Pete in Lincs Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Remember the opening scenes of Red Dwarf? A spacesuited figure is painting, the camera pulls back & we see a huge spaceship. Well, that partly inspired this build. I built a Star Wars freighter and wanted a different way to display it. I had a redundant noticeboard and an idea. Plastic card, Polystyrene foam and glue came together to create this... Here's the Squadron badge. I thought some colour might brighten things up, and then this happened. I used a Japanese wing roundel and a pirate decal plus pen & pencil. Panel lines were enhanced with acrylic pastels. The Starships all seem to have maintenance trenches. This is only loosely based on them, I just used what I had for greeblies. More greeblies. We're going from left to right BTW. No prizes for guessing what these were originally supposed to be. The front end of the Vaurbian Freighter hoves into view. Above it is a repurposed 1/350th F-5. And in this shot is the Imperial shuttle. This picture was taken before I added the F-5. See, it's back again. The F-5 and various other bits were donated by @bootneck, so my thanks to him for his generosity. Hopefully it doesn't look too far out of place. I tried to add a nav droid behind the cockpit. There's room for more ships to be attached to this, so I'll start another in the near future. The WIP is in the usual place. Comments are always welcome, and thanks for looking. Pete 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 This is great Pete! I liked the concept from the start and its a really impressive way to display all your space based creations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 anyone else hearing Red Dwarf trumpets? ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba b baa ba baaaaa - really inventive chap - top work TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 You're a gem Pete. Never told anybody that I liked their trench before. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 Thanks you, chaps. I'm rather chuffed with it myself. I think next up will be a coupe of scratchbuilt Tie fighters. I have the dimensions and pictures. I just need the time! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 That has turned out rather splendidly Pete, was not sure where it was going when you started but it sure ended up in the right place, although I do see a problem in my glass ball.....a much bigger shed/cave, that trench takes up some serious shelf space. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 3 hours ago, TEXANTOMCAT said: anyone else hearing Red Dwarf trumpets? ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba b baa ba baaaaa - really inventive chap - top work TT Yeah and if you look at it long enough goldfish will start nibbling at your toes! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 What a fantastic piece of wall art. Really great idea well put together, I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadman Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Looks brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Really clever build Pete, and a great way of displaying the Vaurbian freighter. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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