PROJECT: Scratchbuilt Thunderhawk
I love a crazy project, don’t you? We get tons of cool stuff in the BoLS inbox, but every now and then we get a real whopper. Are you guys ready for a top-notch scratchbuilt Thunderhawk? I thought so…
Jason Brubacher has been playing 40K for over 15 years, and dabbles in Chaos and Loyalist Marines. He also has a knack for the art of scratchbuilding apparently. Take it away Jason:
“Here is a project that I have been working on for some time. I could never justify spending the kind of money Forgeworld wants for their kit so I decided to try my own. I love scratch building and converting for my armies. After over populating my game boards with scenery this seemed the next logical step. This model is made from various thicknesses of card stock, foam core, metal and plastic tubing, electrical insulators, etc. I find that working with card is easy and quick but the finished model can be a bit fragile. My solution to this problem has become several thinned coats of sealer (matte varnish) brushed over the entire model. This literally plasticizes the card stock due to its ability to soak in the varnish. I have not noticed any swelling of the materials or warpage of the model. I have spent over 30 hours to get to this point.”
~Now for you who have not handled the Forgeworld T-hawk kit, it is HUGE! I’ve got to give Jason a hand for not only taking on so large a project but getting it to this level of quality and detail. Its very difficult to start to fill in surface detail on models of this size (I know, thanks to the Capitol Imperialis). I’m sure he will be back with updates as he finished off the detail work and throws some paint on his baby. Comments are welcome, and if you guys and gals have any amazing stuff that you think the BoLS community would love to check out, by all means drop us an email.
