Studio Scale McQuarrie Concept Raider

[wasili]

Back on track now fellas.

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Holy crapola, that is one hell of a beautiful build. And having a toilet next to your workbench can come in handy as well.

Seriously, very very VERY nice. Can't wait to see this finished.


Wasili

 

[krusinclone]

Fantastic work..

 

[hollywoodhardware]

Looking gorgeous!!!!

 

[REL]

I can't believe how nice this looks in 3d. You did an amazing job bringing this to life.

 

[franz bolo]

Very cool!

FB

 

[dbhs]

Thanks Guys !!!

Holy crapola, that is one hell of a beautiful build. And having a toilet next to your workbench can come in handy as well.

Seriously, very very VERY nice. Can't wait to see this finished.


Wasili

Yeah - you wouldn't believe what a time saver that is !!

 

[dbhs]

Thanks for the comments, guys !!!

Getting started on the weathering now. I completed the canopy and the tail fin first so I can place them on to get an overall feel for it as i weather the main body.

Here's the center grille getting started. I want it to look like there is exhaust coming out of the grille so I added some trailing smoke stains behind the openings

I used pastels here to "paint" this area in a slightly darker tone. Just easier than masking and painting such a small area

For now keeping it very light and will build up in passes until I think it's done. There's some shading here that's a liitle too light in this photo around the cockpit and some dust trails on the raised grey panels and the ring of openings.

 

[Apophis]

Excellent job Brother!!

 

[Darth_Pain]

Mannnn That's awesome! I need to start building some models again to refresh my skills.
Then I can have a go at this Studio scale model building.

 

[Harish]

Looks awesome. This reminds me of the ship from John Carpenter's The Thing.

 

[Jet Beetle]

I wish i come close o building something like that - it beautiful!!!!

 

[dbhs]

Here's an update on the weathering. Still needs a little work but nearly there...
I uploaded a bigger pic of the top as well. The little pic doesn't show the detail well.

 

[dbhs]

Another quick update.

Got the engines installed finally and lights working.

Cockpit lighting. The lighting of the screen didn't work as I had hoped but was a good learning experience if nothing else. It won't be too visible with the canopy on but will add a bit of color to the model.

 

[dbhs]

This one is finished. I'll be photographing it tomorrow with a backdrop and better lighting but here she is with all the parts assembled. I'd like to add a pilot at some point so the canopy is not attached yet.

I really appreciate everyone's advice and encouragement along the way.

-Doug

 

[mobius303]

Wow that really looks great all weathered and lit up.
Great job.

 

[cosmic_x]

this is awesome Doug!

 

[dbhs]

Thanks, guys. Here's a shot with better lighting.

 

[Rick Deckard]

Very beautiful design!:love

Adolfo

 

[cloudborn]

Absolutely impressive work...it was very cool to watch you build this amazing model, thanks for all the pics!,

 

[GoldCylon1]

It is outstanding work. Concept to a piece of art.