bianfuxia Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 On 5/5/2022 at 5:23 AM, Bobby No Mac said: Let's make sure that history never forgets the name ... Enterprise To do this we need to get a few more Cadets at Starfleet Academy to keep the dream alive 👩🏾🚀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 i would love to. a polar lights enterprise refit, or a space 1999 eagle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardaukar Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Does this include ground stuff? Actually count me in either way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 14 minutes ago, sardaukar said: Does this include ground stuff? Actually count me in either way. Yes it does as long as that ground is on another planetary body...or asteroid or moon. Basically anything that does its thing more than 100km from the surface of this planet. Adding you to the crew manifest. Welcome aboard! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Monty Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Hi @bianfuxia Sign me up, I'll have a rummage in the spares boxes and see if I can find something to fire my imagination. cheers Monty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Monty Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 08/05/2022 at 09:16, bianfuxia said: To do this we need to get a few more Cadets at Starfleet Academy to keep the dream alive 👩🏾🚀 Hopefully no one ends up on the Security Guard course - the one where they give you a red shirt... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I'm going to blame @Ngantek, nothing to do with browsing the manufacturer's site nor my inability to press the 'buy' button. This is a copy of the kit he mentioned (here) A MISC Freelancer from the Star Citizen 'verse, together with some cargo crates. At least, this might help me resist buying a new ship in game next week (SC have a marketing event starting Friday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Robert Stuart said: I'm going to blame @Ngantek, nothing to do with browsing the manufacturer's site nor my inability to press the 'buy' button. This is a copy of the kit he mentioned (here) A MISC Freelancer from the Star Citizen 'verse, together with some cargo crates. At least, this might help me resist buying a new ship in game next week (SC have a marketing event starting Friday). It's a lovely kit. They aren't cheap but neither do they feel unfairly priced. I'll be honest, this kit was the thing that got me back into modelling. I was a bit flippant thinking I could do a flawless worn bare metal finish on a 3dprint resin kit as my first model, so it's sitting on a back-burner while my long suffering test mule Ki-43 gets stripped back to plastic for the 5th time. My one suggestion would be to do a good filler primer sanding treatment on the pieces before any assembly (I did it post assembly join filling to save a step and it just makes access more difficult). I found it hard to see if I'd removed the print lines without putting on a gloss layer, so take a lot of care at this stage. PS. Sorry! Andy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 52 minutes ago, Ngantek said: It's a lovely kit. They aren't cheap but neither do they feel unfairly priced. I'll be honest, this kit was the thing that got me back into modelling. I was a bit flippant thinking I could do a flawless worn bare metal finish on a 3dprint resin kit as my first model, so it's sitting on a back-burner while my long suffering test mule Ki-43 gets stripped back to plastic for the 5th time. {snip} My one suggestion would be to do a good filler primer sanding treatment on the pieces before any assembly (I did it post assembly join filling to save a step and it just makes access more difficult). I found it hard to see if I'd removed the print lines without putting on a gloss layer, so take a lot of care at this stage. PS. Sorry! Andy Thanks for the suggestions Andy - the kit does look like a paint before make type, with a fair amount of the interior available. Your Freelancer looks to be about right for a standard scheme. Cheers Robert p.s. don't be ... blame doesn't equate to guilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike N Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 I'd be interested in joining this, I have a few subjects that would fit the bill and this might help make them actually happen! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 On 5/22/2022 at 7:53 PM, Mike N said: I'd be interested in joining this, I have a few subjects that would fit the bill and this might help make them actually happen! Mike You're very welcome! Dispatching a shuttle craft to bring you up to orbit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 We're better than half way there for what would probably be the first space-focused GB ever or at least in a long while. We've got the Original Seven and the New Nine. Who's going to be the next to join as the Fourteen? The Space Race waits for no-one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 Bumping this back into people's orbit ...any more space fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Following the discussion with Andy (Ngantek), I completed my own Freelancer: Experimented with interference colours (the metallic purple/green) Build thread here. If this GB goes ahead, I might do something less colourful ... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Sign me up. I am prepared to boldly go where I’ve never modelled before… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Yes please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 23 hours ago, Wings unlevel said: Sign me up. I am prepared to boldly go where I’ve never modelled before… 1 hour ago, Hockeyboy76 said: Yes please Welcome aboard the Starship Awesome. 👽🤖👩🏽🚀🚀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill318 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) Yeah sign me up. Will probably go for a 1/144 Saturn V and Shuttle double build. Edited August 8, 2022 by Phill318 Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 On 8/8/2022 at 11:57 PM, Phill318 said: Yeah sign me up. Will probably go for a 1/144 Saturn V and Shuttle double build. This will be awesome - looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) I feel like a lot of people maybe don't build space or sci fi kits for the same reason I often avoid armour - all that weathering and super detailing! Well, there's two approaches I'd encourage you to consider. One is the JFK Moonshot logic - we choose to do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard! The other is what I call the Bianfuxia approach - we choose not to do these things because it's just as much fun without PE! If either applies to you, please join us with your Star Wars, Star Trek, NASA, Blake's 7, Aliens, Roscosmos...the list goes on! Edited August 17, 2022 by bianfuxia 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTninja Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I've got a few space shuttles, so if the timing works, count me in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 hours ago, JTninja said: I've got a few space shuttles, so if the timing works, count me in You can never have enough shuttles! Welcome aboard 🚀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 9 hours ago, bianfuxia said: One is the JFK Moonshot logic - we choose to do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard! That speach by JFK is just awesome! Thanks for a new oportunity to click and hear it again. My work schedule is highly erratic, as is sometimes my life, so it's difficult to know what the situation is when and if this GB would happen. Neverthless I must set my goal to participate. I have several suitable kits in the stash, but most of all I would like to build that 1/20 scale Rocketdyne F1 engine. Please sign me up. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Bengalensis said: 1/20 scale Rocketdyne F1 engine Ooohhh! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Bengalensis said: That speach by JFK is just awesome! Thanks for a new oportunity to click and hear it again. My work schedule is highly erratic, as is sometimes my life, so it's difficult to know what the situation is when and if this GB would happen. Neverthless I must set my goal to participate. I have several suitable kits in the stash, but most of all I would like to build that 1/20 scale Rocketdyne F1 engine. Please sign me up. Goodness! I didn't even know a kit like this existed and now I really WANT ONE! Welcome aboard and I hope to watch progress on this amazing kit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now