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[Fxguy1]

Quarantine has gotten me itching for a new model to build. Haven’t done a model in a long time and looking to do one. One of my favorites was the Revell model of the Space Shuttle with Launch tower from the 80s to give an idea of complexity. As for theme, Star Trek, Dr Who, basically anything SciFi.

suggestions?

 

[Fett_Ish]

Polar lights has a ton of Trek ships in the 1/1000 scale that folks dig on. Bandai Star Wars kits look great right outa the box. Moebius Models has a couple nu trek kits as well as some great 2001 kits,they do get a bit spendy. I think right now, if one is just coming back to sci-fi modeling from say the 80s or 90s, it’s an embarrassment of riches.

 

[PHArchivist]

Quarantine has gotten me itching for a new model to build. Haven’t done a model in a long time and looking to do one. One of my favorites was the Revell model of the Space Shuttle with Launch tower from the 80s to give an idea of complexity. As for theme, Star Trek, Dr Who, basically anything SciFi.

suggestions?

Someone around here raised an interest (a number of years back) in Bond Moonraker shuttles...

 

[Analyzer]

Quarantine has gotten me itching for a new model to build. Haven’t done a model in a long time and looking to do one. One of my favorites was the Revell model of the Space Shuttle with Launch tower from the 80s to give an idea of complexity. As for theme, Star Trek, Dr Who, basically anything SciFi.

suggestions?

How much scratch building/adding additional detailing are in you in for?

If you want something to keep you busy and do not minding superdetailing something, the Revell/Zvedza Star Destroyer might be a great project.
Here are some threads to illustrate what is possible

Another Zvezda Star Destroyer

Greetings everyone I have been a bit reluctant to put up a build thread here for a while now because I see a fair few names here that frequent other sites and I keep thinking that no one wants to see yet another thread, but I've very recently rediscovered this site and have seen some great...

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Zvezda Avenger-Class ISD-II - WIP

Part 1: Greeblies, Greeblies... Hangar Bays and Engine Section Now that the Master Builders like Robiwon, Scarecrow Joe and others have shown us novices the incredible efforts they have made to their Zvezda builds (and I truly stand in awestruck wonder looking at the threads with all the WIPs)...

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Or maybe a Moebius 1/35 Jupiter 2 if you want a very detailed interior and lighting effects

Lost In Space-Jupiter II 2020

Ok, not much of a break since the Nautilus but the lighting kit and PE/Decal sets showed up today so I decided to dive in. I chopped of the landing struts and replaced them with brass rod covered with a perfect fit aluminum tubing. One set of boarding steps is finished. I took the liberty of...

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My 18" diameter Moebius Jupiter 2

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If you would rather stick to out of the box kits that are detailed enough to not require any other modifications but are a bit more complex than most kits and will take you more than a few hours or a even a day or so to build. That is not to say you couldn't make a few tweaks, but for the most part, these are impressive and fairly "complex" builds as far as number of parts/time

Bandai 1/72 Millennium Falcon

1/500 or the 1/1000 Space Battleship Yamato (aka Argo from Star Blazers for the American audiences). Note if you get the 1/1000 "Cosmo Reverse" edition that includes the interior hangar set as well as the waterslide decals which some of the other versions do not. The 1/500 kit has a separate hangar kit that can be added on.

Bandai 1/72 Y-Wing

Round2 1/48 (22") Eagle Transporter from Space 1999. There is also a cargo pod variant for it as well as a separate 1/48 Nuclear Waste Area set the waste dump area in the same scale that could be used for a great dio Amazon.com: MPC Space 1999 Nuclear Waste Area 2 Diorama MoonBuggy, MPC860: Toys & Games

 

[skahtul]

Quarantine has gotten me itching for a new model to build. Haven’t done a model in a long time and looking to do one. One of my favorites was the Revell model of the Space Shuttle with Launch tower from the 80s to give an idea of complexity. As for theme, Star Trek, Dr Who, basically anything SciFi.

suggestions?

If you like space-themed like the Shuttle you did, I have been keeping an eye on the Saturn 1B 1:72 scale model kit from Dragon Models. It's huge but looks like a lot of fun to build.

Also, pretty much any of the Bandai Star Wars models, they are my favorite ones to build.

 

[Fxguy1]

Well I took the plunge and subscribed to Eaglemoss’ Delorean build. Should be interesting and a dive back into the movie that 6 year old me fell in love with and fascinated me for a long time.

 

[Jedi Dade]

If you haven't done them already - either of the Polar lights 1/350 Enterprises are EXCELLENT models... they build relatively easy and you can "detail" to your skill level and get damn nice result. straight from the box with basic paint and decals they are very nice... or you can go super detailed and lighting kits etc. etc. and have a masterpeice.

Jedi Dade

 

[xeno]

Well I took the plunge and subscribed to Eaglemoss’ Delorean build. Should be interesting and a dive back into the movie that 6 year old me fell in love with and fascinated me for a long time.

Great idea, I have been building this for a few months now, and the add-ons are great to make the car even more accurate.
Don't forget a lot of add-ons can be made yourself, I created a few of the Free add-ons available

"eaglemoss delorean" 3D Models to Print - yeggi

925 "eaglemoss delorean" printable 3D Models. Every Day new 3D Models from all over the World. Click to find the best Results for eaglemoss delorean Models for your 3D Printer.

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[publiusr]

Here is an idea:
A very interesting non-Trek ship....the Riga, from Monument
https://dcmstarshipsblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/image-that-influenced-dcm-13.jpg