Regarding #672....
Absolutely Bloody Brilliant !!! .... Katsu- san , Your good self , and , a couple of other RPFer’s I’ve had the great fortune to ‘ stumble upon ‘... here , honestly do blow my mind
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I’m familiar with the 1st spacecraft ( the one that made me subscribe to your thread ! ). , the others are completely new to me . Thank you for sharing them again (?) ... Fantastic , imaginatively detailed ideas brought to life .
THANKYOU
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You are welcome, Ged-san. It's your turn to blow me away.
Thank-you for the trip down memory lane, Katsu-san! It was a real treat. I have been lucky that I only missed the first model, I think. It has been my great pleasure to follow you thrue your last three creations. I hope you never stop building. And you next concept looks inspiring. You decided to make something more "organic". I know it will be extraordinary!
You always care for me, Cadeus-san. Thank you very much.
I am thinking lately that the model building is like c climbing a mountain for me. (I'm not a climber though)
You plan and check the route, prep for the equipment and materials.
You start to climb and sometimes you may have to give up and get back to find another route.
If you reach the summit, it's the very brief moment to make you satisfy. Soon, you feel like you can't stop attempting another mountain.
The next model would be another mysterious mountain to climb for me. I hope I can reach the summit.
I hope you enjoy it with me.
I remember the Hyperion but had forgotten about all the rooms in it, not to mention the little landing ship that fits in the deck. In fact, I had forgotten a lot of details about some of these models.
Katsu-san, have you ever considered showcasing all of your models in a book-on-demand that people could purchase? It could be filled with several pages of each model being built and then a few beauty shots. I know that would be a lot of work but it might be worth considering. You've really created a collection here that deserves to be preserved and made accessible for years to come. And since internet sites can be very fickle (looking at you, Photobucket!), a physical book might be one possible answer.
Thank you very much for the kind comment.
My wife and daughters also recommend me to make that kind of book.
When I built the Hyperion, I wrote some tips and idea of build in a brief document.
That was interesting work and surely good for me to rethink about the previous build.
And if it helps somebody else build the models, maybe I should consider about it.
Oh my !
katsu-san I truly wish I was your best friend and neighbor, I would never be away ! All the new skills you could teach me, you are truly a genius
What are you saying? Ben-san, you are already one of my best friend.
Let's enjoy build with me.
Oh, I'm laughing alright. just like a kid opening presents on Christmas or his birthday... I can't wait to see how you bring those excellent sketches to life.
And thanks for the pictures of your previous works. I got to enjoy seeing them all over again. Was "Tempest" your first scratchbuilt model?
Hey, Tom-san, don't you press me.
I haven't even caught a certain image in my mind yet.:facepalm
My first scratch build model was a submarine.
US Navy Gato class in WW2.
I built it for a junior high school student festival exhibition. I was 13 years old.
2 feet long wooden model. I remember I used some chopstick for the periscope and cannon.
Finished the paint job and my friends exhibited it in the middle of my class room.
Many friends and their parents visited the festival praised me.
That is one of my good memory. Then I built a Space Battle Ship 'Yamato' in my high school day.
I was 16 years old. 1 foot long wooden model.
I chopped all the detailing parts with a piece of wooden buildingblock I snatched from my sister.
One of my friends was crazy about the TV show and I gave it to him.
None of them got left now. We had no idea to take a photo of them anyway.
Since I was chased by studying for entrance examination to go to university in my school days, I have not made anything else.
Then I was cast into the world of business.
30 years ago, I married with my wife and she bought me a model kit for my birthday.
Money was tight though I don't know why she did it.
That was an old 1/200 kit of Yamato. I think it costed about 200 dollar.
4 feet long model and it took one year to research and build.
Unfortunately, this model has been lost in a accident during my house renovation.
Here's a only picture of it. Her father took a photo for me.
And here is another kit build of 'Terminator'.
I built it for my daughter #2.
Maybe I should show my daughter's work here.
It's the sculpture of her original zombie.
She suddenly said to me she want to sculpt zombie.
So, I bought her a pound of Sculpy and borrow the paint.
That was more than 5 years ago.
I don't remember if i did show my official first full scratch model in this forum but here it is.
It's the SPV (Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle) in Captain Scarlet and the Mistelon.
I guess it's not so well known in US but many of us at my age love this British TV show.
So this is not the original model but I love this vehicle.
This is the actual shooting model.
I used a balsa wood for basic shaping.
Then I covered with a can of car filler all over and sand it, fill it, sand it, fill it....
I needed a idea to make deep and thick panel lines on a body.
After the first primer, I put the thin masking tape on the body for making a panel line.
Then I sprayed primer several times and when it's dried, I peeled the tapes.
This worked fine.
Wheels and tracks.
To make a wide tires, I combined a couple of narrow tires with a black silicone filler.
Sanded and grooved a tread pattern with a hack saw..
Caps.
I did a vacuum forming for them.
Rear track wheels
I used Tamiya's track set.