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750 ml Pepsi bottles or even 1L ??

That is a wickedly cool design, love the way the greebles made themselves a home. The best thing about this topic is seeing how items get repurposed to create such wonderful inspiring creations. Keep up the good work.

That is amazing and has TRONish hint to it. I like the simple yet beautiful design. It would be great to see the rest of the battle group...hint...hint You truly do awesome work.

Can hardly wait to see the finished project. Its looking kind of groovy.

Great work, Nice to see others creative works. May you help inspire the next generation of creative minds.

Reading your post, any progress pics on the new and improved creation ??

https://public.fotki.com/artic316/my-fi ... /tank.html
main gun and turret

https://public.fotki.com/artic316/my-fi ... -body.html
body

Gonna see how it turns out, let me know if the links are working.

Turret and main gun
https://public.fotki.com/artic316/my-fi ... /tank.html


tank body
https://public.fotki.com/artic316/my-fi ... -body.html

let me know if the link works

:?: What is everyone's favorite / preferred source of greebles ? I am curious to what others use for detail parts, main components etc. Although I am no expert in building like some of you guys, I find dollar stores a good start for the grebellion creations usually the toys or party supply section. ...

Very creative. Keep the great work coming. Build your fleet with your mind....translated into plastic form. Keep up the great work.

wow , who woulda thunk it? Great creation you have there, keep up the awesome work.

Just gathering up some ideas and supplies to create a formidable beast. The other creations have inspired me to get creative so stay tuned for the unveiling .......

Wow great job guys!!!

Browsing the forums and voila I am here. Do you have any pictures of the travelling model to show ? I tried all the links in the post and they are all dead. I just want to see what the creation started at and finished at. Thanks.

:shock: Well I managed to slap something together although it is not my best work. I will be painting it better in a few weeks when I get back from work. I need to add a few more greebles to make it more scifi-ish. I am limited to my resources right now. This is the first scratch in years be gentle....

:) I will do my best to complete this task. I have not touched any building materials in years , because something horrible happened. That damn life thing got in the way and threw a monkey wrench, a thingamajig and a whole lot of spindle benders into my plans to dominate the (modelling) world. I hav...

Here are some nacelle/engine/weapon base stock available at box stores like Walmart etc.




http://www.revlon.com/products/eyes

:D Some say we are nuts, some say we are crazy. But we say we are creative and very intuitive and very responsible recycle bandits, we see what others often miss and just toss out. :8) We have the vision to turn everyday objects into beautiful and inspiring artwork. Welcome to the group and we are l...

Thank you for the resource links. The engines are great. The weapons/guns I was looking for is the star blazers style I wanted to know if there was a package of heavy and medium guns like that on the Yamamoto. Thanks fellow modellers.

:D Grab a doohicky, and a thingamabob and a spindle bender and lots and lots glue and hope for the best :shock: :D . Actually find a good base item to start with a pcv tube, ship body, sub body or what ever plastic you have handy or from your local dollar store. Experiment with adding greebles(misc ...

just wondering if anyone knows of a resource that makes scifi engines and armament for battleships/fighters ? I am going through some of my designs and need a few parts. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Ok - I've been feeling like a slug for not getting busy on my "own" challenge. Since I have this week off from work - plant shut-down - I really have no more excuses. :) Besides, despite all the evidence to the contrary, I really do want to do this. Also, this is my first try at using Img...

A word on Merriman's views on scratchbuilding... Dave is a very capable scratchbuilder. Dave is a very skillful scratchbuilder. However. Dave is an enormously opinionated and narrowminded scratchbuilder as well. I've learned an enormous amount about the "art" of scratchbuilding, from Davi...

http://www.towerhobbies.com/plastic/lis ... ories.html


I found detail sets that would be great for scratchbuilding but lost the link. I have been searching for 2 years and found them once again. Yeeeehaaa!!!!

great greebles!!!!

8) I have quite a grebellion at home and the wife knows not to touch :twisted: Anything that peaks interest joins my greeble forces.After all I am working on a couple of SSC creations of my own using a brute bottle and a seasalt bottle. I will post some pics soon. Has anyone seen my spindle bender o...

Will a fishtank air compressor work good for airbrushing? Would I need a gauge to set the pressure I need? I currently use canned propellent.Any help from all you guys would be apreciated.

:? I was wondering what you guys use to remove the waxy coating on some types of plastic, making it easier to glue/paint.What would you use to make a soft plastic more able to glue/paint, such as a shampoo bottle?I want to get alot of my scratchbuilds going but have run into this problem.Can anyone ...

Can anyone suggest a reliable way to strip chrome plating from plastic parts? Hi I have used castrol superclean and it removes chrome just dandy.I spay it on directly and let it sit about and hour and spray another coat.About a half hour later I turn on warm water and use a nylon scrub brush to gen...