Welcome to 40k Flashback, where I dig deep for something cool that I have from back in the day. Which according to the comic Dane Cook was a Wednesday...

You always hear the question: "How did you get into the hobby?", and for me it was getting bored with assembling fighter jet models.

I could never afford the good jet kits either, lol. Plus those things had a ton of components, we're spoiled by Games Workshop when it comes to piece count, believe me.

Rick Priestly wrote perhaps the first full conversion article for the Hover Tank in White Dwarf many many years ago.  He built it off a deodorant bottle, and various bits.

Behold the splendor of the Hover Tank, kids don't try this at home! -MBG