Moldy Crow scratchbuild - WIP

[Mara Jade's Father]

I look forward to seeing the completed ship. It is one of my favorites.

 

[starving4rtist]

Got most of the bottom completed last night:

 

[Ray22]

Anyone out there? hope your still working on this it was looking good I hope all finds you well.
Ray

 

[blbarrett]

Looking really great! I'm even feeling inspired lol
What products & supplies are you using on this?
The scoring of the individual panels looks really clean.
I might have to make a hobby shop run this weekend

 

[3d-builder]

Beautiful........wow even more so for a first SB!:thumbsup

 

[starving4rtist]

I finally started working on this again:

 

[cayman shen]

Can't wait to see more! :thumbsup

 

[modellernz]

that is some very clean work you have going on there, its going to look great when its finished

 

[starving4rtist]

Thanks for all the kind words so far!

I started roughing out the bottom of the ship. Lots of detail and cleanup left, but I'm happy with the direction it's going:

 

[youngwm]

I am pretty new to scratching in styrene myself and look at this work and think it is amazing. You really are doing a great job and I am inspired to try more. I got a few questions I hope you don't mind answering. 1. What thinkness styrene are you using for the main walls the edges look so clean I seem to have a problem joining corners. 2. All the round parts that you have made was that basically bending styrene around a frame.(ribbing) 3. lastly, the panel lines scribed look really clean what are you using???
Sorry to ask so many questions just trying to learn more myself after I finish putting my current model together and build the falcon I hope to take on something like this.. It is really rewarding to make something from scrach!!!

 

[starving4rtist]

1. What thinkness styrene are you using for the main walls the edges look so clean I seem to have a problem joining corners. 2. All the round parts that you have made was that basically bending styrene around a frame.(ribbing) 3. lastly, the panel lines scribed look really clean what are you using???

Thanks for the kind words!
- I'm using 0.040" styrene for the main body - I've found it's pretty easy to get clean corners with it
- I've used a few techniques for the round parts. The air intakes on the sides were done by bending styrene over a frame. For rounded edges, I just sand the corner after it sets. For the completely round parts, I used my dremel as a lathe to grind/sand it to shape.
- I've been using the "Tamiya Scriber II" tool for all of my panel lines. It makes it very easy to get clean and consistent lines.

 

[starving4rtist]

I roughed out a few more parts over the weekend:

 

[youngwm]

Thanks for expalining some of the steps so the parts you made over the weekend that is just wrapped around a frame and sanded. Great work!!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Looks great!