vacuum formed star trek models?

[takevin]

a guy is selling a almost 30 inch wingspan of a bird of prey, can pick it up for 10 bucks off a modeling forum, its cheap, but will it be a pain in the ass being vacuum formed to put together? Opinions would be helpful. thnks

 

[Jediscum]

Got pics? The almost 30" wingspan makes me kinda suspicious. The Warp resin kit has a 27" wingspan and without accusing anyone I'd make sure it wasn't a recast first. Otherwise depending on how it looks and that it's only $10 I'd say go for it. However I cant see it being very detailed unless it comes with resin parts. Also at that size it sounds like it'll be quite a chore building the internal structure. For $10 though maybe you'll get lucky.

 

[takevin]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...92314%26fvi%3D1


got it for 12 bucks, plus 5 to pick it up at i sold it store, so 17 bucks, figured what the heck. I had seen vacuum kits like from federation models in the past and what not on ebay, so for the price, i can add some detail to it, looks clean thou.

 

[Bobster]

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...92314%26fvi%3D1


got it for 12 bucks, plus 5 to pick it up at i sold it store, so 17 bucks, figured what the heck. I had seen vacuum kits like from federation models in the past and what not on ebay, so for the price, i can add some detail to it, looks clean thou.
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Looks like a lot of fun. Good buy.

Bobby

 

[Smiling Demon]

You will have to do alot of reinforcing where the wings attach to the fuselage but it should be a lot of fun..

 

[takevin]

whats best to reinforce, just strips of plastic? thanks

 

[Jediscum]

For what you got it for i think you did alright. At the very least you got a basic shape to add a bunch of greeblies and parts on to add some detail. With a little creativity I think it could turn out quite well. :thumbsup
As far as an internal frame, as you said i've heard of people using plastic but also balsa wood and stuff like that. Good luck.

 

[Smiling Demon]

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whats best to reinforce, just strips of plastic? thanks
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Yeah, just get some styrene plastic, I use Evergreen, and just make like little walls.
That way when you put it together the top and bottom will be supported by the additional styrene.

Think of it as a small skeletal structure.