Its a bird! Its a plane! Its a flying chunk of white metal&#33

[TheForgottenAngel]

Hello everyone! A friend of mine who is getting into the Pre-Heresy era battles bought a white metal Thunderhawk kit (the same one on page 19 that warns of metal breakdown) and has finally finished it! It is much much smaller than the new Thunderhawks but weighs a ton! This thing is awesome and definitely a piece of GW history. Not too many are around as far as I'm aware.

 

ENJOY!!!!

 

[Olis]

I see barrels that need drilling... :D

 

 

Great catch on your friend's part. Well done to him for snagging a thunderhawk, especially a metal one. Kudos. 

[Vesper]

Wow, haven't seen that thing in ages, but somehow, I still remember it. Clearly something rare.

[TheForgottenAngel]

Its going to be getting some paint soon and he got it for a steal too! The amount of brass rods and glue used on this thing is unreal. We're trying to figure out how to mount that thing.

[Raven Angel]

OMG! They aren't extinct! Rare find indeed. That ranks right up there with the Aormor Cast Bainblade and Eldar Titans. As far as mounting goes you are going to need a weighted steal armature. Think movie shooting mini not game mini

[Inquisitor Arnuldus]

Seeing as how my baby is up here (yes its mine) I figured I should post on it, Barrel drilling and the lascannon additions will be done tonight. The tally so far for materials is FOUR entire bottles of Glue, 3 bottles Rapidcure, 3 feet of brass rod, and about 8 months of on and off work, the engine carriage assembly was built and rebuilt 3 times. Each time prompting a break. I'm sadly missing 1 of the Heavy bolters on the front sponsons, but hopefully it can be found again. As soon as the million little details are taken care of including one beefy flying stand, it goes to painting.

[Raven Angel]

If memory serves you should be able to use the old metal ones from the Pheaton predator destructor of Leman Russ kits.

[Olis]

Seeing as how my baby is up here (yes its mine) I figured I should post on it, Barrel drilling and the lascannon additions will be done tonight. The tally so far for materials is FOUR entire bottles of Glue, 3 bottles Rapidcure, 3 feet of brass rod, and about 8 months of on and off work, the engine carriage assembly was built and rebuilt 3 times. Each time prompting a break. I'm sadly missing 1 of the Heavy bolters on the front sponsons, but hopefully it can be found again. As soon as the million little details are taken care of including one beefy flying stand, it goes to painting.

 

Allow me to congratulate you on getting the beast together in the first place brother. Also, welcome to B&C. I hope you'll like it here. :)

[Brother Callius]

I must say that you sir, are one tenacious man for getting a metal beast like that done, bravo

And if you lose a battle you could always use it as a club:)

[TheForgottenAngel]

Glad you finally registered on here!!! I had to show the B&C this thing!!! Now you're finally registered I think your significant other will hate me for the many hours you'll spend reading the Horus Heresy threads! Lol you should post your list on here too :) Glad to have you on here!