Recent content by skiffy

Ooh - this looks familiar. A bit rich for me though for the condition it's in.

Nice set! My knives are from Stanley and Swann-Morton, and my vernier is clockwork. :)

Visiting the Vintage Toy Shop in Leicester UK I spotted these cardboard build kits - not seen them before. Ideal for the collector that has to have it all. :)

While we were in the UK I thought I'd have a go at driving a real APC. Here's me at the helm with my instructor behind. It's certainly a unique driving experience.

Great work - very evocative! I'd love to see it in motion - a little monofilament wire pulling it along, the wheels kicking up a little Fuller's Earth (Moon) dust. :)

I have that 1/4 scale figure too (plus the Alien Big Chap) it's a Neca.

As I commented on FB - just BEAUTIFUL inside and out.

Yup, it certainly does. It's all organic shapes, hardly a straight line except for the crystal cells. Plus, I want it to be an easy build - I've seen some horrific STL files for sale, some of which must be nigh on unprintable. I threw the model into Cura to see how the slicer copes. I generally...

Good work! Mine's in the box, half-painted. I'm dreading 'decal-gate'. :)

There's a little progress on this today since I'm working in the digital realm. I've scheduled to do a test print tomorrow so we'll see if that works out. It looks a lot more like a kit now - which is good. I have some support structure in there to help with placement of the interior shells...

From a prop point of view I’m so tired of seeing thinly disguised modern firearms (mostly AR15, HK and derivatives) some even with picatinny rails, red-dot sights etc in Sci-fi movies / TV shows. Some productions do make the effort with a glass-fibre shell or something. Another one is plastic...

Thanks - I’d not thought of using the wire from bread ties! I only use small zip ties for areas that are out of sight when the model is ‘buttoned up’. No 1:18 scale marines will ever see one. :)

Thanks folks - your support is what's kept me going through the good (and not so good) during this project. I'm certainly getting the hours in now - which is wonderful. :) It’s time to secure some of the more ‘floaty’ aspects of the interior. I used metal plates and magnets to fix the driver’s...

I've edited together a video showing how the APC gets its interior fittings. I have a lot more footage and want to make a video with a voice-over - so that'll be happening soon. Aside from video, while I think about what needs finishing on this model I'll also be assessing the crew that I...

I'm planning a longer video with an explanation of how its come together and what's left to cover. That will hopefully get done soon - as soon as I can clear enough desk / studio space to shoot the model - give it the room it needs. :)