Ork Fighter and Biplane Construction & Priming (40k)

- January 17, 2018

Ork Fighter and Biplane Construction & Priming:

I decided to build some wacky ork planes for 40k, and wanted them to be different from the regular Dakka-Jet and Blitza Bomber kits. These planes were created using two Dakka-Jet/Blitza Bomber kits, parts from a Stormraven Gunship, and various materials.

I knew that for the bomber I wanted to go with an older biplane design, so for the fighter I decided to go with a more futuristic design. Looking for something more similar to a sci-fi plane than something from WWI.

I drew inspiration for the design mainly from Star Wars classic X-Wing Design for the fins, as well as the overall shape of the fighter from the N-1 Starfighter design.

Here is the what the begining shape of the fighter looked like. I liked the shape of the Stormraven Gunship's wings when mounted backwards, and reversed the engines. As well as bolted some dakka over the ailerons, with the additional fins added to give the slight X-Wing shape the steering power.

The Blitza-Bomber took inspiration from classic biplane bombers such as the Fairey Swordfish.

I built the body and bottom stet of wings from one of the Blitza-Bomba kits, and created the top wing using the wings from the second kit. The struts between the upper and lower wing were created from small pieces of bamboo and hot glued on (as the bond of regular super glue didn't work to well between the bamboo and plastic).

I filled in the gap where the upper wings were glued together in the center by gluing and wrapping string to also give it a feel of the cloth canvas used on older bi-planes, as well as the feeling of some thrown together ork-engineering. The fuel pods were only added to the top wing, as to extend the wing so that it would be similar in width to the bottom wing.