I took these pics last week. The spacemen are pretty much done now aside from painting their bases- orange and rust mixed the color of Martian sand should do it. I'll probably white glue some rust colored sand to give them additional texture:
Part of my backstory involves a meteorite damaging the space liner. The MARRV pilot uses a "gamma" welder to fix the damage after the two ships make an emergency landing. Here's the back of the gamma welder power unit. The gamma welder "torch" sits in a cradle on top. I did some more sanding on this after seeing this pic:
You can see I added control panels to the top surfaces using decals for rhe cockpit of a 1/144 scale Tomcat kit. I'll be using more of these decals when I get to that point on the MARRV. The idea is the control unit can be carried by one man fairly easily in Mars's light graviy. The top section flips open. The welding gun is assembled from sections stored inside the box:
Pilot at the controls of the repair unit:
Rear Legs:
Parts-is-Parts:
The MARRV. Ready for decals. I used Testors Silver Metallic from a rattle can and Stoplight Red brushed on for the stripes. Windows are white enamel with future tinted with transparent blue acrylic. This should match the bluish white light given off by the LED for the space liner's windows.
Next week I should have pictures of the completed ship. Sorry if some of these pics are a little blurry- I took them without a tripod.
Patsy: "It's only a model."