A few weeks ago i made thunderhawk mk1 and i decided back then i could improve on the design and i was going to do so, the last few days i have made another thunderhawk mark one to familiarise myself again and improved on it where i could on the fly (mostly efficentiency, structural improvements and mistakes in the plans)
and then redoing the plans where i thought large improvements could be made ready to make a thunderhawk mark 3 which is significantly different
This is the original mark 1 from several weeks ago
Build log
This models improvements are
- reinforced crew compartment at front and merging the separate pieces of floor into one
- side detail on the outer cockpit now present didn't fit on old model
- top windows of cockpit
- removed rivets in various places
- removed various details at rear outside cockpit
- simplified the general structure and extra reinforcement internally
- changed how the lascannon mini wings attach
- redesigned under belly engine to be same design as wing mounted engines
Improvements made to plans ready for Mk 3
- made the front crew area and middle of the ship one section with no join in the middle, and removed double walls (reduced materail needs by 20%)
- improved the the design of the wings so the attach directly onto side and bottom of the thunderhawk and not onto a separate structure
- more internal structure changes
- removed some more rivets from undesirable places
- this various other aesthetic details such as wind tips being to small
