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Scratchbuilt Spaceship form 1979 Heavy Metal Magazine

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Scratchbuilt Spaceship form 1979 Heavy Metal Magazine
Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:00 PM

Thought I'd share some pics of my scratchbuilt spaceship. I saw this on the back cover of a Heavy Metal Magazine (May of 1978 or 79 can't remember which), and thought I'd give it a try. A balsa master was carved, and vacuformed with .040 sheet styrene. Hope you like it!

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:00 PM

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:01 PM

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:02 PM

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:03 PM

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:04 PM

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:06 PM

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Posted by sumpter250 on Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:30 PM

That.........., is cool!      I just might have to consider "modifying" that concept to accept velocity amplifier drives, and build it !

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Posted by Woody on Saturday, December 19, 2009 2:07 PM

Hey that is very cool! It's nice to see something besides the usual suspects.


" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Swanny on Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:48 PM

That is pretty darned cool.

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Posted by Cosmic J on Saturday, December 19, 2009 9:29 PM

That's pretty cool. The construction is very clean and precise. I really like the period paint scheme - was it difficult to do?

Can you tell if the original picture was painted by Larry Elmore? It looks like some of his work.

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Posted by sumpter250 on Sunday, December 20, 2009 12:10 PM

I did a quick scan of Elmore's website, and didn't see anything like the ship. Lots of well done paintings, but no space ships.

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Sunday, December 20, 2009 1:58 PM

To be honest, I no longer have the magazine,..just the back cover, and it shows no signature. Dave.

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Posted by Styrene Nut on Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:21 PM

Painting wasn't that hard, just a lot of time masking! Dave.

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Posted by Cosmic J on Monday, December 21, 2009 1:34 AM

Big Smile Yeah, I don't doubt it. I'm very impressed - I have a terrible time whenever I try to do something similar.

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Posted by MrSquid2U on Monday, December 21, 2009 4:25 PM

Okay, not what every scifi builder wants to hear- but, that's CUTE!Geeked

Hmm

 

Uhummmmm,,,,,I mean, that's really cool!Yes

Very cleanly executed and sharply done.Yeah

 

       

 

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 12:01 PM

That's just plain cool!

 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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