Mikes spaceship / freighter scratchbuild progress.

[sstinson]

Thought I would share some images of a project that I’ve been working on. It’s my own design, and it seems to be in a perpetual state of change. My initial thought was to design some kind of derelict spacecraft with a haunted vibe. I’m keeping the process fluid, so I may end up in a complete different place when finished. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

 

[kermet]

Looking cool keep it going can't wait to see more of this build love old space ships

 

[sstinson]

I’m building this in sub assemblies before gluing everything together, due to some paint needed in some hard to get areas. Slowly but surely…..

 

[Carlb]

Nice work.

 

[sstinson]

A little more work on the truss that will hang the fuel tanks. Need to make 2 trusses and a bunch of differing sizes of tanks. At this point, I’m just making it up as I go along….

 

[sstinson]

Small update to the antenna array and truss for the tanks.

 

[dynasoar62]

I love this kind of build FANTASTIC!!!

 

[Carlb]

Excellent skills.

 

[publiusr]

The flared tube is from a plastic mechanical pencil...with greeble in place of eraser, right?

 

[sstinson]

The flared tube is from a plastic mechanical pencil...with greeble in place of eraser, right?

No it’s all kit parts I have raided from my stash.
I think the flared tube you are referring to is from either the Revell Volstok or the AMT Allison engine.

 

[sstinson]

Not a huge update, but I had some free time recently and added a few more bits here and there.

 

[sstinson]

….and a couple more. The start of one of the landing pads

 

[sstinson]

Small design change…. Test fitting some pieces.

The entire top is going to be one continuous landing platform / interior working spaces and corridors. It’s currently built is several separate assemblies so it’s not all square and permanently connected.
It’s a little hard to photograph at the point until I can get the mounting point / structure finished and then I can have it oriented upright.

 

[sstinson]

Another little update to the landing deck. The fun part of gluing down detail bits.

 

[sstinson]

Update:
She’s currently upside down, and some of the major assemblies are placed and not glued down but I was able get some detail added to the underside along with some progress on the operations tower (second photo) that is planned to go “on top”. I’m still debating if I’ll use this tower or not…..
Still a long way to go and lots of detail to still be added