Barry Murray

Thanks a lot. It wasn't hard to do. Just some tedious masking work.

Thanks a lot. I have four more in my stash, awaiting cool paint schemes...

Thanks guys! I am glad everyone likes it! My new project is a vacform plane from the Maschinen Krieger universe. It's been on the bench for a while, but the parts are done and ready to be vacformed. The folder is here, but here's what the other test cast looks like right now(The lines are just from a sharpie, so you can see the contours properly):

Thanks. I am impressed with it my own self. It will be getting packaged up real soon and sent off to it's new owner.

Sweet! Post pics! Or post a link if you have a thread going! Here are the pics with the Viper Sporting the TSR2 decals:

Okay. Those decals were PERFECT!!! I will post pics tonight, but they look incredible. More later!

I am not familiar with that colour. Do you have something else painted in it? And yeah, i hear the G is going to be great. A friend of mine in Germany got an advance copy from Moebius for Spacedays last week. I will try and get pics.

Nice. I have ordered a set in 1/48. They should be perfect for the 1/32 Viper! Thanks! I never thought to search the Hannants site! Like the blue grey colour? That will probably be nice. I have never seen a MKII done in MKVII colours.

No problemo. I will take pics of the one i have taped together at work to show you.

I am sure i shall. I have always relied on the kindness of strangers! About the MKII, be sure and cut off the tabs on the Wings so you can add them later in the build. I'd also reccomend removing the upper intake from the stack of three. It makes it easier to fill the forward gaps. I can provide pics if you like to "show my working"

I have the pilot painted but i am still trying to source NASA decals. I can't find them anywhere seperate without buying the Orbiter kit... I will still keep looking.

totally. I am just eyeballing it, but it will be about 48cm long give or take. The main details are on the front end. I will make one engine intake and cast two from it, and the same with the ammo mags on the sides. The main hull will just be sheet styrene in the 2mm range. I found a supplier in the UK who sell mega large styrene sheets at about a quarter of the cost that everygreen charges, so i stocked up on them. My idea is to cast the front end/canopy/engines and the rest will just be cut from styrene sheet based on templates. Originally i was going to make a master pattern based on a simple scaling-up of the FW kit, but it would have cost a fortune to get it cast. I decided to compromise on making the front end and a few detail parts and the rest with sheet. The design is beautiful in my mind because it's so simple. The one are i wanted to slightly improve upon is the cockpit. There is a token effort to add a door behind the pilot, but he'd never fit through it(WH kits are notorious for the figures being too big in scale), so my Pilot will be a bit better scaled, look smaller in the cockpit, and will have a doorway behind him that he WILL fit through...(I might even build one with the doorway open...). Here's the original kit:

For sure. The Forgeworld resin kits are extortionately priced. The Arvus i am making is *a little bigger* than the FW kit though... I love the idea of a "Sprinter-sized" dropship. Able to carry only a "van-load" of guys or cargo. And it's a cute design. The FW kit is just too small. Here are pics of what i made today(Cockpit front end will be cast in resin eventually after it's all detailed up):

Indeed. I once sat on an MV. It really looks nice, but i am 5'2" and it was too high for me. I have the same problem with most sports bikes. My R6 only allows me to get one tiptoe on the ground on one side(The other one is about 14" off the ground due to the width of the seat...) I can cover the back brake easily enough though. Thanks a lot. I just started scratchbuilding an Imperial Navy Arvus Lighter dropship from the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Lol! Thanks. Nightcrawler is going to be the pilot of my Bussard interceptor. He needed a G-suit for that role... I just never got around to making a mold for it! The Stealth was a project i started and let it sit in the garage for a week or so after starting, and the MDF warped... It's no big deal. I will re-do the bottom part in perspex when i get a chance. My intention was to use the main hull to make a vacform master so everyone could have a 1/24 Stealth fighter. It may still happen. Who knows... As for the bike... It's not an R1. It's an R6. But it is mine. Well... It belongs to the finance company, but i am working on it... Pics of all the bikes i have had are here. The only thing i would even consider chopping it in for is a Ducati 848. But i don't NEED an 848. I'd just like one... As for aesthetics, i feel there is nothing on the road right now that can even come close to the dynamics and speed of an R6 in white sitting still...(Well, when i bought it, it looked like this, but i am not afraid of a £7500 challenge...) Here are the most recent pics of my Baby: