Moonraker Shuttle take three -- DONE!!

[PHArchivist]

Finished...

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Well... Not really...

What got me on to this in the first place was a sheet of aftermarket decals I picked up years back that I thought were 1/72 scale. They were not, so my larger models featured custom graphics.

But I DID have two shuttle models from long ago I'd built in the same scales as on this decal sheet.

So like any worthwhile effects house, I thought it'd be prudent to have models in varying scales to cover the bases.

This one is 1/144. I thought you might enjoy (if you're not tired of this subject yet.)...

 

[mb1k]

...Oh dear lord.

 

[PHArchivist]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MB1K @ Nov 29 2006, 07:54 AM) [snapback]1367574[/snapback]</div>

...Oh dear lord.
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I can't entirely disagree.

This one is notably farther along now... Amazing how much faster it goes when its only half the size.

 

[mb1k]

"Hi. My name is PHArchivist and Moonrakerholic..."

 

[PHArchivist]

You asked for it. (Sort of.)

See how different the point of the bands on the fuselage are...? Mantis' shuttle was much more accurate than my 1/72 copy.

 

[mb1k]

Your chin HRSI pattern doesn't go as far back on the 1/144 as it does on the 1/72 ...<ducking and running>

 

[PHArchivist]

I was a bit more "casual" with the smaller ship.

 

[Rhett J Martin]

I really, really really love your wheathering on that big one. It's gorgeous.

 

[PHArchivist]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Hotshot @ Nov 30 2006, 04:12 AM) [snapback]1368375[/snapback]</div>

I really, really really love your wheathering on that big one. It's gorgeous.
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Thank you. Same goes or your Tomcat.

 

[mb1k]

What's up wid dis thang lately?

 

[PHArchivist]

Still hanging in there on this one... Just not tops on my priority list.

 

[mb1k]

Hey, someone named Eagle is looking for a build-up in the Junkyard... Got your name all over it.

 

[PHArchivist]

Brief update... This project is DRAGGIN'.

 

[PHArchivist]

All done -- see first post.

 

[PHArchivist]

My run of Moonrakers has drawn closed. Not only am I burning out n the subject matter, I was going to do an even smaller version, but the decals I have are too small for the model I have.

 

[Smiling Demon]

This is like to Rocky movies.

Moonraker Shuttle 3.............................................thousand....

Really, they look good and you have done a fine job on them. Do you print up the decals yourself?

Kenny

 

[PHArchivist]

Hey. Cool. I thought I HAD bored you guys to death with these.

Yup -- on the 1:72 models I did print them myself. For this smaller one, I used a decal sheet that first initiated this madness. I thought the decals were for a 1:72 but they were actually for a 1:144. This kit here is an old one I did as a kid, and redid using these decals.

The decal sheet also has markings for a 1:288 kit. I do have an even smaller shuttle that I thought was 1:288, so :rolleyes here I thought I had YET ANOTHER to do. luckily, the model I have is somewhere between 1:144 and 1:288 (I'm guessing 1:100).

So I'm NOT going to build Moonraker 4.

 

[Smiling Demon]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PHArchivist @ Mar 17 2007, 09:54 PM) [snapback]1442404[/snapback]</div>

Hey. Cool. I thought I HAD bored you guys to death with these.

Yup -- on the 1:72 models I did print them myself. For this smaller one, I used a decal sheet that first initiated this madness. I thought the decals were for a 1:72 but they were actually for a 1:144. This kit here is an old one I did as a kid, and redid using these decals.

The decal sheet also has markings for a 1:288 kit. I do have an even smaller shuttle that I thought was 1:288, so :rolleyes here I thought I had YET ANOTHER to do. luckily, the model I have is somewhere between 1:144 and 1:288 (I'm guessing 1:100).

So I'm NOT going to build Moonraker 4.
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Well, I like them all but I like the 1:72 scale shuttles. I don't have a Moonraker but I do have one done up as the Enterprise and one as the Columbia. If I only knew where to get Moonraker decals in the 1:72 scale?
Hmmm, I wonder?

Kenny

 

[PHArchivist]

JBot makes them in 1:72 scale. Except theirs does not include the large orange bands. I painted those on mine, and made all the rest of the markings on clear label paper.

But I didn't want to bother ordering, so I did my own.

 

[Loanstar]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Hotshot @ Nov 30 2006, 05:12 AM) [snapback]1368375[/snapback]</div>

I really, really really love your wheathering on that big one. It's gorgeous.
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yes, i agree :thumbsup