Anyone ever tackled the Nebulon B?

[Thrawn]

I was watching one of the extended features of the OT DVD's today, and noticed in a scene someone is talking next to a 4-5 foot model of the Nebulon B Frigate (the Medical frigate from ROTJ, and the largest rebel ship at the end of ESB). Just wondering if anyone has ever built one, its been a favorite of mine for a while.

 

[roguemodeler]

I am having one one built for me by scale solutions of Australia. There are a few projects that I would never get to myself and this is one of them. The model will be 4-5 ft. long. and is taking a year to do. It is being done the same way ILM did it. Sub and ship models for the front and layered decking in the rear. When I get some more pics I will post them here.

 

[iceman]

Originally posted by roguemodeler@Aug 5 2005, 07:19 PM
I am having one one built for me by scale solutions of Australia. There are a few projects that I would never get to myself and this is one of them. The model will be 4-5 ft. long. and is taking a year to do. It is being done the same way ILM did it. Sub and ship models for the front and layered decking in the rear. When I get some more pics I will post them here.

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Is it going to be complete on both sides ? ( The ILM model was only finished on the left side )
Somewhere I have a picture of me standing next to it....

 

[roguemodeler]

It will be complete 360 degrees. Basically replicated from the side seen in the movie...and lit. M

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@Aug 5 2005, 07:19 PM
I am having one one built for me by scale solutions of Australia. There are a few projects that I would never get to myself and this is one of them. The model will be 4-5 ft. long. and is taking a year to do. It is being done the same way ILM did it. Sub and ship models for the front and layered decking in the rear. When I get some more pics I will post them here.

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Is it going to be complete on both sides ? ( The ILM model was only finished on the left side )
Somewhere I have a picture of me standing next to it....

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[ralphee]

i started this idea a while back, wat you see here is now in styrene via vacforming, but sadly i shelved it for now as the project hurt my head, i may pick up on it someday, it just became a build of ifs and buts and major lack of reference, length was planned at 34".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/ral...icture00081.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/ral...icture00079.jpg


this is a build my cousin did, came out at around 14"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/ral...ysbuilds014.jpg

 

[Griffworks]

Your cousin did a great job on that. Does he have a tutorial of some kind on the buildup?

 

[ralphee]

No tutorial griff as it was built off the cuff and outta styrene miliput and junk box parts, im workin on buildin one in 1/700 scale at the moment at 16", been lookin at ship hulls till im goin blue to get the right shape, anyone know wat was used on the prop, i need to find something similar in a small scale i can hack and work on, failing that ill have to sculpt it.

 

[kbilly]

Have any of the kits used on the medical frigate ever been identified?

 

[Treadwell]

There's an "x-wing strip" (casting of the entire top of fuselage of the SS x-wing) on the side of the rear portion, and to me it looks like there MIGHT be a couple of V8 pistons just forward of the window Luke and Leia look out of at the end. Oh, and lots of battleship/destroyer/sub hulls, but I don't know which ones specifically.

 

[ralphee]

Saturn V's seem to make up the engine units for sure. The rear conning tower looks like a fairly 80's F1 airbox intake.