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1:5 "Fred the Exterminator"

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  • Member since
    January 2008
  • From: Massachusetts
1:5 "Fred the Exterminator"
Posted by tetsujin on Monday, November 9, 2009 11:57 AM

A while back a co-worker of mine gave me this kit: it's a 1:5 scale vacuum-formed Dalek made by Sevans...

Dalek project update

It's been a fun build so far.  I've never built a vacuum-form kit before, though I have done enough scratch building with sheet styrene to be able to deal with it.  In many ways it's the same sort of problem, at least when it comes to the lower body - building a hollow shape out of flat styrene panels...  The only difference is that someone else did the work of figuring out the proper size and shape of each panel...

---GEC
  • Member since
    October 2009
  • From: South La
Posted by Ti4019 on Monday, November 9, 2009 12:02 PM
thats a big Dalek!

If you aren't having fun, you're doing it wrong! Build to please yourself and they will flame you every time!

  • Member since
    January 2008
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by tetsujin on Monday, November 9, 2009 12:11 PM
Yep, one of the benefits of vac-form.  :)  A kit this size can be quite light, cheap, and compact in its unbuilt form...
---GEC
  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:53 PM
I want one, but im so sick of vacuform, id rather pay the money for all the work that goes into it...

 

  • Member since
    January 2008
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by tetsujin on Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:36 PM

 smeagol the vile wrote:
I want one, but im so sick of vacuform, id rather pay the money for all the work that goes into it...

There's always the Airfix kit... A bit less than half the size, but it's injection, and it's based on the new-series Dalek...

---GEC
  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Philadelphia PA
Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:00 PM
Yea, im probably going to get it, I have the tardis kit, there just alot of cash.

 

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