Building the Puppets War "Dragonfly"

Well, my Puppets War Dragonfly arrived a few days ago! First impression was good, it was very well packaged and arrived in very similar condition to Forge World items (that is to say, bits of flash, a few mould lines and air bubbles, nothing more than you'd expect).

See, a wee baggie of goodness

However, once I had taken the parts out, done the usual clean up and washing (being resin, Id advise the usual wash with warm soapy water first), and I had laid the parts out, I realized there were no instructions, and the ones on the PW website were sub-par.

mmm, unassembled goodness

That being said, its not a terribly complicated kit to assemble...

The first step was to cut some blister plastic and make "windows" for the cockpit, as I would want it to match the other flyers in my army (I.e, painted windows). Expect lots of swearing and missed cuts here, as each window pane is an "odd" shape, there is no easy way to go about it...

finally done, goodness gracious me...

Once made, the cowling was fixed to the main body of the cockpit section.

Step two was to attach the base of the cockpit section, make sure this part is fully cleaned of flash, as tiny bits can be a real problem here. Then, join the two "halves" of the plane together, simples as they literally slot together.

Pay attention to the orientation, for goodness sake!

Three, well, its tail boom time. First step is to slot the tail boom end into our assembled body (fin up), making sure the hole in the protuding tag is clear. Next, fit the "interior/exterior" body section, mine fit very nicely and flush, YMMV, but take care to join the "nib" and "hole" at the tail end. Finally, fit the little dorsal fin to fix the two ends together (you may need to trim the rods on it to get it to fit).

 

goodness me its coming together.

Now its time for the tail elevators. My part was warped quite badly, but no matter, as I was going to be swapping it for a Storm Eagle elevator section anyway. This is a doddle, simply slot the part in.
(if you wish to swap parts, its a simple cut-n-paste job)

"like a glove" goodness

Propellers are easy to assemble, though I have left mine separate for ease of painting, like the main wings (as I have not yet decided on how to arm the beasty, Im thinking of it as a counts-as Vulture Gunship.

To fix the part to attach to the flying stand, it goes right underneath the open interior section.

Now, I decided not to attach the grapples and tail boom, instead replacing it with my own engine section, but more on that later. If you decide to go ahead with it, its easy to see where it goes, and the powercell component is placed just in front of it. For now, I shall leave it with a scale shot versus the GW Valkyrie, and 

you can make your own minds up on what you think...

running out of things to say that include goodness...

But Im finished now, so thank goodness! 

Hope this helps anybody with their own Dragonfly!

Later

JP

Sneak Preview time

OK, so before the weekend rolls around (and I have a couple of posts planned for then), its time for a sneak preview of something that (should it be finished) will be taking the stage in one of them...

cue the Thunderbirds theme:

Because I'm nice, I made the question really really hard...

OK, well thats all for now, Im off to pack up the blood angels and get ready to ship them off to their new home (sniff), and also gots to prepares for the big game this week, Joe and I have been challenged to a doubles game, 3k each player! So, expect a battle report of that!

Now, Ogres or Empire, hmm...

Veterans of the Vostroyan 7th (and their stolen ride)

Well, I figure before the new shiny toy arrives, I should show that some of the "Meat and Potatoes" (as my old friend Pat is wont to say) of the army is completed, in the form of a shiny veteran squad. well, when I say completed...

Vostroyan 7th, Blue Squad

"for Mother Rus-I mean, Vostrya!"

Standard veteran squad, here with an autocannon converted from the stock HB (simply done by adding an autocannon barrel to the bolter) and a re-purposed flamer now running as a meltagun. Shortly, I will be removing said autocannon and adding in two more meltaguns to make Blue Squad a pure meltavet squad.

The Chimera is stolen, as the white stripes and funky blue uplink denote it as belonging to the CCS, or it will do, when they are finished...

Up next, a CCS and a Valkyrie, now off to paint them! Thanks for reading, and if you have any comments, id love to hear them.