Scratchbuilt Rocket

[franz bolo]

I started on this a while ago and am almost finished. I still have more weathering to go but should be done this weekend.
The large rocket is 2 feet tall.


Just starting to weather this one

One of the mini Rockets

3D image of all the rockets

 

[Grant Da Modeler]

Very cool, Tim !!! Did you make them out of ABS pipe ?

 

[franz bolo]

Very cool, Tim !!! Did you make them out of ABS pipe ?

Thanks! The bodies are PVC Plumbing Pipe and the fins are Sintra.

Here are some progress pics.

Here's my makeshift work area.

Here's the test fit for the lighting kit from Lightbenders.

The engine core gets primer!

The first mini next to the large rocket midway through the build.

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[MonsieurTox]

I like all those rockets very much ! Please educate me, from which movie do they come ?

 

[franz bolo]

I like all those rockets very much ! Please educate me, from which movie do they come ?

Thanks! No movie, I just made them up. Here's the drawing I made that started it off. I actually just finished weathering them.
I have to get some pics soon.

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[SingleSeat]

Franz seems like the kind'a guy who would just fall over and die if he weren't creating something.

 

[franz bolo]

Franz seems like the kind'a guy who would just fall over and die if he weren't creating something.

Ha! Not far from the truth!

Here's a pic from last night. I did a lot of weathering since then. I can't wait to take pics tomorrow.

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[Nwerke]

Very cool...and weird. :lol

Now go plant a few of them around the neighbourhood, nose-deep in lawns, verges etc, and wait for the news helicopters.

Disclaimer: don't do this.

 

[franz bolo]

I built a light booth tonight so I could get some decent pics. I finished up the weathering last night. This is my first scratch-built model so I'm pretty happy!

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[DaddyfromNaboo]

Looking great! I always love to see your "I´ll just grab a basic shaped item, attach a few greeblies and slap some paint on it" projects!

The only thing I´d like to point out is that a few panel lines on the top cones might have helped with giving them some scale. To me they currently look like they are ammo for a grenade launcher or aircraft/spaceship missiles. Might be the multiple rockets in those latter pics, though, the single photo works a lot better. But I can see a rocket base with a lot of those

And love that D9 colour scheme

 

[MooCriket]

Great work, as always FBthumbsup I love the paint choice you have went with as well. I would love to be able to build something like that as well for my son. I suppose I could make the attempt in my basement. Where I live, if I tried that outdoors, I would surely get a visit from Homeland Security:lol

 

[franz bolo]

The only thing I´d like to point out is that a few panel lines on the top cones might have helped with giving them some scale.

Thanks for the comments!

I was originally going to have people and support vehicles and make a diorama out of it but I was running out of time so I just finished the smaller ones in a few days. I spent too much time on the larger one and scale went out the window.

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[franz bolo]

Here's all the small ones.

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[franz bolo]

Here are a few 3D pics from the show that the rockets were made for.

Here's a famous movie house I saw in Pasadena.

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[3d-builder]

Franz.........wow those look great fantastic work!:thumbsup

 

[Capt MarVell]

Those are great. They've got a really clunky, utilitarian look to them. Well done!

Jim

 

[handler]

Man, I love them! They are very cool. How did you weather them?

 

[franz bolo]

Thanks for the comments!

For weathering I used an airbrush, powders, sponges and Tamiya acrylics.

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[handler]

Thanks for the comments!

For weathering I used an airbrush, powders, sponges and Tamiya acrylics.

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Awesome, you did a great job!

 

[franz bolo]

Thanks! It's the first time I used real powders. I used to sand down pastels but there is no comparison. I used the ones made by Bragdon. They are amazing!

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