Baal predator turret - sprue question

[CainTheHunter]

Aye Brothers,

 

thought it would be faster answered in this forum than the standard Painting/Modelling - cause You are experts here. If not - mods please remove :D.

I was looking at some cheap Baal pred turret sprues on e-bay, but before grabbing them for my Annihilator conversion, I wanted to make sure that the TLLC will fit there.

The source of confusion was one video on Youtube where the guy magnetised flamestorm and a-cannon, but from they way they looked there I couldn't get clear view of how these turret weapons where attached to the turret.

Is it the same old system or there is something different?

 

Thanks for replies!

 

 

 

And yes - for Russ and the Wolftime! :D

[Brother_Dan'l]

Basically the turret is the same, but the mantlet and guns are put together differently. But not enough to stop you from putting magnets in place of the pins that are the normal attachment/pivot points on the turret.

[Ultramarcos]

I'm not sure what exaclty you want to do, but If will use a regular predator turret than you just needto get from Hoard_o_Bitz they will send you the Assault Cannon + the top "cap of the turret. You need just a piece of plasticard and/or some GS to postiion it properly than you can magnetize as the Autocannon or LasCan.

[CainTheHunter]

What I was looking for was - if I use the two caps from the Baal pred turret, will the piece of twinlinked lascannon fit in its side slots without any cutting/greenstaffing etc? I don't want to use any magnets there - just assemble and glue together and use as replacement turret. Board of bits is fine, but it is in the US - I've found some british bits, but they have only Baal pred turret.

[Zeller]

The Baal turret is slightly taller than the standard predator turret and the angle at the front of the turret excluding the mantle piece and mount is steeper. That said the rearward facing armor plate on the top of the autocannon and las cannon weapons will not quite match the angle of the Baal turret. I've tested the turret with an autocannon and it fits just fine. I have no spare TLLC to test.

 

Pictures! Hopefully they offer some help. I've separated the TLAC mount from the part of the TLAC that fits into the groove. They are blue and red respectively. These pictures are taken with a Baal turret.

 

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/6859/p1160418.th.jpg

 

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4979/p1160419.th.jpg

 

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8590/p1160420l.th.jpg

 

Red/Blue aid:

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/1188/p1160421.th.jpg

 

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/883/p1160422.th.jpg

 

Slightly downward droop without top of turret:

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9297/p1160423.th.jpg

 

Snug fit with turret halves together:

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/8151/p1160424.th.jpg

 

Autocannon in Baal turret on Baal chassiss:

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1907/p1160425f.th.jpg

[Brother_Dan'l]

If you are asking if you can use the Baal mantlet and guns in a turret that came from a regular Predator kit, then the answer is yes.

[CainTheHunter]

The Baal turret is slightly taller than the standard predator turret and the angle at the front of the turret excluding the mantle piece and mount is steeper. That said the rearward facing armor plate on the top of the autocannon and las cannon weapons will not quite match the angle of the Baal turret. I've tested the turret with an autocannon and it fits just fine. I have no spare TLLC to test.

 

Thanks mate!!! The pics were of great assistance - I think the TLLC will fit just fine! And thanks for mentioning that the Baal turret is taller - I did not know that!

 

Cheers!