Terran Trade Authority Alphan ACM 128 Stingray

[toolslinger]

Since the Avery Hornet went over well here is the Alphan Stingray.
These are the only views from the book as illustrated by Colin Hay



Here is what I did with it

 

[Mike J.]

That looks great – it looks exactly like the painting! Even down to the tiniest antenna.

 

[Darth Ronnow]

That is simply beautiful.
I hadn't realized until I saw your Avery Hornet, how big an influence the TTA book series had made on my 10 year old mind in 1979.
Man.... that has to be a total rush watching it come to life, when your painting it.
I love it,
Clint

 

[toolslinger]

Thanks y'all. Glad I could bring up good memories. Doing the detailing is great fun. Some of the most interesting bits are the parts you can't see in the original art work.

 

[toolslinger]

You might note that in the original artwork the engine is just a blob of light. I spent considerable time installing greeblies in that space to add interest to the model.

 

[Mike J.]

Any under construction pics?

 

[Darth Ronnow]

Any under construction pics?

Oh Yeah!
There's mouth watering model candy galore at photobucket.

Ron Fulce's (sotoolslinger) Pictures, Photos & Images | Photobucket

 

[Mike J.]

Lovely

I have the first TTA book and three similar 'knock-off' books.

Before 2000, it was fun to imagine that my book was actually from the future...

...I liked the mystery ships in the back...

What's your next project?


-MJ

 

[Albertese]

Cool stuff! I remember as a kid loving the wacky color schemes of these ships, then as a teenager, thinking they were over the top and a little silly, but now as an adault, I've come back around. These things indeed are awesome.

--Alex

 

[CutThumb]

Hell, you did it again. Great build and paint up, Colin Hay really did Chris Foss justice, didn't he. And thanks for bring back some great memories,

 

[toolslinger]

Hey thanks all y'all. My next one which I hope to finish by ScaleFest on the 31st is the Proximan K13 Shark
TTA Proximan K13 Shark Photos by sotoolslinger | Photobucket
I'll start a separate thread on it .

 

[Cameron]

Fantastic.

 

[toolslinger]

Thanks Cameron. I'll start a thread on the Shark on Saturday.

 

[mofo77]

that's some great paintwork on that model.i had all those books as a kid and passed them on to my kids.the books are now long gone and this is bringin back some nice memories.my favourite was the spacewreck book.of course i kept all my foss books.always wanted to build models of these unusual designs.great to see you you've done a couple already.:thumbsup

 

[toolslinger]

Thanks mofo. I am very pleased that everyone has such fond memories of these books and the artwork in them. I am also very happy that everyone seems to think I did justice to the models. I hope the K13 Shark turns out as well as the other 2.

 

[Noumcea]

Man, I didn't know that anyone had these books anymore. I have the Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 and Great Space Battles books. I have also been thinking about building a few of the ships but at the moment, my scratch building skills ar zip.

Beautiful ship. Two thumbs up.

 

[toolslinger]

Thanks Noumcea. Hey scratch building is just like any other skill. It takes practice, mostly to learn what not to do. It took me bout 35 years of model building and kitbashing before I felt confident enough to attempt these builds.

 

[Exterminator]

What they said!! Another great TTA build. :thumbsup

 

[toolslinger]

Thanks Ex. I am steady tearing up the Shark to make it right :unsure

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Great stuff! Fantastic build and excellent paintjob.

Of course, the artists in those books were commissioned by editors to rip off Chris Foss, the originator of the style. It's high time we saw some faithful models of his designs! I myself am tempted to have a go at this one from 1975. Note the upper module - either this was totally ripped off by Lucasfilm for the star destroyer hull, or great minds think alike...