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Been mucking about with my old Land Speeder – wanting to bring it up to fit in better with modern minis and not stick out as an old lead abomination. It was just never cool, even back in the day – so I’ve extended and widened it to fit as close to the footprint of a modern Land Speeder as possible. Still some work to do before painting, but I reckon the idea has legs. I fabricated the extender bits out of triple ply plasticard and used a couple of bits out the bits box to tie things together. Now need to find a Vindicator sprue or something for some intake fans on the engines.

The extensions are in black plastic – the fit is solid and less likely to fall apart than the old bendy lead is. (The amount of scrubbing required to get the thick layer of corrosion off this model was mental!)

Extended RT speeder vs Current Edition –

The assembled skeleton of the chassis –

Unfortunately I can’t find the MultiMelta for the turret, so I’m probably just gonna repurpose the one off the “Vincent Black Shadow” original Attack Bike – think it’s the same gun, just with an added leg that I’ll cut off. I’m considering adding a split “skiff plate” at the front to make it look more aerodynamic and maybe some short wing/fins to the rear – I’ll try and use some existing SM bit for that if I do though as I want to keep it looking Astartes.