Tuesday 31 December 2019

NEW YEAR NEW PROJECT

Firstly I'd like to wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year !

I thought I would also show the first few steps I've taken with the rebel transporter.

The first thing I needed to do was fill in the holes on the top, I started this by sticking plasticard inside to block the holes. Then I used green stuff over the top to add detail ( this will be able to see in later shots).

Next I needed to modify the back hatch to trail off more, as you can see in the pictures first I marked it with a pen, then cut carefully along the line

To get the shape required I used masking tape to give the rough shape, on both the front and back apertures

I then used fibreglass and resin on the inside to add strength and shape.

While the top was left to set hard I started work on the bottom section, first I drilled out the three engine holes, I did this by drilling a pilot hole, then using a wood boring drill slowly widened the hole.

Next I added a green stuff lid to each of the engines, using my little finger as a support inside the engine while securing it.

Once the above was dry I then filled in the back of the holes.
That's as far as I've got so far, hopefully I will have more to show soon, so until next year have fun !
Cheers Dave

21 comments:

  1. Marvellous stuff, Dave. Happy New Year, and I'm looking forward to seeing all your amazing new projects in 2020 :-)

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    1. Thank you Simon, hope to be a hive of activity in 2020, hope you have a great new year mate

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  2. A very Happy New Year to you too Dave. Loving the progress so far, but must get back to the castle before tackling mine!

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    1. Thank you Michael, and a very happy new year to you to, indeed no more distractions before the castles finished ! LOL

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  3. A Happy Newyear to you to Dave, great idea using tape to give the base for the fiberglass, a trick I'll have to remember :)
    Good to see you'll be busy hobby wise in 2020 & hope to see you do some work on a certain Deathstar.

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    1. Thank you Frank and a happy new year to you too, it is a worthwhile trick to add to the repertoire.
      Almost have all the polystyrene I need to crack on with the Death Star, so expect to see more on that in 2020

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  4. Enjoying this thus far! Will make quite the eyecatching piece on the table!

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    1. Thank you Dai, hoping it will be a real centrepiece when finished

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    1. Thank you John and a happy new year to you too

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  6. Happy New Year! That looks really promising Dave!

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    1. And a very happy new year to you too ! It's off to a good start but the devil is in the detail ! LOL

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  7. A fantastic start, that looks most promising. The transport does take a lot more work than I expected though.
    Happy New Year!

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    1. Happy new year to you too Wouter, your not wrong on it seems easy but is actually quite complicated. Do you have a blog where you showed yours ?

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    2. I meant that yours seems to take a lot more effort than I expected. I do have a blog but it's mostly about 15mm stuff.

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    3. No problem, yes projects can take on a life of their own ! lol
      Would still like to see your blog as I like multiple scales as I’ve sculpted in most at one point or another

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    4. Here's the link to my blog:
      https://smallprojectteam.blogspot.com/?m=1

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