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No superlative can do this justice. Keith

Very nice indeed. Nice design and weathering. Keith

There are no superlatives which can describe this. Truly stunning. Keith

The easy way to tell the difference is the Revell orbiter has raised tile detail, whilst the Monogram version is totally smooth. And only Monogram released a 1/72 full stack kit. Keith

Brilliant work. Keith

Brilliant. Reminds me of the set in Captain Scarlet from the top of London Car vue. Keith

Thanks very much everyone. I must admit to being pleasantly surprised at how it turned out. Keith

Oh, it's big alright - 27" in length. I was rather pleased the way the variation of white came out bearing in mind it was all done with rattle can. Tamiya Insignia white and white undercoat over parts as insignia white relative to the undercoat is quite grey. So lots of masking and overcoating to get the variations. Especially please as the photos actually picked up the panelling effect as sometimes I do it too subtly for photographing under a 500W Photoflood. Keith

There you go!

A friend found this in a charity shop. No decals so did my own scheme. Turned it into a World Space Agency Carrier/Air Launch craft. Replaced the horrible forward canards and reworked the Thunderdart stealth aircraft to a mini space shuttle by redesigning the aft end and wing tips. Changed the scale from 1/72 to 1/100 and made new temporary landing gear for a couple of the photos. Keith

Impressive. Keith

Very nice indeed! "non-ablative re-entry" - the Apollo Command Module had an ablative material - which is material which breaks away during re-entry taking the heat with it. The shuttle tiles were non ablative which means they did not break away but absorbed the heat. Keith

Outstanding paint job! Keith

Waste not want not, as the saying goes. Amazing what you can do with left overs with a bit of lateral thinking! Keith

Thanks very much everyone. Glad you like them. Thought I'd try one with the small scale Aoshima diecast Zero X (with a bit of Photoshopping to hide the obvious diecast origin) in the same sort of vein.