I’ve always liked the Arvus Lighter. I did think about getting some resin versions for Aeronautica Imperialis. I was pleased to see the plastic versions for Legions Imperialis and they did go on that awfully long wants list. Visiting Jadlam Toys and Models in Glastonbury I was browsing and saw they had a box of the Legions Imperialis Arvus Lighters on sale at 33% off. Bargain, so I bought the box.
The Arvus Lighter is a solid and reliable workhorse shuttle, affectionately referred to as ‘Little Pig’ among air crews. The Solar Auxilia employ these durable craft as unarmed combat transports, to insert officers and specialists into a war zone with pinpoint accuracy.
In the box you get eight aircraft, across two sprues.
Alongside with flying bases and a transfer sheet. With appropriate bases they can also be used in Aeronautica Imperialis.
I am planning to paint some of them using the same painting method as I did with my Valkyrie transports. The others will be in a different Imperial scheme.
The models did feel like they would go together easily.
There are quite a number of parts for what are very small models.
However when photographing them for this post, I noticed that I hadn’t managed to get the parts together tightly on all the models, so they might need some additional work before undercoating.
So after sorting out the gaps, I will give the models a white undercoat.