Cynicus Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hey everyone. I'm putting together my first land raider, and I ran into a problem with the lamps on top of the sponsons. I can't figure out how they're supposed to attach, the depiction in the instruction, as well as every photo of a land raider I can find, show them as being nearly against the rest of the sponson in a way that the part I have simply doesn't allow. I checked the 360 degrees view on the GW website and I can't help but feel like I've got the wrong part. Does anyone know what's up? Did I misassemble the sponsons? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco151 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 A quick picture would help! Ah, here's one I'll borrow: http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab174/lostinnm/Space%20Wolves/100610_3806_land_raider.jpg See at the top of the Hurricane Bolter assembly - That squared-off section of the pole? That's where the lamps (targeting optics) go. The targeting optics are the small part you see at the very top. Good luck! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/#findComment-3580915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovemberIX Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Depends on the land raider kit, I wanna say the ones in the las cannon raider Sit flush, but the ones in the Crusader/Redeemer kit sit higher up on a small shaft. Side note: the sub-forum you wanted this in is the General PCA Questions Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/#findComment-3580916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco151 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That central shaft for the weapons mount is the same on both kits, so should be the same as in the above picture. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/#findComment-3580918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicus Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Sorry, I didn't know where to put this since it's not painting or converting exactly :X I think I've managed to figure it out, though I'm still not sure why it looks so different on the official GW pictures. Edit: Having looked at the sponson sprue for the las-raider, I can see that those are the lamps depicted on the site and on the box. I'm guessing the official examples were made with the upgrade sprue rather than the normal kit. Thanks for your replies everyone! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/#findComment-3580921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disruptor_fe404 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 A photo of your model would really help, as I'm having a little trouble visualising what you're describing... The only possibility I can tihnk of right now is that the stem your lamps are sitting on has some flash on it that's pushing them further up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/#findComment-3580974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicus Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 I figured it out now, the reason I was confused is because the depictions of the box use a different but similar looking part that's from the las-cannon sponsons of the vanilla LR. It looked off, and because the box showed something different I thought I'd been doing something wrong, but I didn't. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/#findComment-3581012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disruptor_fe404 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Ah, right! Sorted then! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/286184-land-raider-sponson-assembly-no-not-the-placement/#findComment-3581022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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