1/72 Star Blazers Medevac Shuttle WIP

Some progress.

wow! first time i see this great work! great!!

And the kit is 99% complete.  Photo etch is on it's way. 

here's more updates. Been busy with Christmas and such.

More updates.  It's small, but complicated.  I LOVE it... :)

Someone posted a pic earlier of this from the Arrivederci Yamato book.  The post is gone now but the pic was invaluable.

Thank you for posting it.  Don't know what happened to the post, tho.

I love the scratch built Sci Fi Stuff. Looking forward to seeing this one progress.

More cockpit progress.




and pilot seat.

Cockpit/Flight Deck

Vagabond.

The 'clearish' stuff is actually CA.  I didn't get pics of the process for doing the dome, but basically, I used bent plastic strip to get the basic shape down, then carefully put blue masking tape around it, the started laying in CA and kicker until I got a rough shape.  Then, after it cooled (It got to over 200 degrees), I started sanding and following the curve.  Then polished it up with finer and finer sanding sticks, finishing up with 600 wet/dry.

The canopy is a plug to do vacuum forming.

I'm planning to start the cockpit area sometime next week.

thunderbearr

Here's the process we use, just with another pattern:

http://arveymodelproducts.com/thumbs/Chen.html

What are the resins you use to pour between the bulkheads?

m@

Basic tools are #11 knife, 1-2-3 Blocks (to keep things square), a nice steel edged ruler, CA, and Mk I eyeball.

And sandpaper... lots and lots of sandpaper...

What tools/machines do you use to get the frame so Even and measured?  cant do that by hand

Here's the process we use, just with another pattern:

http://arveymodelproducts.com/thumbs/Chen.html

Do not know how you got by me, but boy you got skills and I for one look forward to more of this most excellent build.  The GM 

Very cool, any chance we can get a step by step or tutorial on how and what you sued to make the frame for it?

A little more progress.  Making the plug for vac-forming the canopy.

Ditto and pretty please

OH WOW!!!! Looks like a pretty good start!

More please!