Tag: Blasta Bommer
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Return to the Big Mek Shed
Alright fans, another picture filled post with a ridiculous level of mundane detail. I know you all like it that way Ahhhh the workbench – I missed you so! Has it really been three months?! I promised to start working on the bommer again so here it is. Tonights goal was to get the forward…
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Full throttle to the engines!
Spent an hour working on getting the wing/engine connector worked out. Nothing too complex really. Carefully drilled out a hole big enough to just fit the 1/2 PVC into in each engine housing. Cut some pvc and temporarily hot-glued it in place. I then used a snake of plumbers putty and sealed it up good.…
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More Big Mek Engine Work
More bommer work done after the initial spaz about the warbuggies… Here’s some parts in subassembly stage. I’ve gotten the putty rounding the engine cowlings done, although not the best. I should have done a one extra engine that I tested everything out on first. Could have been helpful with the bad shaping job on…
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Making Orky Jet Engines
Spent 2 hours last night making the primary engine intakes. Fiddly work but it’ s got to be done! Here’s how I did it. There’s a couple of different ways to do turbine blades. Some of them include math and geometry. Mine include neither! I completely guessed (as any good mek does) on the number…
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Ork Blasta Bommer Tripod Modification
My tripod came in yesterday and got the chance to get it ready late last night. Here now, in excruciating. boring detail, is how I modified the tripod for my bommer. Here’s the original tripod, maybe $20 tops online (Amazon.com I think). It’s rated to hold up to 2 pounds but after getting it in…
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Support and Lessons Learned
Stopped off at the hardware store at lunch today and picked up some pvc and epoxy putty. I picked up 1×4-way connector, 1xT connector, a male/female threaded connector, a 2′ piece of pvc pipe (all in 1.2″ dia.) and two tubes of plumbers epoxy putty for around $12. Nice and cheap! I get home and…
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Bommer Fusleage
Spent some time today on the bommer. Got the interior ribbing done. Took a long time and was tedious work to make sure everything went together right the first time. Here are the templates/parts initially cut put. The ribs were made from the same templatw and I wasn’t too worried about them being absolutely, perfectly,…
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Scaled Up Bommer Plans
Scaled up the bommer plans today. This is a full size drawing/outline. I’ve included a Barry shot using a few other models for scale. Skullhammer, standard battlewagon, trukk and a few boyz. And I went through my bitz boxes to see what I could use so I wouldn’t have to scratch build. I got…
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On the Big Mek Drawing Board
Took some time during lunch to sketch out and do a scale drawing of the bommer today. I’ve blocked out the basics – enough so I can confidently start transferring it to some full size graphed paper and making patterns for the interior ribbing. I went back through both of pox’s threads on this beasts…
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Orky Designs of Madness
More about the blasta bommer.