Question for those who model both 40k and gunpla...

[Jamafore]

How well to vehicles like rhinos and dreadnoughts scale with 1/144 scale gunpla parts? There are several weapon packs that I like the look of, but am curious as to if I could use them or is the size just too different?

[Closet Skeleton]

A regular dreadnought is quite a bit shorter than a 1/144 scale mobile suit but has hands like 5 times the size so that's kind of a meaningless question unless you get specific. My only 1/144 scale stuff is in an attic somewhere but if I remember correctly they're about as tall as a rhino is long.

 

Barrel sizes can be quite similar I guess. Gun caliber scales pretty linearly and 40k has some silly things like demolisher cannons so radically out of scale sources are always going to be usable.

Edited March 17, 2020 by Closet Skeleton

[FergyFergz]

I do!

Got kits ranging from 1/144 to 1/60, and honestly it's not just the scale of the kit you need to look at. Even within scales the size of suits varies WILDLY. For example my Nu Gundam 1/144 is a full inch taller (to the head) than the 1/144 Talgeese

 

What are you eyeing up??

[Jamafore]

 

Looking at using the gatling barrel for this on a Contemptor mainly and

 

 

the misile launcher for this as HK missile launcher

 

Sorry for big pictures, Thank you

Edited March 17, 2020 by Jamafore

[Jukkiz]

gatling could work, maybe...

though if you can, there´s far better gatling looking gun in the build divers side

 

also, if you don´t mind other parts or have some ideas, there´s this too

https://www.hlj.com/1-144-scale-builders-parts-system-weapon-005-ban982259

 

https://www.hlj.com/1-144-scale-hgbc-giant-gatling-ban996731


 

Edited March 17, 2020 by Jukkiz

[Jamafore]

Didn't think about the shield/gatling combo, though the other gatling I worry about being too big

[Jukkiz]

Usually the build divers option kits are for 1/144 scales