Aliens Colonial Marines Dropship - droppin' with style
Step 3 - Tail fin, filler, filler and more filler...
Working on the upgrades.
Starting out with the tail, it’s mostly filler and sandpaper work. The gaps are not negligible but with time and layers (and layers…and layers) we can make that go away.
Then we move on to the front half, and I talk through the concepts of what I chose to do for the cockpit. Since I really can’t do things the easy way, I decided I would custom build a cockpit tub using a 1/48 Apache assembly as a base. In the video I talk through the decision making process as I weigh options and look for different methods that would work for what I had in my head.
In addition, about this time I drilled out the forward lights, and installed paired 1.8 mm blue leds. A little greenstuff later and the housing is resculpted.
Another option to figure is the display method. The kit has parts for gear up, in-flight or gear-down, landed. Of course I had to do both. I chose to make a second landing ramp from Sintra to attach to a flight stand scarfed from a Games-Workshop flyer. The gear then get magnets so they can be snapped on and off, as desired.
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