Scratch built botanical cruiser (part 2)

[cylon75]

I have my original botanical cruiser at the casters and from what i here hes real busy with a project that he has done that has taken off for him and i heard it was going to be a while before he could get to mine. So what I'm going to do is make another one for me so i can finish this project. (Plus I'm board and want something to do)I have started it again and have the main body pieces ,head and engine cut to shape. I also started to shape the engine section. here's what i got so far.

 

[cylon75]

Got a lot shaping done today ,The main body, a little of the engine and a hole lot of the head done.

 

[cylon75]

A little updated progress ,work on the engine right now. A lot of detail so this will take a little bit.

 

[cylon75]

The engines are done except for the thruster's in the back.Next i will work on the main body.

Top:

Bottom:

 

[cylon75]

Tomorrow i will have to stop by my hobby shop to pick up material for the piping.

 

[cylon75]

The thrusters have been installed in the engine pod.

 

[cylon75]

Worked on the headpiece and the piping under the pods last night. I also glued the engine to the main body.

 

[cylon75]

IM well on my way with the piping and doing a little more detail on the main body and glued the head on and broke out the pods that i made a while back.

 

[cylon75]

Today's update got most of the piping cadge done and got the details on the main body done . Next is to start the prime and paint

 

[MooCriket]

Very nice, detailed work. I always enjoy watching your builds.

 

[cylon75]

The painting process has begun.

In Primer:

Painted:

Weathered & piping cadge painted:

There quit a bit to do but i had to paint and do the weathering under the cadge parts so it wont interfere with the pods when i put them on.

 

[cylon75]

OK i have finished the detail paint and ready to put a coat of clear on it than i will glue on the pods.
( the little pieces of yellow tape are where the pods are going didn't want to clear them spots)

 

[cylon75]

Its done .The only thing that i would have done differently is i would have made the main body a little thinner if i had it to do over, other wise its good . I will post finished beauty shots in the next day or so.

 

[cylon75]

I changed my mine i just tore it all apart and im redoing the main body, so stay tuned.

 

[cylon75]

Here's a shot of the redone main body the major change is to the midsection now comes to more of a point which means the slops are a little steeper, this should make it look closer to the real thing.
I also took this opportunity to redue the shields on the sides a give then more of a concave shape.

 

[TheRoachOn12]

Great attention to detail!

 

[cylon75]

Main body all put back together and primed. I like it much better this time.

 

[cylon75]

OK its painted weathered and glued back together ready for the piping again.

 

[MooCriket]

Loved the finished one. Can't wait to see how it turns out now that you have gone back to tweaking it:thumbsup

 

[cylon75]

Piping is installed again and coat of clear now to put the pods back on.