Recent content by mung

That was the engine room inside the Nostromo. I don't believe any of the interiors were set in the refinery.

Ah yes I see it now, most definately. Thanks for the correction. I have no idea what the image is that I mistakenly found but it helped me come to a decision on the paint at least.

After publiusr's suggestion I looked up the Connestoga II to see what it looked like. This is the result that popped up. I'm not sure I am able to see the connection, though the wedge shaped vertical towers have some slight resemblance to the bridge section rotated 90 degrees. However I do...

No sagging at all. The hull structure adds to the stiffness of the spine. 2mm styrene is pretty strong. It will bend on the flat slightly but if held vertically won't bend at all. Once it is all glued up it's not going anywhere.

Also to be tackled was the engines. Eventually I thought about adopting the layout of thrusters from the Discovery One from 2001 a space odyssey, particularly the hexagonal arrangement. In my case I will have six engines but with six hexagons, one nozzle per hexagon instead of Discovery's...

I came a cross the outer plastic (ABS) casing of a large stand for a curved television/computer monitor at work which was going to be thrown out. I thought I could turn it into a spaceship project and after having it sit around in my workshop for a few weeks I had an idea of how to use it...

The second photo is from the restoration video. The restoration team got it wrong, it should be the same as the close up model. The coms dish is also different on the restored version.

I use PVC electrical conduit and then go to PVC plumbing pipe for the larger sizes of tube. It is easily available and cheap. It does not however come in convenient telescoping sizes. If you need a surface of styrene you can always wrap a thin 0.5mm styrene sheet around the tube. PVC glues well...

I have completed the bridge interior for the Container Spaceship. The figures are 1/48 scale. I had to make separate walls and floor and back wall sections to get it into the space. I started by hacking out a lot of internal material at the back of the command pod to get enough access to slide...

As is the custom, after the completion of the detailing step out came the can of grey primer. Next up paint and weathering. Thanks for looking.

I weathered the bridge interior and added 1/72 figures to the cockpit. Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of the result which is now hidden behind masking tape. Then completed the surface detailing of the Tank Hull Spaceship. The strap on boosters were made from wedding cake...

Surface detailing was then completed starting with the underside and then finishing up all sides. Then, as per usual, out came the grey primer to check the work. In the photos below you can see a piece of tubing stuck into the DC power connectors. I use this as masking to prevent the...

Yes it has been nearly two years since the last post on this project. I have now built the centre module of the spaceship. This is the housing that hides the 15mm water pipe support structure and has the DC power connectors. It is bolted to the under side of the truss. The first thing was to...

Thanks for all the encouraging comments. I have completed painting and weathering the cockpit interior. The figures have also been painted and installed and the cockpit sealed up with no further access. Thanks for looking. More soon...

I completed detailing the engine nozzles and gave them a spray of primer. Although the Jan Buragay concept thumbnail has no indication of a cockpit I like to include one in my models as an interior with figures acts as a reference for scale and draws the viewer in. I decided to make the...