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Offline pocoloco

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #60 on: January 13, 2015, 07:16:38 PM »
 :o

Another super cool thread resurrected!

Glad to be on board for this journey :)

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #61 on: January 14, 2015, 09:16:48 AM »
As has been said, what an update D!! :o :o :o :o :o

Wonderful! !

Offline warburton

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #62 on: January 15, 2015, 11:29:27 AM »
Very impressive thread. Great modelling  8)

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #63 on: January 16, 2015, 08:35:04 PM »
Love the dig site... Consider many of those details adaptable to pulp as well as Cthulhu.

Now, off to search for suitably hideous and malformed bones....those poor archeologists have no idea what they're in for.

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #64 on: February 08, 2015, 07:24:18 PM »
Great stuff all around!

Offline Duke Donald

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #65 on: February 11, 2015, 10:24:54 PM »
What a marvelous thread! I'm so pleased you resurrected it.

Offline Ballardian

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #66 on: October 02, 2015, 01:58:35 PM »
Have to go along with the sentiments expressed by others here, this thread is fantastic, can't believe I somehow missed it! How did the assembly of the FA 223 turn out in the end (I ask because I've got one still to be finished & would love to know where you placed the pins to attach the rotor assemblies)?

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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #67 on: November 12, 2015, 07:43:15 AM »
Well, this is a bit embarrassing; I have to admit that summer and other shiny stuff happened between this thread's resurrection and your post...  ::)

I tend to accumulate projects on my desk until I can't take it anymore (read: run out of space to put stuff, mostly) and I put everything back in storage, clean the desk and start anew.

And I fear that during one of those clean-ups, the Drache got relegated back to storage duty...

But rest assured; I do plan on finishing it eventually.

As for your question; I have pinned the rotor outriggers into the fuselage, by very carefully drilling into the ends of the struts, whilst the pins were inserted from the inside of the fuselage. I used actual clothes pins, as the flattened metal heads act as a perfect stop inside against pulling the pins out.

The depth of the holes on the struts give the superglue enough purchase to avoid pulling it out there. The resulting construction is  quite sturdy.

For the rotors, I plan on creating two sets; one with the original blades, slightly bent down, to represent the rotors in rest. For that set, I plan on using the original bits of the kit, but maybe will forego the most fiddly lasercut metal stuff, as those might not survive the rigors of the tabletop.

The other set, I plan to base on a disk of clear material, to represent the rotors spinning. For that set, I plan on scratch building most visible bits, but they can be a bit more 'streamlined' as most bits will simply be 'spinning' too fast to make out anyway.

Both sets I plan to attach to the outriggers with rare earth magnets, so I can switch them out, even during game play (heroes have to get to the artifacts before the baddies can airlift them out. Helo starts out sitting there, but as the game progresses, the pilots start the engines, etc. 'get to da choppa!'  lol ).

The magnetic rotors will also help in storage, as the whole thing is quite cumbersome to begin with...
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Re: Interbellum - What are they doing up there? 13.01.2015
« Reply #68 on: November 12, 2015, 04:14:22 PM »
Thanks for the tip, I look forward to seeing your completed model. I'd planned to magnetise the rotor hubs (as they're a decently sized bits of resin) for storage, but I may, with your permission, steal the idea of having some clear disks for 'in flight'!

 

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