Welcome to 40k Flashback, where I dig deep for something cool that I have or have seen from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday… Behold the Mk1 Whirlwind, with 1990’s box art from Games Workshop’s “Red” period. This was a hybrid pewter plastic kit as back then it was cheaper to spin cast pewter components rather than make a multi part plastic sprue.
This was a step up from the convert a missile launcher using bic pens conversion that the White Dwarf featured before this kit was available.
There are some examples below of similar kits as well. The whirlwind went for $16-$25 during this period, and I think its near $50 now. -MBG
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