used a palm sander and finished off with sanding blocks, handheld sanding paper, and finally steelwool. I cannot believe how smooth and perfect the surface feels! :shock: It feels like polished stone. Can Aves be scribed? Or will I need to 'saw' it with a razor...

Well, I started sanding on my hardened, cured Aves. It sands nice, unlike it's horrid cousin. I may well get all the sanding done in one night!

Well, I tried my Aves Sculpt for the first time today. It's waaaay better than the paste. Easier to work with, and the ability to add alcohol and control it is a Godsend. I did create a new term however: Aves Panic. This occurs when you made slightly too much annd you run through the house hunting f...

Mark Yungblut wrote:You are better off making the paste from the regular Aves thining with alcohol.

Thank you. I concur. The paste is good only for heavy-duty adhesive applications.

Kylwell wrote:Too much of a pain to mix and not easily spreadable enough.

That is what led me to adding water, alcohol etc just to try to find a way to spread it. Mixed, striaght out of the tubs, it's thoroughly unworkable. And I might add, it put me off Aves and further Aves purchases for over a year.

Well, I bought some Aves Putty from the SM Store. I've not used it yet, but I think I'm done with Aves Paste. A long time ago, I added some water to both A and B parts to (hopefully) add some spreadability to it. However, I've since learned that I should have used the 90%+ Alcohol to thin it. :roll:...

I think the camo'd scout tank would come off better.

I agree with the esteemed Doctor. Of your two choices, i like 1:35. If you had the figures for it, 1:48 would make it a MBT instaed of a light tank. 1:72 just looks ridiculus.

So I take it pretty much everything on there is custom made? Well, the hatch, gun detailing and rocket body are mostly Games Workshop findings from the local gamer shop bitz box. The engines are obvious and came from a second-hand toy store and the rest is urethane foam, .020 and .040 styrene, drai...

NOW you're getting Orky. Very nice :) Where did the shells for the big gun come from? I'm going to be extremely jealous if you turned those on a tiny lathe... -Rog I turned them on a tiny lathe. :D I have an old 6" Dremel lathe that's perfect for this kind of work. After the first one, I thoug...

Had another good go at it tonight; got the front end finished, I think, glued all the major turret components in place and did some general detailing. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/BillyBlackCloud/OrkStuff/DSCF0286.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/BillyBlackCloud/OrkStuff/DSCF0287...

Thanks, Brian. :D This may amuse some of you... Then again, maybe it wont... Anyway, I'm struggling with the scale of this thing! Should it be my favourite scale for AV's, 1/35th, or should it be a huge beast in 1/72nd, or maybe go the middle ground & try 1/48th? I want to add crew in the comma...

Added my forward big shootas, viewports and drivers hatch last night. Just a little too much going on this weekend to add pictures so soon, however. Soon my lovelies... soon.

Ohhh, mama! That's looking nice. I like the rectangular (?) brass barrel and.... is that an eyeglass case in the front?

And who? Who do you blame? Is it him?

Very nice, Butters - very nice. :) I doubt the gunner or "radar" would survive for very long, but then - Orcs. Yeah, Orks! :D Grots serve as slaves, secure footing, emergency rations, etc. so, yep, they'd be perfect enemy detectors, even if all they do is scream in terror and quickly get ...

Well, got the gun detailed and mounted. That's good cuz it means the interior layout is done and that was hanging me up a bit. So, here's the latest. Everything in it's final layout. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/BillyBlackCloud/OrkStuff/DSCF0269.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/B...

Did a lot of detail work of the main gun last night (none tonight as I have to be up with the dawn patrol tommorrow). It now looks like a very big 'shoota', with lots of little doohickies and aiming recticals and such. Pics to follow.... probably tommorrow night. I just don't have it in me tonight. ...

Here's abit more of the turret, with Grot 'observation platform' ! Also showing gun placement and the start of the ammo box.

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