I'm not sure how thick those dowels are, but have you tried a large pencil sharpener? I've had success on the past with one and then I would just blunt off the edge. Keep up the great work. Its really starting to look very orky.
Thanks dog_of_war, that's a great idea! I'm going to pick up a pencil sharpener at the 99 cent store, so even if it doesn’t work, I didn’t waste a lot of dough. At best it'll make things a snap and at worst I tried something new, both are victories in my book.
As for this update… well I’m getting things done.
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As you asked for, this pic shows off the angle of the wing a bit better. The gun in the turret port is just a mock up, using a design that I had on a couple of the old Battlewagons for a Kannon. Although the more I look at this plane, the less I’m feeling it as a Wazbomma though.
It just lacks that certain something for it to be a Mekboy’s pride and joy. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to scrap it, but I am thinking of pulling the weapon mount and re-purposing this one into a Blitza Bomma. I know I’ll be doing at least one Wazbom, but I think I’ll be holding off till I’ve got some more planes under my ‘wing’ so to speak.
Speaking of which…
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These bad boyz are going to be the core of the next phase.
“Der are phases? How many?”
*Kicks inquisitive grot*
One can never have enough scratchbuilding, or at least I can’t while I’m under the influence of scratchbuild fever!
That said, I can’t have everything up in the air…
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Yup, that’s gonna be a perfect example of a Flyboy who didn’t pull up. I’m debating on if its going to be a more recent crash, or a semi-looted wreck. As for that mini plane, that’s the start of the first retrofitted buggy.
Lotza mor work coming, and I swear there will be Dakka soon!
Peace
~OD
EDIT Update: June 26...
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I stopped working on the front grill of the first jet because frankly it looks more like the propulsion system from the Star Wars Snow Speeder then it does a grill. Even though I’m likely going to scrap most or just part of that grill, I thought it would be worthwhile to show off that even mistakes can be progress (progress in the sense that I now have thought up a different rear engine concept, which could work nicely for a Wazbomma).
With the second jet, I’m not a super fan of how the turbines turned out, but then again it was another interesting experiment in doing something I hadn’t done before. They’re not horrible, but certainly not great, I’m hoping a splash of paint will enhance the look.
Lastly in this shot is some of the prototype Missiles and a Bomb. Can't thank you enough dog_of_war, your idea on the pencil sharpener worked like a charm! Projects work so much better when you use the right tools. When I started working with PVC as a scratchbuilding model component I was cutting it with a hacksaw, each piece took 2 hours to cut and every other piece came out at an angle even with using a miter box. Then when I got the dremel it moved from 2 hours to 8-15 minuites depending on the diameter. But now that I finally got a pipe cutter, its @ 30 seconds or less. The right tools make a LOT of difference.
And the next big step is this
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I don’t think I’ve ever scratchbuilt a mock up this fast before. Then again, I did spend an extraordinary amount of time building last night. It still needs detailing, glyph work, weapons, and I’m debating about if I’m going to armor plate the body or not, but still not bad for a day’s work.
Peace (yet again)
~OD