Magnetic Rhino/Razorback

Everyone knows that GW kits cost a lot, and yes you can get them cheaper though places like Wayland Games, but making tank components interchangeable is by far the cheapest option, so I got myself some magnets and magnetised the razorbacks I got. Now, hopefully I can help someone else to save some cash.

I started by making a normal rhino, except with the top hatch and drivers hatch left unglued. I then made the turret section to go on top of the razorback, but cut off the pins on the side and drilled a 3mm hole all the way through, putting two magnets into the hole. (try to keep the same polarity throughout all of your tanks, that way you can swap weapons and other options such as hunter killer missiles between them as you like.)

Then put magnets in the holes on the guns. They are already 3mm wide so the magnets fit perfectly and require no drilling. The heavy bolter requires one per side, but the lascannon is deeper. Either fill the holes and redrill them, or put two magnets in as I did. The guns come with a square section, that fits together when on the turret. If you want it to make it easier to change guns, then drill out this section (it’s just a little to small) and place in a magnet. It will make them very easy to attach. Holding the two sides of the gun near the turret is all it takes.

Attaching the top hatch, allows the entire tank to be shaken around, upside down, without anything falling off. Cut a piece of sprue large enough to pass across the width of the hatch. Drill out two holes for magnets to go in. Then you need to put magnets the same distance apart and from the edges, on the hatch. If these don’t match up then it wont sit right, so measure twice and glue once. You also need to put magnets on the rhino hatch as well, so do the same as with the razorback one.

The drivers hatch is very easy to fit. Just cut another bit of sprue to go diagonally across the hole for it and another to go inside the hatch itself. Put a magnet on the one inside the hatch and one close to the centre of the other piece of spure. Place the hatch and spure in place first, and then glue it in place. That way it will always fit correctly.

Now you should be able to interchange the razorback weapons, as well as making it a rhino as well.

Hope this helped some people. Comments and Criticism welcome.

Cheers