Modding on the Cheap: Shield Drones and Vehicle Upgrade Bitz at little or no cost to you!

OK - as I was working on adding some bitz to my vehicles to represent my favorite upgrades (disruption pod, multi-tracker, and flechette dischargers) I began to look at various bits and went on a small spree of ordering to buy what I needed.

In the course of this spending spree I ended up looking a lot closer at some other kits I bought (such as Shadowsun) and did a proverbial facepalm: I could have saved so much time and money. Here's how:

What you will need:

• Any model that includes a shield drone or
• A Gun Drone Squad (four gun drones)
• A Shield Drone bit pack (four shield drones)

How this works:
First you make your shield drones. This is a simple process. You take the disc from the Gun Drone and then add the shield generator to the bottom of the drone and the metal aerials to the top of the drone. Repeat as needed. You will now be left with the following bits on the sprues:

• Two Pulse Carbines (with holes on the side)
• One aerial
• One connector bit

The pulse carbines can be cut in the groove between the "gun" and "grenade launcher" parts, and again flush behind the grenade launcher part, leaving you a small mostly rectangular piece with a small round nub on top. The two of these together can be attached to your vehicle to represent your flechette dischargers.

The aerial is a simple glue on top to represent the multi-tracker.

The connector bit gets the two side nubs nipped off as flush as you can. On the underside of the vehicles (where the flight stands go) is a hole just big enough for the nub to fit in. The flight stand for the vehicle then can slot in easily.

Granted the mods will not win you any prizes, but they're a cheap and effective way to get yourself WYSISYG compliant.