Well moving on I will continue to get you caught up on the progress. I have cut a few of the panels for the "skin" of the fuselage and aplied them over the plastic "ribs."
I also Found some 1/2" clear acrylic rod at a local plastics fabricator to use as a stem of my flying base. I also located 9/16" copper tube to act as an "anchor" location in the center of the raider and the base. The trick here was to "dry fit" (no glue) the assemblies together and place other components atop the model to try and establish the "Center of gravity." I gingerly tried to balance the model on one finger and found the "rough" center of gravity. This is where I placed the copper tube.
After hours of consideration I also decided to abandon the traditional "box" style forward sections of the under wing portions of the engines. I will be installing a more "organic" looking portion as you can see in the rough outlins of the skeleton framework I have added.
Eldar = organic, flowing, elegant
Tau = Techno, Manga, Mecha etc.
Empire = WWII meets Early Industrial era
Without having dedicated sculptors early eldar vehicles by Jes Goodwyn present the Eldar lines in great effect but the kit bashing/scratch building to construct the masters for the Vampire family does not really stay in that family when you look under the models.
I think of all the eldar models the Phoenix bomber gives me the most "Eldar vibe" I liken to true Mech-Organic, thus the decision to stremline the engines.
Until later, go see Tron, cool techno eye candy and great sound and musical score too.
