Predator and Vindicator

Well, I didn't get as much done as I might have wanted this weekend.  Turns out that one of the three Vindicators that come with the Linebreaker Squadron isn't there.  My friend who gave it to me might have traded it to someone else for something or assembled it and didn't have it with the stuff he gave me.  So I've only got two new Vindicators.  Shucky darn.

Got one of the Vindies assembled.  Also decided to assemble that older Predator.  I've had that thing for about 10 years and, for some reason, never got around to assembling it.  So it was time.  Since I just put the other Predator from a couple of days ago with Las sponsons, I decided to give this one heavy bolters.

GW's newer stuff has spoiled me.  I had a heck of a time putting that Pred together.  I'm used to the better designed, tighter tolerances of the newer kits now.  I did lots of metal dropping with those sponsons.  Well, not putting enough accelerant in the epoxy didn't help with that, either.  As for the Vindie, well, it looked terribly complicated, but was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be.  More time consuming, yes, but still easier.

This leaves me one Vindie left to assemble.  I also found a Venerable Dred still on sprues that I acquired quite a while ago.  I could assemble it for my tenth Dred, but I've got other things that could stand more work these days.  I've still got to paint all this stuff I just made, I've got based but unpainted stuff from a a year and a half ago or more, and I've still got those Speeders I've had since early 3rd Ed. to do something with.  And this isn't even mentioning the Fortress of Redemption.  I think the Venerable will have to wait a little while...