Recent content by unbuiltnautilus

More mods to the Martian. It has had some modifications forced upon it. The tentacles protruding horizontally out of the front of the body have proved to be almost impossible to secure with pinch bolts. Threads stripped on two out of the four mounting points, so I decided to go with hanging...

Following my Martian War Machine from junk, last year. A new project was required. This was to be a two person ( soon to be three, plus a long list of contributors! ) build, to complete in time for a local Steampunk Festival here on the south coast of the UK. We were spurred into action by Herr...

Thank you. It is very true that a project can rarely be called finished, merely on hold awaiting further inspiration. Inspiration usually being found wandering round the local DIY or discount superstore, looking at decorative door knobs or flower pots...such is fine scale modelling!!

That is the little diorama finished with. The Tripod is getting a few minor tweaks and that will be the pair complete. I have enjoyed this side step into Steampunk and may still have a Martian Collecting Machine in me yet. The problem being the size of these things, the Tripod is over 50" tall...

The base detailing consisted of mahogany floor boards suitably broken, then placed in suitable positions, indicating the impact through the floor of the cylinder. Foam bricks and small pieces of gravel and rubble, were then hot glued around the model, infilling detail where gaps were evident...

The Martian was build using Polymorph, a low heat moldable material similar to nylon. It becomes workable once immersed in water above 60 degrees Celsius. Being as strong as nylon makes it ideal for tentacles! It can also be re-purposed, just by re-warming old projects, in this case, the...

The first coat of paint on the building was roughly applied then a rough application of a mortar colour between the stones. No need for finesse at the moment, this is all going to be dry brushed, washed and generally abused to get the final finish. The Cylinder was sprayed with a mix of colours...

One of my favourite ships, very nicely rendered. I think the choice of lighting colours are spot on, and well done fitting a quart into a pint pot there! The illuminated shot from below puts me right in mind of the photon torpedo hit scene from Generations ( and whatever earlier film it was...

Thank you sir, much appreciated. I am now working on the little diorama part of the model. Currently making the faintly ridiculous Two Flowerpots Cylinder look good. I have bonded it together with solvent glue.This has just been backed up with hot glue internally ( after I dropped it on the...

The final few photos from the event. Work is ongoing...my main happy discovery was long springs, thank you Herr Doktor! Returning the favour..while wandering round the local Range store, musing as to what I could use the displayed tat to create, I came across 3m length drain clearing springs...

The model had its first outing in its Mk2 guise a couple of weeks ago at a local SciFi fair. Displayed with some notes and a display piece mounted on wood, showing some of the parts used in the construction of the model.

My happiest acquisition came via one of the UKs finest outlets of quality merchandise, Poundland...anything for a pound! Including cheap Christmas lights, which this year had a touch of the Steampunk about some of them. I purchased cheap lightbulb looky likey Christmas tree lights, which...

As with many projects, this one has been revisited. As a fictional scratchbuild, I am not constrained by the model having to match this or that original. This also means that while staring at the assembled model ( when it is allowed out of its box! ), I find my mind considering mods to the...

I am well aware of your Nautilus re-designs and love your Irwin Allen take on Red October! My personal favourite has to be the two Nautilus lower hulls welded together, simple, spectacular, obvious ( after you did it, not obvious before! ), and it nearly resulted in me throwing out my Nautilus...

Sounds like something I should seek out once I have finished War of the Worlds. I too am very happy with how 'alien' the model turned out. This was despite me mostly bolting strange object A to strange scrap part B to plumbing pipe C! I forgot that I am also supposed to be a model 'maker' as...