MANDO STARFIGHTER

[Duncanator]

Love the wood strips. Reminds me of an old ChrisCraft boat.

 

[kermet]

All I can say is WOW!!! super workmanship and a super modeler

 

[GEEK1138]

It's been a coupla weeks work, but the wings...are on!...to get them to sit as intended with the steels crossing and bolted to the main fuselage armature and all levelled was quite a grind, but with them now on I can start glassing the top skin

Also started on the canopy

 

[joberg]

Great update and love the way you've skinned that bird

 

[GEEK1138]

OK, more progress on blocking out the main features and applying the filler coats for the top skin...

Added the wing front details and the canopy;

And printed the former for the windscreen;

 

[joberg]

What's the overall size of that beauty?

 

[NakedMoleRat]

How did I miss this thread? Duuuuuudeeeeeee, Awesoooooooooommmmmmmmeeeeeeeeee!

 

[GEEK1138]

It's 11 metres in total once the tail goes on.

Done some more stuff to the top skin, like chopping out the missing panels and dry fitting the Hemi/dome and cockpit parts...including a Mando...seems quite comfy;

 

[flimzy]

You always make me feel lazy

 

[joberg]

Yep, starting to shape up and getting to the greeblies pretty soon

 

[GEEK1138]

Been working on just that...all the greeblies are now done, along with the 'ribs' and boxing in. This was always gonna be a fiddly, awkward set of problems to solve but hopefully they are behind me for now;

 

[joberg]

Wow...looks like a real engine in there

 

[kickman88]

OK, so I've decided to try a different approach for the top side...cold casting layers of thin wood in a crossed weave pattern like a trad boat build...should be a whole lot less filling at the finishing end;

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Also started on the first wing with the same approach;

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And finished printing the engine cases to be epoxied for strength;

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As soon as you said "fairing battens" I thought, traditional wood boat...and here it is! beautiful!!!!

 

[Analyzer]

Incredible stuff!

 

[MattWinchell]

and I thought your star destroyer project was big...

 

[joberg]

and I thought your star destroyer project was big...

Nah...GEEK1138's nickname is "Mister Behemoth"

 

[GEEK1138]

Thanks for the comments guys...been focusing on the cockpit this week; I wanted a steel rim around the windscreen to enable access by climbing in as he does in the show. so it needed to be strong enough to take repeated use.
There are no shots whatsoever of the seat used, so I opted for a black leather sports car seat...I've modelled and printed the dashboard dials and side panels and am working on installing the steering handles.
It's been fun identifying some of the elements they used, like co-axial corner adapters and mixing board sliders and a load of LED's and bar graphs but It's fiddly and cramped work

 

[joberg]

That cockpit is certainly taking shape

 

[13doctorwho]

This is such incredible work! I would love to have the time, money and SKILL to build a life-size starfighter. I am so jealous! (For me it would be a snowspeeder)

 

[GEEK1138]

More progress on the cockpit...got all the electronics done and panels fitted, just need to add a dimmer to turn down the strength of some of the lights so they don't wipe out the colours on the dials too much, and add a few more knobs but I'm very pleased with how it looks and feels when you're sitting in the driving seat

Also moving on with the engine nacelles