Do modern power packs look okay on RT Marines?

[Zephaniah Adriyen]

I'm looking at picking up a Leman Russ from Rogue Trader, but the one I'm looking at is missing his power pack. Do replacement power packs from newer kits look okay on older Marines, from Rogue Trader?

[Grotsmasha]

If it's the model I'm thinking of, modern pack will be a little on the large size, but I'm not so sure it would be too big.

 

EDIT: Googled the model, the pack will be bigger, but again, I don't think un-usably large 

[LameBeard]

This one?

 

https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/1/1a/Leman_and_Wulluffs.jpg

 

I also have that model hidden away in the loft (again without the backpack). Beautiful model. From memory, the RT plastic backpack sprue was same scale, and the second edition sprue (with bolters and knives?) is about half way between RT and today’s scale. Not sure that will help much though, those are also hard to find.

 

If I have some spare time this afternoon maybe I’ll try to find it and mock it up for you.

Edited April 26, 2020 by LameBeard

[Fajita Fan]

Cut off the nozzles, remove the little collar that sits between the nozzle and the pack, then glue the nozzles back on straight to the pack to narrow it a bit. If you sand the nozzles down at an angle they will be a little skinnier and point back a little bit instead.  I did this trying to graft modern power packs to Sisters of Silence before the plastic sisters came out, they're in a box somewhere and it makes the pack look a little smaller. 

 

You could also cut the wolf head nozzles off a modern SW powerpack and use a 30k HH powerpack.  Usually people are trying to truescale models to make them bigger, this is funnier trying to cut things down to make them smaller 

[appiah4]

3e+ Oldmarine power packs look OK on 2e pewter models, but anything newer than 2e stuff will look oversized on RT models.  Don't even think about using Primaris stuff.

[Zephaniah Adriyen]

3e+ Oldmarine power packs look OK on 2e pewter models, but anything newer than 2e stuff will look oversized on RT models.  Don't even think about using Primaris stuff.

I mean, regular Primaris power packs are the same size as regular Firstborn power packs nowadays.

[appiah4]

 

3e+ Oldmarine power packs look OK on 2e pewter models, but anything newer than 2e stuff will look oversized on RT models.  Don't even think about using Primaris stuff.

I mean, regular Primaris power packs are the same size as regular Firstborn power packs nowadays.

 

Dimensionwise, maybe.  Appearance-wise they are a lot more bulky.