672nd Fighter Wing, Red Dragon Squadron Imperial Navy - “The Red Baroness” (SPRING CLEAN CHALLENGE 2021 by Zebraoutrider)

Actually it’s what’s in the bag! In typical fashion, another hiatus after the Voss Pattern Lightning meant I needed a bit more inspiration to kickstart back into the project. Hey presto if you need inspiration just look at what @FCostin (New BOW/OTT recruit Free) has painted for her first model. ???

Spring Cleaning Challenge: Malifaux Neverborn

And this has given me that added (and vital) impetus to keep going and keep improving. ? This community simply continues to inspire… especially during these pandemic times. ?

So, anyhow, the Thunderbolt appears to be a more complex Forge World kit than the Voss Pattern Lightning. I suspect this is because it is of an older design, but like the Voss, the individual pieces look robust and well detailed with little warping.

The instructions are rather rudimentary and will require a bit of intuitive building and this is perhaps something that FW could improve on to bring up to the quality of the very useful guide on how to model with resin cast components.

After checking the components, the next step (as with the Voss Pattern Lightning and other resin kits from FW) is to carefully wash the bits in soapy water to remove the mould greasing agent. I used standard high street washing up liquid (couple of decent squirts) and warm water in an old, plastic sweet tub and carefully agitated the water and left for 24 hours before drying, ready for construction.

Next up will be preparation of the components with careful removal of the excess resin tabs and flash.

Time taken:

Sorting and checking individual components – 30 Minutes.

Washing and drying components – 24 hours.