symphonicpoet
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Okay . . . so I've known for a while that I need some shuttles and dropships. This one is intended to be a sort of Leer Jet of shuttlecraft: the small zippy private executive model. It started life as some kind of transformer toy that I picked up for a dollar or two at a toy show. (Leftovers.)
The first step was taking it apart and figuring out what pieces I wanted. There were nice parts, but they were in a weird sort of Michael Bay meets anime robots goofball configuration. After that I had to reassemble them in a way that made marginally more sense and stretch the thing enough that it would fit a crew larger than two. The old FC[A]J container from the old Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd vehicle proved just about the right size, after a bit of hacking and sawing. Some brass rod served as pins to attach the new fuselage to nose and tail. Cardstock served as a rudimentary bottom to the hull.
And here's where I'm experimenting a little. To smooth this thing out right would require a LOT of GS. So . . . I'm using spackle instead. Apply, dry, sand, apply, dry, sand, apply, dry . . . you get the idea. Many thin layers each sanded down.
There's some cardstock skeleton under some of the rounder bits. There were more pictures, but they are lost. More will follow as I get the shape a little more refined.
(And as I figure out the engines.)
Anyway . . . more later.
The first step was taking it apart and figuring out what pieces I wanted. There were nice parts, but they were in a weird sort of Michael Bay meets anime robots goofball configuration. After that I had to reassemble them in a way that made marginally more sense and stretch the thing enough that it would fit a crew larger than two. The old FC[A]J container from the old Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd vehicle proved just about the right size, after a bit of hacking and sawing. Some brass rod served as pins to attach the new fuselage to nose and tail. Cardstock served as a rudimentary bottom to the hull.
And here's where I'm experimenting a little. To smooth this thing out right would require a LOT of GS. So . . . I'm using spackle instead. Apply, dry, sand, apply, dry, sand, apply, dry . . . you get the idea. Many thin layers each sanded down.
There's some cardstock skeleton under some of the rounder bits. There were more pictures, but they are lost. More will follow as I get the shape a little more refined.
(And as I figure out the engines.)
Anyway . . . more later.
