First foray into scratch/trash building

harrisonp

Sr Member
I’ve been a long time dabbler in painting and prop making, but I have never tackled anything small scale like a model, normally just repainted nerf blasters etc. So I got some inspiration recently from builders on YouTube utilizing trash/recycling for model making and I figured I would give it a try!

I have been in a dieselpunk and airships kind of headspace lately so I set off to find some concepts and went from them

this was my initial rough doodled shape
83A72B0C-7C84-4A6C-BF27-9F35AA8B1929.jpeg
and then I found this drawing that got the wheels fully spinning into gear
FA6C2EFF-C511-4DF4-B982-350D3371FD8F.jpeg


so I grabbed an orange juice bottle and got working!

This was my progress on the first day
9D697742-7CE9-4917-A66A-0108AE544063.jpeg

And after a lot of gluing and cutting paper I’ve reached this point today
B12C7505-E5FE-4CD6-94A9-999B068468DE.jpeg



F0B65D6C-9DFA-4300-9119-B4811BD0EDB4.jpeg



18554630-5FF6-4FFE-9633-D0E8B2AA5036.jpeg
05A672F7-036A-4EBC-BF7B-CFA9DEA9720A.jpeg


I’m pretty happy with how everything came together with the primer, so now we’ll see how the detailing and final painting goes!
(Sorry some of these images are flipped, I’m on mobile and can’t figure it out)
 

Attachments

  • 2AEBC056-29E6-4D3B-BDF7-0EEE0DEBE9AC.jpeg
    2AEBC056-29E6-4D3B-BDF7-0EEE0DEBE9AC.jpeg
    107.8 KB · Views: 53
That's really ingenious. Love all the details and kit bashing. I particularly love all the rivets, lol.
I dotted them all with wood glue and a paper clip! It’s apparently an old trick but all of this is new to me so it was cool to see it work so well

here’s where I am with painting, honestly not entirely sure how I feel about it but I can always change things if I really hate it down the road. The rear thruster is still just primed because that’s where I’m holding the model while painting
D0EB7F37-FC15-444F-8DC3-FA7B93FCE4F9.jpeg
5EBCD48E-ACD2-4761-9D88-F4259E198C61.jpeg
35597F9F-F15E-40ED-B7A2-A8965111904D.jpeg
C58B7BDA-3485-4EAB-B40D-61699DDF725F.jpeg


the idea with the paint job is that it’s a mixed material ship, Copper clad on the bottom half and aluminum above, with the aluminum segments having been blue at some point in the ships lifetime. The red panel is from a repair/donor ship. From what I’ve been able to discern I think the model is in 1:144 judging by the small crew door in the rear leading out onto the deck.
 
WOW, love the trick using wood glue and a paper clip for the rivets. I have never heard of that and I will definitely be holding on to that trick, thx.

Love the paint job so far. This looks very steampunk or may even belong in the Fifth Element verse, lol.
 

Your message may be considered spam for the following reasons:

If you wish to reply despite these issues, check the box below before replying.
Be aware that malicious compliance may result in more severe penalties.
Back
Top