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LAND OF THE GIANTS- SPINDRIFT BUILD

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  • Member since
    September 2013
Posted by Tentacles on Monday, October 28, 2013 12:55 AM

Thanks Gerry. The Spindrift is also one of my favorite ship designs, however improbable it is. I've seen your take on the ship and like the restroom idea- pretty logical placement ! I appreciate creative modeling in all forms.

  • Member since
    April 2010
  • From: San Diego, CA, USA
Posted by Gerry on Monday, October 28, 2013 12:23 AM

Beautifully done. Spindrift is one of my favorites. A show I was just of an age to really enjoy when it was new! I desperately wanted to be 6 inches tall when I was 10!  I like the atmosphere weathering you put on the front of your ship. A very nice detail.

I added a bathroom to my Spindrift. Just in the hallway from the opening.

 

Gerry ...Young at Heart - Other parts slightly older.

  • Member since
    September 2013
Posted by Tentacles on Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:59 PM

Thank you! I now wanna post some new pictures of the model with its new studio correct bubble-top. Finally after many years, I've got a correct looking buildi1365.photobucket.com/.../newsideview_zps6d066e63.jpgi1365.photobucket.com/.../newrightsideview_zpsc33164e8.jpgi1365.photobucket.com/.../newportside2_zps03e9c4d4.jpg.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 27, 2013 10:03 AM

Beautiful work, both inside and out!

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

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, September 27, 2013 8:36 AM

Nice work, it was one of my favorites as a kid. I bought one of the reissues a few years back, but never got around to it, and probably never will. It always seemed like it should have held more people for the size of the ship.

  • Member since
    September 2013
Posted by Tentacles on Thursday, September 26, 2013 11:36 AM

Here's some more build shots.      [URL=http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/mandkdanz/media/SPINDRIFT/newstarboardside_zpsd173764a.jpg.html]

  • Member since
    September 2013
LAND OF THE GIANTS- SPINDRIFT BUILD
Posted by Tentacles on Thursday, September 26, 2013 11:33 AM

Hello all.

Being new to this forum, I'd like to share my recent Polar Lights/Aurora build of the sub-orbital transport featured in the T.V. show. A fun adult indulgence from my youth. The kit was modified inside and out with some scratch-building of the interior, red foil was used in the grill & exhaust ports, and the seams were filled and puttied.  The logo on the side was done by hand. The clear stand was painted a little to give it some flair. IMHO, this kit-next to the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang one, is one of Aurora's finest kits and that says a lot!

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