Builds By Baz- Full scale Mk II Colonial Viper

sandbagger · Sep 16, 2021

It's not often I have the rollerdoor to prying eyes on the street, but when I do, I take the opportunity to stand back and get a photo with better perspective.

sandbagger · Sep 17, 2021

Just went viral on Imgur.

joberg · Sep 17, 2021

^^
Not surprised mate

13doctorwho · Sep 18, 2021

So cool. Great, pictures!!

sandbagger · Sep 24, 2021

Made the news today. It's been crazy ever since. Two media photographers today and invitations to shows.

‍ Canberra's own homemade spacecraft is out of this world! | ‍ This homemade spacecraft is out of this world! ✈️Canberra man Baz has been building a replica spacecraft from the classic sci-fi TV series... | By ABC Canberra | Facebook

‍ This homemade spacecraft is out of this world! ✈️Canberra man Baz has been building a replica spacecraft from the classic sci-fi TV series...

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Axlotl · Sep 24, 2021

If I were a 10 year old kid in your neighborhood , I'd be at your garage every day.

Who am I kidding - I'm 50, and I'd be at your garage every day.

enterprise0216 · Sep 24, 2021

sandbagger said:
Made the news today. It's been crazy ever since. Two media photographers today and invitations to shows.

Congrats I am happy your build is getting attention. Your passion and drive to build something you can call your own is fantastic! Keep at it Baz!

Jintosh · Sep 24, 2021

What? No visit from the ATF to find out if those machine guns are REAL??!?!?!

sandbagger · Sep 25, 2021

Canberra Times.

Canberran's project one for the (space) ages

Talk about an out of this world lockdown project.

www.canberratimes.com.au

enterprise0216 · Sep 25, 2021

Read the article several times as I said before congratulation on a news article. I am glad many came forth and donated what they could towards your build. I met both Lee and Doug at convention really sharp down to earth guys with a wealth of knowledge. Good on you keep up the great work! Look forward to seeing you build the custom trailer whenever that happens.

sandbagger · Feb 2, 2022

02 Feb 2022

Lock-down in Canberra 2021 saw me getting very busy in the forge, madly trying to survive with a bit of extra cash to make it through the tough times, as well as home schooling my kids. Since then, I just haven’t been able to get back into the swing of things, much less work on the Viper.

Finally, last week I got off my arse and installed a retro-fit radio into the cockpit. The instrument is broken and all the internals are burnt out, but my friend Matt is an aviator and volunteered his kindness to slip in an Arduino-controlled LCD screen with a chosen frequency displayed. (Can you guess what the numbers come from?)

A couple of nights ago I got another mate of mine, James, (of Iron Man electronics fame) to come and tinker some more with the electrics, making it safer and neater than my red wire-black wire skills.

Each night, it is my intention to wire a 12v micro LED into each instrument, to light the faces.

Cockpit instrument lighting.

02 Feb 2022 Lock-down in Canberra 2021 saw me getting very busy in the forge, madly trying to survive with a bit of extra cash to make it through the tough times, as well as home schooling my kids.…

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