T-47 Snowspeeder 1:1 full scale prop build
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Bugstomper
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Your dedication and professional approach is really impressive, i'm amazed.
I especially love the sense of size/scale in comparison to everyday objects in your hangar.
On the set they seemed really small beside the X-Wings and MF but yours is wider than the Corvette and Countach in the background!
seriously: Who is using the roof of that Lamborghini for storage? :wacko
- that's another replica, right?
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oota goota
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beautiful build subscribed!
DarthWad3r
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This is mind blowingly cool. Hope to see you at a convention when this beauty sees the world.
yes the Countach is a replica. It's going to get a complete paint job so we aren't too worried about it. It makes a nice, low and flat storage table.
We have lots of fiberglass toys in the hangar.The last posted pictures is exactly how the Snowspeeder looked as of May 20. That was the last day before we loaded up the Landspeeder and drove 6-1/2 hours to Houston Comicpalooza for the long, 4 day May 22-25, Memorial Day show. The Snowspeeder was supposed to go with us, but there was just too much of it unfinished (like the entire back end and no interior) for it to make it's grand appearance at a con. So it got left behind. We all caught a lousy case of the ComicCon Crud while in Houston and it wiped us out for two more days after we limped home. We couldn't muster the energy to work on the Snowspeeder after we got home, so almost nothing of consequence was added that week of May 26-28.
Before getting laid flat by the Houston flue, the plan was to be able to put 3 more days work into it to get it (hopefully) ready for the next weekend's Dallas Comic Con May 29-31. But once again we decided to leave it behind rather than spend all weekend explaining why it was missing so many detail parts. Only the shows promoters and a few RPFers new that it was missing, and we apologized profusely for not having it as planned. It actually worked out OK as we had huge interest in the Landspeeder display and we would have been shorthanded trying to man two displays. We learned a lot from both of those big shows.
Since the end of May, we have not done anything on the Snowspeeder except constantly move it out of the way to make room for other things coming and going in the hangar. It's a huge land hog. Fortunately it rolls easy. And after focusing every drop of energy and time on it for 50 straight nights and weekends, I needed a break from it and time to catch up on other items that had been neglected. So it's on hold for right now. We should be back to working on it before the end of July. I'll start posting progress pictures when we do.
The plan right now is to have it on display at Wizard World Tulsa and W.W. Austin in late October. Thanks everyone for following us so far. The next round will be all the cool little details of the interior cockpit, back engine greeblies, automatic canopy lifter, harpoon gun and other fun stuff.
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I know exactly how you guys feel working those late nights, long stretches and self imposed deadlines. Dont kill yourself! Have fun with the build! That's what it's all about. Being laid out always takes the wind out of any sail.
REALLY looking forward to the next set of updates!
REALLY looking forward to the next set of updates!
Bump bump bump!
Good timing Greg, we actually got started working on it again 2 days ago. Summer got in the way of working on it, but we have promised to have it on display at the Dallas ComicCon in 2 weeks Oct 16-18. I need to post pics and description of the new work. It's currently broken down to it's sub components, so it once again looks nothing like a Snowspeeder, but like a car frame with all the body panels off.
We don't mind... we just love watching your creativity bro! Bring on the pics!!
The speeder project has been on hold all summer. After working non-stop for 47 straight days back in the spring, we put it aside to catch up on life's (wife's) other projects. We only touch the speeders when they are in the way and have to be relocated. A ton of people have stopped by to talk and gawk.
We needed some tighter security in the hangar, so we have Fett keeping an eye on things.
We needed some tighter security in the hangar, so we have Fett keeping an eye on things.
October 2, 2015. Day 48 of the build. I stopped the running day count during the summer since we didn't touch it.
We blew the dust off of the T-47 Snowspeeder with a leaf blower and moved it back into a clean working area. The exterior body panels are mostly finished so now it is time to focus on the cockpit. We first removed both wings to make it much easier to access the cockpit tub. Each wing is connected to the body by 6 through bolts and wing nuts. The engine and gun boxes are connected to the wing with an another 6 bolt pairs each. The wings by themselves are over 200 pounds each without the 2 boxes. 3/4" plywood and 1/10" thick aluminum are not light weight building components. I should have reconsidered building this thing so bomb-proof (over-sized convention fan proof).
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We blew the dust off of the T-47 Snowspeeder with a leaf blower and moved it back into a clean working area. The exterior body panels are mostly finished so now it is time to focus on the cockpit. We first removed both wings to make it much easier to access the cockpit tub. Each wing is connected to the body by 6 through bolts and wing nuts. The engine and gun boxes are connected to the wing with an another 6 bolt pairs each. The wings by themselves are over 200 pounds each without the 2 boxes. 3/4" plywood and 1/10" thick aluminum are not light weight building components. I should have reconsidered building this thing so bomb-proof (over-sized convention fan proof).
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Oh Yeah!!! Great to see you back on the project! But life is more important.
