| Colonel O Truth | 19 Jun 2015 7:34 p.m. PST |
Hi, All! Just finished this little monster… I hope you like! link
All the Best! |
 Parzival  | 19 Jun 2015 7:41 p.m. PST |
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| Ghecko | 19 Jun 2015 7:48 p.m. PST |
Nice. Kit or scratch build? |
| 79thPA | 19 Jun 2015 8:18 p.m. PST |
I really like the color scheme. |
| Random Die Roll | 19 Jun 2015 8:24 p.m. PST |
All of this when starting off with plastic wine glasses…….Nice job  |
| Colonel O Truth | 19 Jun 2015 8:40 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys! It's a scratch build from wine glasses and bits and bobs. Glad you like it! |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 19 Jun 2015 9:03 p.m. PST |
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| Grelber | 19 Jun 2015 9:06 p.m. PST |
Seriously cool! I love the brass work. Grelber |
Rodrick Campbell  | 19 Jun 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 19 Jun 2015 9:32 p.m. PST |
Exceedingly well done sir! The Queen will be pleased. |
| kallman | 19 Jun 2015 9:39 p.m. PST |
Fabulous tutorial and wonderful looking model. I hope it enjoys many journeys and safe returns. |
| DLIinVSF | 20 Jun 2015 1:57 a.m. PST |
What a beauty, bravo Sir! |
| Rabbit 3 | 20 Jun 2015 5:11 a.m. PST |
Finally! A success for Professor Quatermass and the British Rocket Group! |
| Landorl | 20 Jun 2015 6:58 a.m. PST |
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| Joe Fish | 20 Jun 2015 8:22 a.m. PST |
Well done, a real proper ship. |
| platypus01au | 20 Jun 2015 2:29 p.m. PST |
Colour me impressed! JohnG |
| John Treadaway | 20 Jun 2015 2:33 p.m. PST |
Jaw dropping, as usual. John T |
| capncarp | 22 Jun 2015 8:45 a.m. PST |
Pass the Cavorite sauce, please! |
| Pauls Bods | 22 Jun 2015 11:35 a.m. PST |
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 Yellow Admiral | 24 Jun 2015 4:12 p.m. PST |
You, sir, are my hero, a larger-than-life figure among modelers, and true Titan of the scratchbuilding community. I am greener than that rocket with envy. I suspect you're also quite mad. 881 rivets?!?! Egad! When I read that, my monocle fell out and I still haven't found where it rolled to…. - Ix |
| zoneofcontrol | 28 Jun 2015 5:10 p.m. PST |
As a kid, I had one of these rocket ship banks. Back when they (and I) were new, they were gold in color, had a red inch long & pointy nose cone and red rubber tips on the fin tips. Your awesome rocket in the OP made me think of it and search e-bay for it. Thanks for sharing. auction |
| Colonel O Truth | 29 Jun 2015 3:13 a.m. PST |
Wow! Thanks again, folks! What a nice reaction! Yellow Admiral – it's great to be so appreciated. Thank you very much indeed. But… mad? Perhaps. Then again, since it's the rivets that make the difference… I've said it before and I'll probably say it again: None of the techniques that I employ in my models are particularly complicated. All it takes to make a model as good as it can be is a little imagination and a lot of patience. Twelve rivets looks like you weren't trying. Eight hundred looks like the real thing. So I did eight hundred. |
| Colonel O Truth | 29 Jun 2015 3:14 a.m. PST |
Zoneofcontrol – Isn't nostalgia wonderful?! Glad I could help! |
| TheBeast | 30 Jun 2015 5:09 a.m. PST |
…and a lot of patience. And, the source of our failures is revealed. Just take the compliments, deserved. Doug |
| Colonel O Truth | 30 Jun 2015 1:15 p.m. PST |
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| Yellow Admiral | 30 Jun 2015 10:02 p.m. PST |
All it takes to make a model as good as it can be is a little imagination and a lot of patience. I agree with Doug. Even mediocre painters and modelers can turn out some really fun stuff with extra time and focus, but most of us care more about reading and playing than modeling. Me too, sometimes. In practice there is also a certain spark required to get a creation from "merely suggestive" to "almost real". You have a knack for hitting the VSF theme square in the bullseye with your creations (and photography, and writings, etc.) that most of us just plain don't have. I suspect it's an eye for the kinds of details that make a big difference. Like, say, rivets.  I admit VSF isn't even my "thing". I just love your blog. It inspires me to go back to my scenery projects. - Ix |
| Colonel O Truth | 06 Jul 2015 2:23 p.m. PST |
Thank you very much! I am humbled! |
