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This is now a limited (very) run kit

Been away for a while. Anyway thanks for all the nice comments and hopefully this might be a kit. As to the dimentions Paul, I got a lot from an old set of blueprints that came with a magazine released at the time the album came out which I've still got .

Thanks for the comments chaps (apart from the comet minatures ones ). It's my own scratch build and it's 19 inches tall. I'll get some progress pictures up soon.

Here's a couple of pictures of my recently completed tripod from War Of The Worlds.

I'm going to be up there tomorrow. How much room is left on the table ?

I can bring 3-4 models. Don't know which yet though.

So have we got a list of who's going yet ?

Where has the SCi-Fi section gone in "Other Modelling Genres" and the "Work In Progress" ?????

Mish with quite a few saying they'll bring models for display will there be enough room ?

A lot of my stuff will be SF and Fantasy figures, maybe a few spaceships.

I've got shed loads of builds covering all of the subjects, shall I sort out a list ?

These wheel covers are killing me, god knows how many hours I've put into them already. Now I've had to crack out all the white resin inserts that I put in because I noticed some tiny black dots that turned out to be air bubbles in the resin. I knew they would haunt me in the future so they had to go So plan B, vac formed covers over the same area. I should have done it this way first intead of trying to be clever . These have took up way too much time to finish but I'm finally happy enough with these to proceed with a different part of the model now. Time to tackle the interior I think

I've got the LEDs soldered up and installed behind the resin inserts, It took me absolutley ages sifting through LEDs to find sixteen that were all the same shade of white. Anyway here they are lit. This picture doesnt show them off very well but they do light up evenly and quite bright.

A bit more progress on this. I made a silicon mold of the re shaped wheel cover before i cut out where I want the lit area to be so after cutting them out it was just a case of putting them back in the mold and pouring in some nice white resin. Easier said than done that was as I kept gitting the resin too thin or too thick .It took me five tries to get the resin just right ie, thick enough to be an even white colour and thin enough to let light pass through. Anyway stay tuned..

Going a bit slow on this at the mo. I'm trying to work out the best way to light these (see above) Took me ages last night just to line the inner wall with foil tape stuff to stop light leaks.

I'm still after a Anigrand Star Destroyer so I'm offering my Argonauts Cain and a Randy Bowen Decapitator as trade.

Latest so far, Made some changes to the wheel covers, (new one in primer) Built new spotlights with some clear acrylic rod in for lighting. Finally drilled out the other lighted areas. (dont know what I'm going to put in there though).

Next bit to tackle. Cut the top off the pod after realising I'm not too happy with it. Just cant stop sawing this bugger up.

Here's the tube in and working

Here a the components I've gathered for the front light. A modified torch reflector and a mini Fluorescent tube, how cool is that

After a fair ammount of body filler, sanding and filing ...

Now the wheel pods are better here's the next bit of restructuring to be done.

Here's the new wheel pods with a better curve to the top of them.

Didn't know if this was a better place to post this thread ? I've had this model for well over ten years now and it was one of my "get out and look for a bit" kits that most of us have. Anyway the other day I decided to build it along with the two other Spinners I've aquired over the years. When I looked at it sat next to the others I noticed there was something wrong with the shape of the front something that would take a lot of work to put right. I nearly put it back in the box but after much debate with myself I decided I would get stuck in, so I'm going to saw off the wheel pods of this rare kit....stay tuned :? Here's a before picture.

Update..I finally did it