SS Dornean Gunship Torktarak

almar bouwman

Finally decided to start building this baby although it hasn't been fully indentified yet.
The ID thread can be found here for those of you who haven't followed it.
http://www.therpf.com/f10/rotj-roj-b...s-help-107787/

This is what you get in the Guillows P-38 kit.



After cutting



I've cut some pieces of styrene and glued them inside the P38 hull, just make it easier to glue the two parts together.

almar bouwman

Here she is all glued up.



I'm pouring in some Smooth Cast and kinda rotocasting the inside of the hull hoping this might strenghten up the whole thing.



NOTE: after the Smooth Cast had hardened I noticed it was very easy to peel it off the hull. So if you are gonna do this make sure you use some kind of primer so the Smooth Cast (or something else) really sticks to the hull.
But in the end the smooth cast did the job.

Next up: trimming, filling, sanding and filling and sanding and filling.............

almar bouwman

OMG!! Smoothing those seams is a pain in the butt .

almar bouwman

Had to cut the grill to make it fit.





Added some styrene



Had to do some serious cutting to make the Slave I part fit





The top still needs some extra work but we're getting there

Tsophika

I actually like this one a lot. I can see the beauty in its ugliness I guess . It's impressive you've identified so much from those small photos.

Engelnicht

Me too! I can't wait to see the progress!

almar bouwman

Been working on the front of the ship a little.









Now it looks a bit more like the actual model.





Today the Heller 1:400 Zerstorer Z31 arrived but it's the wrong kit, too small. But the shape of the part looked alright though.

joez2391

Really Cool! cant wait to see what this looks like when its done..definately on my need to build list

almar bouwman

Thanks to Seven I was able to make this little 'Wall-E' like part.



I haven't glued on all Flak 36 parts because they are very fragile.
This is what the bottom now looks like.

moffeaton

Lovely work so far - this ship is so fugly (in a good way) and the way the community here dissected the "reference"? nothing short of ASTOUNDING!

JD1

Seconded!

And fug me, that really does look like Wall-E!!

almar bouwman

Thanks guys.
Right now I'm waiting for the A & B sprues from the 312T4 kit. There's a guy on the bay that sells the sprues. I'd rather use those so I can sell my entire 312T4 kit (if no other parts were used).

almar bouwman

Can anyone help me out with the Hasegawa 1:450 Akagi? I need part #65 from the D sprue.

almar bouwman

Today I received the Ferrari 312T4 sprues. Now I can attach the 'wings' on the front.



I don't know if the Ferrari parts were glued together or not. It's nearly impossible to see in the pictures I have. Nevertheless, I glued them together because I think it looks better, but that's just my opinion.

I've glued them in the center of the 'air intake'.








EDIT:
Here is a picture of the model which shows the CORRECT allignment of the parts. Looks like mine is a bit off. Too late now

seven

have you checked the part next to #25 on tree B of the 88mm?

almar bouwman

You mean #74? Do you think so?

almar bouwman

I've checked. The Akagi part is 14mm x 9.5mm. That's (roughly) the same size as the original.

almar bouwman

I did some work on the ship today. Did some work on the topside.





I cut this shape out off styrene.


Added the greeblies. Now I'm sure about these parts. Not so sure about the rest. Have to figure that out somehow.

almar bouwman

This might give you a better view of the whole thing. Still need some Flak 36 parts for the middle section.
Don't mind the stand, that's just a temp.







Now I still need to figure what goes underneath the Slave I parts.

almar bouwman

Little update. Still waiting for another Flak 36 kit.

almar bouwman

Did some work the last couple of days. Added the newly found Globetrotter parts.





I scratchbuild that little part just below the bumper. I glued a little Flak 36/37 part on it. Thanks Seven, great find, I'm positive now this is the right part. Think I'll add a little Vosper part to it later on.



Added the other Flak 36/37 parts on it. Had to pry off the F-16 MER's. Little miscalculation on my part. But everything turned out great. Now I still need to find out what was used between the Slave I and Flak parts and the parts behind the radardish.

ralphee

The cleanliness of your work has to me commented upon, its flawless, hate the ship, its soooo ugleeeeeee , but you have done an amazing job on something that ILM didnt document at all.

lee

almar bouwman

Thanks Lee, means a lot coming from a pioneer like you.
How can you hate a beauty like this?
Just build it and you'll learn to love it .

ralphee

Im serious, looks like it was built in a lab, with tweezers.....wicked.

Gues its a love or hate thing...like Marmite....i kinda like the front end, theres only one thing for it, as you go further in....MORE wonderful pics!

lee

Tsophika

This is coming along nicely! Great work and great ID's.