Underside details are SOOO Soviet.
About this creation
Well, one of the big things I had planned for the Kalashnikov was a detailed underside. All the best space creations have them, and all softmoric space creations don't. On the Josef Fighter I tried doing something fun downthere, but I think with the Kalashnikov I really stepped forward.
One of the things that really helped was having a plethora of inverse dark grey slopes. I've bought them from various bricklink sources thinking they'd always be useful. And they were! I used almost every single one (except maybe eight or so).
I also had a chance to do landing gear. The Duvernay didn't have any, and the Anju's landgear, well.. felt shoved on to me. I started with something I stole from Jon Palmer's Q Wing (Sith Eviscerator), but they couldn't hold the weight at all, but that is for Part 12.
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here's the beginning. note the "chin" defense guns. these are lower calibre than the side one, but useful, none-the-less.
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some more detail here. in future models (smaller ones) i will try to avoid the 'undernieth of plates' look, but for now i just live with it.
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see the tubes moving about. i love tubes. just gotta use them as much as i can.
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how it stands on them. in order to have the strength necessary, they have to be straight down. at angle, the weight of the rear forces them farther down.
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rear section with back def gun. the back def gun will be removed later.
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landing gear. although it seems like it might work, this is really a disaster waiting to happen.
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