The interior and the pilots are complete. Lots of pictures in this blog update of the insides and the constituent parts. Read on for more. I’m not a big fan of painting interiors. Most of my Land Raiders and Rhinos are sealed shut with the…

The exterior is complete! This week I’ve spent way too much time painting rust around rivets and chips on armour. I will never get those 7 hours back… 7 hours just to weather a Thunderhawk. I must be crazy. Read on to see what else…

I’ve been painting the details on my Thunderhawk. I’ve painted the side access doors, the aquillas, and the metal vent areas on the roof. It’s only a small update so no pics after the jump.

At last some detail work! I use the term detail very loosely because the engines are the same length as a Land Raider and the Turbo Laser is the length of a Rhino APC. Read on for some close ups of the Thunderhawk’s guns, engines…

In this update you can see I’ve added a diagonal stripe to either side of the hull and three large Ultramarine symbols, two on the wings and one on the nose. All of these elements have been added to help break up the massive amount…

I’m now starting to get into this project. It’s the biggest airbrush project I’ve tried (slightly bigger then my Harridan, but far more complex). I’ve really enjoyed the precision of this project so far. I can’t believe I’ve lined and highlighted the whole thing with…

I forced myself to paint the Thunderhawk two nights in a row. I want to keep the momentum going and keep chipping away at it. This step was all about lining the armour panels with the airbrush. I’ve gone for a near black dark blue….

Today I fanned the muck up and revisited a project that has been sat on my desk for months now. I undercoated and basecoated my Thunderhawk gunship. I feel it’s a bit of a milestone getting the blue paint on the old bird and I…