Blackadder's Scratchbuilt Thunderhawk

[Lord Tothe]

Suppose there were a way to make the ring in the bulkhead into a race to allow rotation on that axis? Would that improve articulation? I know it would be a LOT of work to change that now...

[Blackadder]

Final Bits of Fluff:

Okay with these final bits of fluff the exterior of the T'hawk is just about done. I daresay there might just be a couple of negligible items such as Turbo laser strut cradles et cetera but nothing that would preclude my painting the exterior. This has been a good year for me as most of my long term projects have reached fruition.

[url]http://i.imgur.com/HGgpiBl.jpg[/url]


I decided to keep the ping-pong ball turrets as they are and add the view port and paraphernalia to the elevation race plate. The upper end of the elevation is in need of restriction so the canard wings won't get shot off in the heat of battle.

Now all needs be done is the interior of the cockpit and installing the interior of the forward cargo bay.

No I haven't decided whether to add the auto-fire dual bolters on either side of the nose abaft the front cargo door.

[Blackadder]

Irrevocable Painted Primer Grey:

Before the fatal black paint

[url]http://i.imgur.com/ACrlxv4.jpg[/url]


with a rare rear view that will not be seen once installed.

[Phoenix Bondi]

Hi there blackadder, This is actually my first ever post on here, but have been following this labour of love with much eagerness. A scratch built Thunderhawk is my dread project for 2016 and i was wondering if you would kindly share sizes and best way to get started? for example how you knew what size to make the basic hull etc. Thank you for the inspiration and i really hope i can produce something to even 1/2 this quality, it sir is amazing

[Blackadder]

Hi there blackadder, This is actually my first ever post on here, but have been following this labour of love with much eagerness. A scratch built Thunderhawk is my dread project for 2016 and i was wondering if you would kindly share sizes and best way to get started? for example how you knew what size to make the basic hull etc. Thank you for the inspiration and i really hope i can produce something to even 1/2 this quality, it sir is amazing

I'll be glad to be of help and I just checked the first page of this thread and I see the 3D images are still in order so copying them to your computer shoud be a snap.

First I don't recommend starting with a foam core as I did; it just causes too much hassle with material compatibility plus I would have liked to include an interior in my 'hawk but the foam core makes that option unavailable without an incredible amount of trouble.

Instead I would start with a box beam for the basic hull as I have seen the original FW model has two decks; the wing mount lower deck and the second deck for troop transport. Measurements of my model to follow.........

[Phoenix Bondi]

thank you so much

[Blackadder]

I would make this deck first

[Blackadder]

Some Dumb Disney Movie:

A pair of Wall-E esque homemade twin bolters round out the forward armament slated for the Thunderhawk.

[url]http://i.imgur.com/DryLZcN.jpg[/url]


Now whether I actually cut the holes in the fuselage to accommodate these hefty trainable beauties remains to be seen.

[url]http://i.imgur.com/Ax66nBm.jpg[/url]


I was scrounging around in my bitz box and came up with enough material to make my own version of the FW T'hawk bolter armament.

[url]http://i.imgur.com/fAJ32IM.jpg[/url]


The sighting unit above the bolter array reminded me of the cutesy robot in some dumb Disney movie

[bloodangel 83]

The auto cannons look great, and the WallE heavy boaters will look good on the nose.

[Blackadder]

Thanks for the reply,

The Cockpit Interior

Stage one in the development...........

[url]http://i.imgur.com/LVfjOkG.jpg[/url]