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| the finished product, ready for delivery. I had to take it outside because it wouldn't fit in my photo booth |
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| Tailgate weathering |
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| Upper bay ramp extended |
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| I killed it, it's mine!!!! |
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| Running lights, upper bay, and lower bay showing the lights on |
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| close up of the lights on, these were taken in near total darkness |
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| coverd for protection |
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| sitting on my paint table for final details before weathering |
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| base color of Reapers Muddy Brown |
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| taping the bottom for the white accent lighting |
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| adding the pre highlights |
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| adding the gray highlights |
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| the bottom, taped, and streaked |
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| getting the greenstuff on |
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| rear shot of troop bay weapons bay and cockpit |
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| cockpit, weapons bay, troop bay and running lights all on. |
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| lights on in the dark |
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| holes for the pins for the wings |
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| switches for the lights |
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| battery storage in the lower bay |
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| lights for the tail, ceiling of the tank bay, and the weapons bay |
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| a serious gap I have to fill due to warpage of the fuselage. |
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| this gap is 1/16" that I'm gonna fill with plasticard and JB Weld. more warpage due to the fuselage being pulled from the mold too soon |
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| and the gap that was between the fuselage and the cockpit, I foresee a lot of hand sanding on this... |
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| before adding the consoles |
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| Pilots out on the beach |
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| check out the cans on that one! |
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| pilots visible through the hatches |
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| Each console was painted differently to show different graphics |
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| Lan Party! Let's play Fire Warrior! |
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| DUDE! quite screen hacking! |
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| inside the cockpit canopy, can you translate what it says? |
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| Ethereal and his chair |
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| lighting the sides of the upper bay |
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| the Blacksun Filter fo the upper bay |
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| the other side being lit of the upper bay |
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| running wires so that they can make contact with the switches and batteries |
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| the ceiling of the lower bay, serves two purposes, First: to provide strength and structure to the upper bay. Second: to provide a platform for hiding the wires. |
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| running the wire for the troop bay lights, and plasticard to strengthen the fuselage as well as providing a ceiling to the lower bay |
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| troop bay light |
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| here are the rear facing running lights for the upper bay. I wish I coud do all six, but the model just won't allow that.... |
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| here I added a plate to the ceiling of the main bay so that the ramp for the upper bay will completely be enclosed, making it more stable. |
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| and they hold pretty good |
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| holes for the running lights |
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| more magnets, these should keep the hatches in place, that is until the Aircaste pilots need to eject.... |
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| My Devilfish fits nicely int the tank bay, fully loaded with every option, including two underslung Seeker missiles. |
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| it fits in any of the four slots nicely.... |
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| very serious mold line removal |
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| sanders are a modelers best friend |
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| serious mold lines |
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| sanding to make it fit |
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| bent like crazy |
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| all better now |
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| fresh from the bath, showing the "gorilla glue" trails |
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| showing the gaps and poor fitting of the cockpit to the secondary fuselage |
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| big chunk of resin |
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| filling the gap |
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| starting the removal process |
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| removing the windscreen to be replaced with clear plastic |
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| I don't know about this, this was my spot |
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| all parts in the bath. this thing was still dripping with mold release |
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| getting their first bath |
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| empty tubby |
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| fire warriors everywhere |
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| Okay I am calling this the "Tau Manta Project" Or "Building Number 50". I don't normally post WIP pics,but was asked by the customer to post as I did. Unfortunately, this beauty is number 8 in my customer queue. That being said it will get love and attention at least one hour per day until my other projects are finished and delivered. |
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| on the floor, accounting for the pieces |
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| clamping it all together |
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| filling the gaps in the wings. and then wetsanded to blend. I also used greenstuff and liquid greenstuff to make it all smooth |
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| get your engines on |
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| Dry fitting the pieces |
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| scary gap |
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| just an example of the work needed |
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| bad fitting |
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| inside the wepons housings, were very large gaps |
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| and this one |
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| fixed the gap |
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| it barely fits in the spray booth, there was much puckering at this point |
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| underside of the fuselage |
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| Wing drones awaiting their barrel refit. The ones that came with the model were either broken, or so bent that when I boiled water to bend them back place they snapped |
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| Ceiling of the lower bay, showing the bare metal because Farsights people don't have time to paint |
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| the lower tank bay, mask removed, and ready for the metal! |
