Jonny Quest hovercraft (1/35)

[frank2056]

Jonny Quest was a great SF cartoon that ran in the mid 1960s. The stories, artwork and various vehicles were great.

A while ago, someone posted this drawing of the Jonny Quest hovercraft over at BTS:





It looked like a quick and relatively easy job to convert it to 3D. Looking at some screen grabs, I came up with a reasonable size in 1/35, designed it and printed a copy. I didn't obsess over the details. It's close enough to represent a "real world" version of the cartoon craft:



Here's Steve standing next to the cleaned/sanded/pressed together parts:



Painted. Not really obvious, but the inside of the upper handrail section is actually a very dark gray:





In late afternoon (the Sun was setting) daylight:





I showed it to my wife when she got home and she said "Hey, isn't that from Jonny Quest?" She'd watched the reruns as a kid and loved the show. If we weren't already married, I'd marry her!

[Rick Lowe]

Good Great job! On the converting to a digital file and the painting. 

And yeah, she sounds like a Keeper!! 

[buzzbomb]

Mighty job... great design work then build execution   

[NARSES2]

Great build 

[PR19_Kit]

Steve looks DECIDEDLY dubious about 'flying' aboard it!   

[Old Wombat]

Really nice job, Frank! 


But I can't help but think that those seats were designed for;
a. people with no legs,
b. people who prefer to sit cross-legged, or
c. people who like sitting with their knees up around their ears.

 

[frank2056]

Thanks, everyone - it was a relatively quick project, 3D model-wise.

Guy - even in the few scenes where it appears, the passengers are crouching down. Not comfortable looking, but I guess it keeps the CG low.

Here's part of the intro/extro with the hovercraft at 1:44