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1/72 Traveller 20DT Shuttle/Gig

Started by MartG, June 13, 2017, 05:20:04 PM

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MartG

June 13, 2017, 05:20:04 PM
Another design inspired by the Traveller roleplaying game, this is a small non-starship shuttle

This is actually the first model I've built with lighting :)

First the glamour shots :)







Testing the lights - port & stbd nav lights, upper & lower strobes ( flashing LEDs ), cockpit, and engine




Before weathering


A bit dirtier :)








Murphy's 1st Law - An object at rest will be in the wrong place
Murphy's 2nd Law - An object in motion will be going in the wrong direction
Murphy's 3rd Law - For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction

Weaver

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June 14, 2017, 01:28:26 AM
Excellent stuff! The lighting looks really good - not overdone as some sci-fi modellers are prone to do... :thumbsup:

I keep thinking about making a Modular Cutter out of tube stock if I could find a suitable dome for the front end...

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

MartG

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June 14, 2017, 01:35:49 AM
Quote from: Weaver on June 14, 2017, 01:28:26 AMI keep thinking about making a Modular Cutter out of tube stock if I could find a suitable dome for the front end...

Well you could try what I've just done for a fuel tank dome for a 1/48 Saturn V rocket I'm working on - hand sanded from high-density foam

Pic of it in progress below -



Had to use Polyfilla as normal model filler tends to dissolve the foam :)



A modular cutter is on my 'to do' list too :)
Murphy's 1st Law - An object at rest will be in the wrong place
Murphy's 2nd Law - An object in motion will be going in the wrong direction
Murphy's 3rd Law - For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction

zenrat

#3
June 14, 2017, 04:06:29 AM
1/48?  Really?  That's over 7' tall.  Where are you going to keep it!?

Good work on the 20DT.  I fail when it comes to electricity so i'm always impressed at whose who can wrangle the stuff effectively.
:thumbsup:
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Steel Penguin

#4
June 14, 2017, 05:23:36 AM
nice effect on the cutter, and as zenrat said, clever on the tricity  :thumbsup:

and the Saturn V is going to look impressive as well
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NARSES2

#5
June 14, 2017, 05:47:25 AM
My gob is well and truly smacked - excellent work  :thumbsup:
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Captain Canada

#6
June 14, 2017, 05:54:06 AM
Great work ! Looks awesome lit up and thanks for the detail pics  :thumbsup:
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Rick Lowe

#7
July 02, 2017, 12:20:15 AM
Nice work.  :thumbsup:

You do realize the hull shape is ideal for a 1st generation Eldar Falcon Grav Tank?
Just an observation...  :mellow:  <_<
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