Hunter Rose Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Cool! The masking went well and from the bit you've done its really looking good with the wash; its tied tbe colours together really well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 "Sing if your glad to be Gray " More "wash rinse and repeat" seemingly for an absolute eternity I think after this I may need to do something colourful! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Looks really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 nice work coming on there - I can appreciate the amount of time you spent adding the mask patches - I've recently been there too - its rewarding when they come off and you start to see your panel work all starting to come together I'm enjoying this and look forward to seeing it completed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) Congrats on finding this kit and for building it rather than storing it away for another 40 years for 'antique' value. I have no experience whatsoever of vinyl, but I have made largish buildings using vacu-formed plastic kit parts and cast plaster parts (which I made myself) and I found that some 'supporting internal structure' was required. I assume you faced a similar problem with 'bendy', 'saggy' and 'droopy' parts? Someone mentioned 'stuffing the cavities with newspaper'. Well, I went one step further, using tubes of paper which were placed internally then doused with thin CA. CA makes paper set like plastic, light but strong. They were either fixed as 'struts' or laid side by side and even stacked in rows within the cavity, forming a honeycomb in cross-section. These CA'd tubes really do work well, strengthening the kit massively. Oh, and I also applied paper along the inside of long joints between thin parts - again fixing with thin CA - greatly strengthening the joints. Probably too late now, seeing that you've built the thing, but maybe someone else will find this useful? I hope I'm not teaching my grandmother to suck eggs? Rearguards, Badder Edited October 26, 2017 by Badder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo uk Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Had mine in the attic for ages before deciding it's got to be done. It's a great kit and subject which makes it all the more weird that no ones bothered to re-do it. Still look how long it took us to get decent kits of the Enterprise, Proteus and the Flying Sub. Here's how mine turned out. ( with a few optic fibres and leds added) 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Hey Neo,I came across your build when researching this kit,it's ,without a doubt ,an exceptional build,despite the best efforts of a cat if I recall Badders,Thanks for the tips,I Haven't actually glued the kit together yet as I want to put in some fairly rudimentary lighting. Cheers Andy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Glad to have found this thread - never seen the contents of that box before, nice to see it. I've bid on so many of these things on eBay over the years! I remember at my first Telford comp my Babylon 5 Starfury was beaten into Silver place by a beautifully painted Nostromo. Its a superb ship and I'd love to have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Well it's still all looking very, very ,grey! Even the base is Grey Nearly all cobbled together,main fuselage still needs fixing and filling in place,most of all the rear engine work is in place and the base is starting to come together. Cheers Andy 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Grey is fine when you have this type of complex panel variation Looks excellent I completely sympathise with the effort involved in doing something like this, looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 That is a stunning model / diorama. Another classic sci-fi vessel and a classic kit all in one looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteors Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Looking good, Carts. Have a squizz at this thread on the RPF, someone's got some nice pics of the restored small Nostromo filming model. https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=283278 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 "Fifty shades of Grey,this time its Grey-er!" Been working on my LV-426 Landscape,sharp sand ,white glue mix,Planetoid structures made from air drying clay. Ship sat on surface,driving me nuts with trying to light it,may settle for less lighting and more sanity. Ah well,Back to it. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I like the planetoid structures, quite creepy in keeping with the tone of the scene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 wow - that diorama base looks like a very Alien place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 That base looks amazing! And as someone who has abandoned lighting in a lot of projects, I would say its better to have a completed unlit model than a project that sits on the shelf of doom out of frustration! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACETRACK Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 wow! Grail kit indeed, what happened to Halcyon? I've built a couple (Predator 2, very fiddly dreads! also the large mature alien, which to be honest I wasn't impressed with) still got the Narcissuss in the stash. Never seen this big boy assembled and painted, will follow with interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACETRACK Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 just followed the article down and wow! That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Thanks for the input all,stick a fork in it,its done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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