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Dark Eldar - Work In Progress
Jetbike Conversions |
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Dark Eldar Work In Progress |
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It occurred to me the other day that I have several jetbikes that I do not use on a regular basis because they have weapons upgrades. When I first acqured some jetbike squads I opted to go with small squads and maximum weapons upgrades mostly for tank hunting. Now I have twelve jetbikes but six of them have either blasters or shredders. If I want to field a large squad of bikes, I cannot do it and maintain WYSIWYG.
The solution to my problem was to devise a method to easily interchange weapons on my jetbikes. After some consideration I decided to add a small "L" shaped hook on the bottom of each weapon that would be inserted into a slot in the main body of the jetbike. The hook was made with a piece of 0.062-inch polystyrene sheet. The weapon would then slide back in the slot place to lock it into place . What follows are some pictures of my first attempts to implement this idea. I think next I will try using metal hooks instead of plastic to make the connection more durable. |
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Photos Section (click on thumbnail to enlarge it) |
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Miniatures � Games Workshop 2003. All rights reserved. Used without permission - models painted by Dan Moore |
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The 'L" shaped hook added to a splinter rifle |
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Both weapons with L-shaped hooks. The top fin section has a slot just long enough for the hook |
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A slot is cut in the jetbike body to allow the L-shaped hook to slide freely |
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The splinter rifle is mounted in the top fin section |
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A bottom view of the top fin with the blaster in place |
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A view of the components. The top fin will be glued to the jetbike body |
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The same jetbike with a new splinter rifle mounted. QED |
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The original jetbike with Blaster |
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An assembled and dis-sassembled jetbike with blaster |
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