Bane’s Tumbler – Moebius 1/25

Posted on 27 January, 2024 by Håkan

I got this kit as a gift from Secret Santa on an international forum.

It’s filled to the brim with parts, and I’m not sure if I could get them all back after removing them. No matter as I’m starting to build the kit, using both bottom and lid as trays for the parts/sprues.

The kit can be build either as the one Bane is using or Batman’s black one. But as there’s a Bane figure and extra parts for rockets and stuff, it seems like a waste of parts not building it like Bane’s Tumbler. Besides if I’m not wrong there should be a separate kit for Batman.

The build starts with the cockpit.

There’s some ejection pin marks that needs to be taken care of. Some had to be filled and some could just be sanded down.

Some of the panels was painted light grey.

I painted the screens and some details on main panel.

The walls was painted black and I did a bit of dry fitting.

Removing some of the seams wasn’t easy as some are hard to reach. After getting rid of most of them I painted the floor and consoles in aluminium.

After removing the tape, it looked like this.

Some of the smaller panels and screens needed to be taken care of as well.

After some additional painting of seat belts and other details, I could do some assembly.

Next I’ll assemble some exterior parts prior to painting them.

One thing I’ve noticed with this kit, is that you need to check a lot in advance to get things to fit right.

Thunderhawk Gunship – Legions Imperialis – final reveal

Posted on 31 December, 2023 by Håkan

Here’s some pics of my finished build!

This was a quick and fun build! Using Speed Paint to paint the major parts of the ship was an interesting experience, that turned out better than expected. It sure is a way to get models and figures painted faster. And if done right they turn out looking quite good as well!

Thunderhawk Gunship – part 4

Posted on 31 December, 2023 by Håkan

I did some additional painting and weathering and will consider it done.
I’m still missing decals, but it probably take a few weeks before I know, and besides I haven’t decided which unitI want to make.

Next post will be pics of the finished build!

Goff Rocker – WH40k – finished!

Posted on 31 December, 2023 by Håkan

Here’s a few pics of my finished Goff Rocker figure!

This was a fun figure to paint, even if it took a while before I got him finished.

Thunderhawk Gunship – part 3

Posted on 30 December, 2023 by Håkan

First I gave it an overall cote of black primer.

Then a grey primer at about 45-60 degrees around from the top.

Then white primer was sprayed almost from above.

After that I did some dry brushing with white to pick up some details even on the underside.
Then I used Speed paint on parts of the ship. This time I used airbrush instead of brushing it on by hand.

As can be seen the base was masked to allow for the metal colour.

I masked the ship for the next step and realized that perhaps it was best to paint the windows first.

After also masking the windows, i first painted white on the areas where the first colour was showing. Then Goblin green was painted on the rest of the ship.

The tape was then removed.

It turned out pretty good, but I wasn’t totally happy with the demarcations in some places.
But since this is a speed build, I’m not re-painting it.
After removing the tape from the windows and placed it on its stand, it looked like this!

The windows got some shadows and highlight in an attempt to make them look like glass.

All the guns and engines got metal paint.

Next I’ll do some highlights, pin wash and general weathering.

Thunderhawk Gunship – part 2

Posted on 27 December, 2023 by Håkan

The remaining parts was assembled.

I opted to build it flying with the landing gear up.

I’m not sure which part of the stand I’ll use yet, but perhaps I’ll use the bottom grey rod and the short clear one.

For some reason the decals are missing and this was a brand new sealed kit.
I’ll see if I can sort it somehow.

Thunderhawk Gunship – Legions Imperialis – WH Horus Heresy

Posted on 27 December, 2023 by Håkan

This is the gift I got from my Swedish Secret Santa that I started to build for a speed build group build on HLI.

It’s a fairly easy build and everything fits very nice. GW are also specialists on hiding seam lines and ejection pin marks are nowhere to be seen.
The only thing you need to do is remove nubs and mold lines before assembly.

That was how far I got yesterday. There’s a few more parts to sort before it’s ready for primer and paint.

My international Secret Santa gift

Posted on 25 December, 2023 by Håkan

A few years now I’ve been participating in the Secret Santa gift exchange at Hobby Link International. It’s been great fun, even if I don’t always manage to build the gifts I get!
This year I got this cool kit.

This is my first Batman related kit, and hopefully I’ll get it built as well. I’ve thought of getting myself at least one of the Batmobiles, but it kinda never happens. Now it looks like I’ve got an excuse to start collecting!