Darth Penguin
Active Member
Hi All
I have been wanting to do a full scratch build for a while now. I got inspiration from Star Wars – The Old Republic. On one of the cut screens there was a picture of a cool looking fighter. So I thought I would try to recreate something like that.
I started to sketch up some plans for the build. It was a bit hard to know what to make of the length relative to the width but I was happy enough with the plans.
It is going to be a bit a delta wing type ship, with 4 engines – so it will be pretty fast! I guessed on the two abreast seating for the cockpit.
You can see I went over the main features in ink, the details left in pencil.
I then photocopied and enlarged my drawings so I could make templates for the main sections of styrene.
As for the scale, at 1/35 scale, the finished ship would be about 9m long – about the same as an a-wing. If I make it 1/48 scale then it is about 13m long - about the same as an x-wing. The scale will be decided when I work on the cockpit, need to see what looks most sensible and what fits.
The smaller plans have a bit more detail in pencil, the enlarged ones are really there for scale. I taped the plans to the shelf above my work desk.
I cut the main base plate from 1mm styrene taking great care to ensure symmetry. Although the plans do not really show it, I wanted some shape to the bottom of the ship. I used card (old model boxes have their uses) to mock up the sort of shape I was looking for. There is not much detail on there just now, that will come later when the structure is sorted.
The underside is getting there, the middle section is still to be done. That will be the trickier part as it is going to be the curved spine.
More to follow.
Thanks for looking, any comments or advice most welcome.
I have been wanting to do a full scratch build for a while now. I got inspiration from Star Wars – The Old Republic. On one of the cut screens there was a picture of a cool looking fighter. So I thought I would try to recreate something like that.
I started to sketch up some plans for the build. It was a bit hard to know what to make of the length relative to the width but I was happy enough with the plans.
It is going to be a bit a delta wing type ship, with 4 engines – so it will be pretty fast! I guessed on the two abreast seating for the cockpit.
You can see I went over the main features in ink, the details left in pencil.
I then photocopied and enlarged my drawings so I could make templates for the main sections of styrene.
As for the scale, at 1/35 scale, the finished ship would be about 9m long – about the same as an a-wing. If I make it 1/48 scale then it is about 13m long - about the same as an x-wing. The scale will be decided when I work on the cockpit, need to see what looks most sensible and what fits.
The smaller plans have a bit more detail in pencil, the enlarged ones are really there for scale. I taped the plans to the shelf above my work desk.
I cut the main base plate from 1mm styrene taking great care to ensure symmetry. Although the plans do not really show it, I wanted some shape to the bottom of the ship. I used card (old model boxes have their uses) to mock up the sort of shape I was looking for. There is not much detail on there just now, that will come later when the structure is sorted.
The underside is getting there, the middle section is still to be done. That will be the trickier part as it is going to be the curved spine.
More to follow.
Thanks for looking, any comments or advice most welcome.
