Blackadder's Scratchbuilt Thunderhawk

[Blackadder]

The Blackadder has a new project and I am posting here from the inception rather than after it was completed as with Lucie.

This new project is a Thunderhawk the basic structure of which has been kicked around my basement for a few years; a discarded work my son attempted when I started my Warhound. In all fairness starting college may have been the cause of his waining interest in scratchbuilding.

Anyway I have taken up the gauntlet and am attempting to complete this model.

The hull is composed of 1/2 inch foam filled posterboard and the images below are of the basic hull as of a week ago.

The image uploader isn't working? It's not the size or the format? I'll try later.

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[Blackadder]

I came across these 3D images.

I don't know who this artist is but I want to have his baby (Well build his baby anyway.) He has actually made a Thunderhawk look not only attractive but downright viable.

Below are 3D renderings from this artist which while not 100% FW exact are a tremendous improvement on the original and will be my guide from now on.

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[Blackadder]

More from the same artist:

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[Blackadder]

And yet more:

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Note that the last image is of the heretofore not seen belly of the beast.

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[SotonShades]

Good luck with it. If it's a fraction as good as your Warhound, I truely cannot wait to see the end result.

[Blackadder]

Me too.

[Blackadder]

I'm going to stick with the cargo bay cockpit and under the air brake flaps. That should be sufficient. I know there is a wealth of detail in the FW kit, (They should invest some of that energy in making their moulds stable.) but what I have seen in most of the resin kits I've rescued is that the hatches are glued shut, the doors are inoperable and if there is a panel that can be removed to veiw some internal component it is invariably cemented in place for eternity.

Not so with the Jumbo 'hawk; the interior is coming along nicely but is a chore. Sometimes I wonder why I start these things, they monopolize a lot of time plus I ran out of crucial styrene for the floor ribs and had to make a hobby shop run this morning. I thought I'd never find a use for this size strip but I ran out two strips short of finishing and had to buy more. Now I have more than when I started. (Poor baby Blackadder.)

Any way the floor is done and the side panels are clamped in place but I won't be gluing just yet because I still haven't figured out where the landing gear cylinder goes when the nose gear is retracted. Someone's in for a bit of a shock when that nose gear bursts thru the cargo compartment floor (All together now, "Poor engineering planning FW, nowheres near as well thought out as the Warhound. And where are the actuators for the forward cargo hatch/ramp?) All these problems will have to be addressed before the interior detail can be affixed

Here's the result of a mis-spent Saturday morning:

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[Lemt]

Dammit, you made me drool.

[blueshift]

hmmm, guess i came in at an awkward time, eh Lemt?

OP: when you are done, rip it apart and mail it to me. then i will make resin copies of this and sell it as "SCI FI TRANSPORT THUNDER AWK SALE PRICE $15 FREE SHIPPING"

by the time we get a cease and desist from GW, everyone will already have it and then we can send the proceeds to japan or libya or some crap.

[Thornoo1]

These things are pretty fun to build. I'm not particularly patient and came up with this.



And I found this one here [URL="http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?t=4327"]Linky[/URL]

Yours looks like it will end up nicely as you're willing to put the time into it to get heaps of detail