Alien Vessel - New Build

[CosmicQuest]

Hey friends!! Now that I have my Alien satellite build complete and video posted, I started my new build last night. For now, it is just the core of the ship but will be about 12" long by about 10" wide when complete and N-scale like the Pathfinder research vessel. This will also be the first official alien species the Pathfinder crew meets in my imaginary universe. I thought I'd also share a pic of a cool piece of equipment I asked my dad if he could make. It is a "rotisserie" that I can have the models mounted to ta be able to rotate it and apply bits and nerdlets without having to lay it on the table. It is definitely more for the smaller ships, which I will primarily be making, and fits my apartment hobby room perfectly. When I eventually move back into a house, I'll get a bigger one made up for the larger ships I have in mind .

 

[Carlb]

Looking forward to it.

Cool rotating stand too.

 

[joberg]

Cannot wait to see the next one

 

[CosmicQuest]

Looking forward to it.

Cool rotating stand too.

Thank Carlb!! I might also use some of your lighting ideas in this build also . You're build has definitely given me some inspiration!!

 

[CosmicQuest]

Cannot wait to see the next one

Thank you Joberg!!

 

[CosmicQuest]

I made a bunch of progress on the new build this weekend!! Three day weekends are the best

 

[joberg]

Seems real solid in terms of construction...I don't know what it'll be and that's why the suspense is killing me

 

[CosmicQuest]

Seems real solid in terms of construction...I don't know what it'll be and that's why the suspense is killing me

The funny thing is I only have an ok idea of what it'll be, lol. Thank you Joberg

 

[Carlb]

Nice. What are the dimensions here?

 

[CosmicQuest]

Nice. What are the dimensions here?

The ship will end up being about 18 inches long by 10-11 inched wide. Much larger than my original planned 12 inches. It just kind of got away from me, lol. I'm going to run out of room to display my stuff in our apartment.

 

[joberg]

The ship will end up being about 18 inches long by 10-11 inched wide. Much larger than my original planned 12 inches. It just kind of got away from me, lol. I'm going to run out of room to display my stuff in our apartment.

Repeat after me: "I will hang my models from the ceiling"

 

[CosmicQuest]

I did trim some of the "wings" off the sides of the beast. I may still shrink the size of it overall as well as it was originally only supposed to be 12 inches long.

 

[CosmicQuest]

Repeat after me: "I will hang my models from the ceiling"

Perfect!!

 

[CosmicQuest]

I thought I'd share the first greeblie for the new vessel! This will be on the back and will have mini magnets in it to be able to cover the rear mounting location. Asking for a friend, lol, is it sacrilege to use parts from an x-wing fighter to make my greeblies?

 

[CosmicQuest]

I Thought I'd share a pic of the build progress. I got the LEDs in place in the engines and lit up in this shot.

 

[Carlb]

Looking good.
How did you make the geometric pattern in the engines?

 

[CosmicQuest]

Looking good.
How did you make the geometric pattern in the engines?

Hey Carlb. This was from a roll of ribbon like material I found at Walmart. One side looks kind of like little gemstones. The shiny silver side looks more mechanical to me.

 

[joberg]

Looking good and thanks for that "Ribbon trick"...something to keep in mind.

 

[CosmicQuest]

Looking good and thanks for that "Ribbon trick"...something to keep in mind.

Hey Joberg! Thanks. I'm more than happy to finally be able to share something new with the group .

 

[CosmicQuest]

I'm starting to get the ship "skinned" in. got quite a bit more to go, then on to the bridge windows, paneling and piping/wiring.