Builds By Baz- Full scale Mk II Colonial Viper

[sandbagger]

Cheers gang.

Baz.

 

[goldcylon]

Damn Baz. I can see very ounce of love you have put into this. Glad to hear you are on the mend !

 

[Chuffy 70]

Late to this party Baz, just spent an afternoon going full-thrust through your fantastic Viper build

Sterling work, I'd love a full scale Y-Wing, but living in a flat, that ain't gonna happen - now watching with great interest

 

[sandbagger]

^^^ Great to hear mate. Welcome to the party!

January 2021 update:

 

[13doctorwho]

Great to see you making progress. Ambitious projects take a lot of patience, but they're worth it!!!

 

[sstnickg]

A work of inspired madness/genius- I just can't get my head round how incredible this is.
You sir, are "on one".
keep up the [beyond] good work.
I salute you!

 

[sandbagger]

Thanks guys.

As stated in the video, my main aim in all this is to encourage folks to have a go! Just build what you want with whatever you have. There's always a way.

Baz.

 

[joberg]

Great vid mate and you`re right: build!

 

[sandbagger]

All three legs now finished. All steel. No more wood.

Marathon day of welding today.

 

[joberg]

Looking solid mate

 

[13doctorwho]

That welded steel really adds a level of realism. This is such an awesome project!!!

 

[gunnerk19]

Looks really good!

 

[sandbagger]

Thanks guys. I'm moving on to a bit of tidying up and adjusting alignment of the engine nacelles, in preparation for the motorisation of the turbines, front and rear.

 

[sandbagger]

UPDATE 19 March 2021

SIGH. It's really hard to update all the social media and forums. I have little time on my hands and it eats a lot of it.

As my main aim here is to inspire folks to try their hand at ambitious projects on the path to betterment etc, hopefully it's OK to just post a quick link to the one page where the updates live.

Mods is that ok with you?

Baz.

Here's the link to the latest works in progress.

Secondary Propulsion. Yes – TURBINES!

 

[sandbagger]

Updated the flight suit WIP too.

Viper Pilot flight suit

*This page will be updated with work in progress on the flight suit. There are flight suits available on Ebay that are not very accurate. I suppose you could buy one and modify it, but then you may…

www.buildsbybaz.com

 

[joberg]

F.A.B mate Love the fact that those turbines will move!!

 

[gunnerk19]

I love the "parking permit"...

 

[sandbagger]

All the running gear is in for the turbines port and starboard. Here's a test startup, sound and motion.

Here's what it looks like on the inside. The tink tink you hear is the tied ends of the temporary rope belts hitting the shroud on the lamp. Took me a few minutes to work out what it was. There were lots of creaks and squeaks initially, but I went over the lot with a can of WD40 and now it runs totally silent until I put the sound on the speakers.

Finally, here's a bit of a look at what's coming in the Viper build.

 

[gunnerk19]

That turbine startup sounded just like my M1 Abrams tank.

 

[binarysunset]

Awesome job Baz, love your work mate !!