Lazyeagle
Well-Known Member
Not with the same sparkle as a Star Wars miniature but still an iconic SF craft from the Gerry Anderson stable. Anyway Remember that Dornier Do-17 Flying Pencil found languishing in the English Channel? Well this was found next to it. Thunderbird 2 studio scale fibreglass halves that I snagged from a friend back in 2004. Just used the fuselage fibre glass carapace halves as a blank canvas. The wings, tailplane, pod, hydraulic stilts, greeblies and all other components all scratched. Pod panels were cut out and reinforced with walls formed from fibre glass and skimmed with filler. Used ¼ inch brass to allow me to raise/lower ‘roof’ to make it flush with the lifting body.
I started in Feb 2013, gave up mid-year because of work only to drag myself back into the Danger Zone a few weeks ago. This is an almost impossible model to get right as the fuselage cross section was way, way off– wanted to make it as close to the first ‘launch sequence’ 32" version so the shape was modified/filled/ extended/ skimmed/ fibreglassed several times that I managed to get a Christmas card from Halfords (auto consumables store chain) . Anyway loads of photos but will post representative group of images at a time so as not to overwhelm – currently making detailed parts and heat forming the windows etc.
Excuse the mess in back garden – cleared up after major house renovations last year.
From this:
To This… believe me this was almost skipped several times…….
Re-shaping and sanding and cutting out pod panels…
I started in Feb 2013, gave up mid-year because of work only to drag myself back into the Danger Zone a few weeks ago. This is an almost impossible model to get right as the fuselage cross section was way, way off– wanted to make it as close to the first ‘launch sequence’ 32" version so the shape was modified/filled/ extended/ skimmed/ fibreglassed several times that I managed to get a Christmas card from Halfords (auto consumables store chain) . Anyway loads of photos but will post representative group of images at a time so as not to overwhelm – currently making detailed parts and heat forming the windows etc.
Excuse the mess in back garden – cleared up after major house renovations last year.
From this:
To This… believe me this was almost skipped several times…….
Re-shaping and sanding and cutting out pod panels…