Small Scout Ship (Original Design)

[Richard Baker]

This is an older build of my own design which is not intended to fit into any series or universe. I wanted to make an obviously well used ship, a small scout explorer that has been stripped and retrofitted over time. I did have a set of removable panels to cover the aft section but those have been lost over the years.
For those with a sharp eye for anime subjects you will see a multitude of parts. I pretty much just ran through the donor parts stash and found some interesting stuff. There were no drawings done before hand, I made some basic hull shapes from sheet styrene and began fitting stuff together. The semi-gloss areas are windows as I made them back then, I did not want to get bogged down with cockpit interiors which need to be designed around and built before hand- this was just a build for fun.
BTW- the two forward side guns swing down (surface attack mode) and the two aft landing gear pads swing up to tuck under the main engines and help protect then during flight, While the forward manipulator arms do not actually move, they were inspired by the 2001 Space Pod arms and are articulated the same way.
The model is about 9 inches long and photographed on a 1" scale grid.

This ship has no name or even a clear definition- I wanted to have the person looking at it to come up with their own backstory, just like seeing some vehicle on the tarmac in a background shot.

Plan views:

[Pete in Lincs]

An interesting collection of parts. I like the offset cockpit idea.

[Kushan_Farsight]

Love it. As you may have noticed if youve a keen eye, im a big fan of the Homeworld series, and it was very much one of the few space games that really enjoyed making asymmetrical designs, and some beautiful ones at that.

This design of yours very much has some elements of that and i really like the look of the trussed rear section with fuel tanks visible. a neat little scratchbuild!

 

 

[Richard Baker]

Thanks!

I have a fondness for an industrial look to fictional hardware- these are machines (sometimes using exotic technology) that were built to serve a purpose. I like looking at something and being able to see how and why it might be designed to function. This is an older built- IIRC this one was done around 1981 or so, looking at it again I can see so many things I might have done differently, but I need to remind myself that this was just a project to have some fun with with whatever I had on hand at the time that looked interesting...