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Scratchbuilt Imperial Speeder (Original Design)

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Posted by CPD730 on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 9:56 AM

Nicely done.

"I was quit when I came in here, I'm twice as quit now." Deckard
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    February 2004
  • From: SI, NY
Posted by GoFlight on Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:00 PM

Congratulations on the young 'un! My little guy is 7 now and it's cool when you get to build models together.

Anyway, excellent job on the vehicles. Pretty cool design and thumbs up building them to size with the 3.75 figures!!

Kevin K.

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    March 2003
  • From: Newport News VA
Posted by Buddho on Saturday, December 5, 2009 5:05 PM
Excellent job...I like it. Could it be an LT-ST?

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    September 2009
Posted by Cobra 427 on Saturday, December 5, 2009 2:16 PM
How about the Imperial Duster?  You know,like dusting off the rest of the garbage from view. It would be even better with a bin carried behind this like a trailer. This would be the Imperial garbage truck. This is such a cool idea. I'd love to have one of these! Make a Toast [#toast]

Maybe a picture of a squirrel playing a harmonica will make you feel better?

 

 

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  • From: The House of Blues Clues
Posted by Griffworks on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 4:30 PM

That looks great!  And to-scale w/the Hasbro action figures, too! 

As to a name, how 'bout Armored Troop Support Speeder? Or ATSS, for short.  Gives it that similar ring to the AT-AT, AT-ST, etc....

 

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    February 2003
  • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
Posted by Swanny on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:47 AM
Irritable Bowel Sydrome could work, maybe that's what the rebels call it because that's what it induces? Great looking scratch build and congrats on the new storm trooper, or should we say pooper?Wink [;)]
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    August 2008
  • From: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Scratchbuilt Imperial Speeder (Original Design)
Posted by glorbes on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 10:05 PM

My wife and I have an amazing new baby boy. He's healthy, knows how to scream and smile (the latter making the former much easier to cope with), and has totally transformed us.

Well...not totally.

I've been picking away at this project for the past two and a half months, usually in twenty to forty minute intervals once or twice a week. Then, my lady and her sister took little man on a tour, which gave me the better part of a day (after some housework) to really go nuts and finish it up. I haven't come up with a snappy name, but it's armoured, it's Imperial, and it's for battle, and it's a speeder. I initially thought Imperial Battle Speeder, but the acronym would be IBS, and that may make some people think of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I'm still working on it.

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I really had no set plan or sketches...in fact, I ended up combining two failed concepts into one, literally gluing one abandoned scratchbuild to another, working out the kinks, and playing around with it until it looked like something decent.

Top View:


Everything is scratchbuilt except the usual plumber fittings for the engines. I wanted something that was both streamlined and boxy, evoking the landspeeder while also being vaguely reminiscent of an AT-AT...and I wanted it to be small, because I knew I didn't really have the luxury of time to really fill out a larger scale vehicle with adequate detailing.




I imagine this machine being used for short range 'urban pacification', deployed from a garrison in the middle of a city to crush opposition...almost like a compact car version of a larger troop transport.




The c0ckpit is where I really dropped the ball. I just didn't have it in me to really go all out like I have in the past. It's too bad, because I really liked the basic layout and design...it actually feels more like an old Kenner toy than my previous projects. But really, if I had another few hours back, I'd probably greeblify the hell out of the panels.




The blaster cannon is what I'm really proud of. It swivels 360 degrees, and has an up and down joint, so that it is as poseable as a real turret mounted machine gun. It was made from the usual styrene rod, tube, and card.




[size="3"]The bottom got some half-hearted detailing...not nearly as much as the Saber Dart, again because of the amount of time (the detailing on the Saber Dart took as long as this whole project from beginning to end). I wanted to make this thing look like it was hovering, so I created a couple of small platforms, and tried my best to position them so that they wouldn't be visible from as many angles. I think the effect works pretty well.



With the Saber Dart:


Joy-ridin':


Let me know what you think, and thanks for looking.

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