| billclo | 20 Jul 2014 1:25 p.m. PST |
Here is a scratchbuild that I just finished. It is a Military Transport, in the spirit of what we are doing in a scratchbuilding contest on the Facebook page Full Thrust. Basic materials are a glue stick body, a large wire nut, a piece of plastic plumbing fastener, and 4 cargo pods made out of Legos. :D
I changed my mind and ditched the red wire nut and other part. I got rid of the glue stick cap, trimmed the body a bit, reversed the hull and attached the plumbing coupling as the engine assembly.
Primed:
Painted and decaled:
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BlackWidowPilot  | 20 Jul 2014 1:43 p.m. PST |
Actually, it reminds me of one of the civilian refugee ships from the original Battlestar Galactica television series: link
Very nicely done!
Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net |
| Zeelow | 20 Jul 2014 1:46 p.m. PST |
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| Sundance | 20 Jul 2014 1:46 p.m. PST |
Doesn't look any goofier than some of the stuff that the "pros" sell. |
| Todd636 | 20 Jul 2014 1:52 p.m. PST |
It is amazing what can be made from basically junk. Assuming you have a great imagination and some skill. Neither of which I have. : ) So I say that if far from "goofy". |
| billclo | 20 Jul 2014 2:27 p.m. PST |
Todd636, It mainly takes practice to take an ordinary "junk" object, and see what can be done with it. While I had a decent imagination to start with, merely practicing putting items together and seeing what can result is mainly how I got better at doing this. :) Practice usually equals improvement. :) The goofy part was mainly that I used Legos for part of the ship. My son wants the parts back so I don't think that the cargo pods will be on there too long… But it was a fun project. |
| Redroom | 20 Jul 2014 2:34 p.m. PST |
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| Shedman | 20 Jul 2014 2:38 p.m. PST |
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Micman  | 20 Jul 2014 7:07 p.m. PST |
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| Tom Bryant | 20 Jul 2014 10:22 p.m. PST |
Tommy likes this! Well done sir. Keep up the good work. |
| sean68333 | 21 Jul 2014 12:49 p.m. PST |
Great stuff. I like this. If you lose the legos, you could always make some storage pods out of something else to replace them. |
| billclo | 21 Jul 2014 3:11 p.m. PST |
Sean, that is a possibility. :) |
| John Treadaway | 26 Jul 2014 6:00 a.m. PST |
If you lose the legos, you could always make some storage pods out of something else to replace them. Agreed. I would probably keep the lego as foundation and add a panel of ribbed plastic sheet (evergreen or Wills) – roof shuttering, that kind of deal – to all flat sides as just cut rectangles. It'd give it some kind of 'container ship' look and hide the lego brick joints a bit. But good work, nevertheless. John T |
| TheBeast | 30 Jul 2014 10:05 a.m. PST |
Don't mind the lego seams, but they need to be made flush as possible. The left end of the second to the last piccie will show you what I mean. That out of alignment is jarring. Everything else is okay, but could stand greebles, whether or not you're trying to hide those seams. I'm thinking shaped paper punches and styrene drink lids. Watch out for PETE, though. Doug |
