Starship Modeler Discussion Forums

Hello all, So you have the blueprint, you want to build something and you begin to glue parts; plastic, wood, metal rod and tube, just to make the basic shape. But when do you add the details? I personnaly use to add details when all the basic shape are there. It can be really painfull for me to det...

When Star wars meet Mad Max...

Great job,
Olivier

It's interesting to see that some modeler add realy quick the details. It could be a nice subject on this forum; when to add details ? Personnaly, I do all the main frame, then I detail the model. I do that because details can make me crazy (when to stop...) and I can be really out of force to see a...

Nice! Mine looks small now; http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=78630 The Sulaco is a greatship to build, even at big size, because it's "flat" ship so storage is not really a big deal. But yours is twice longer than mine. (I speak about the space ship, of course...) Olivier

Hi, New pics: The turret is almost done; http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/xx208/leroyo/USS%20Sulaco%20Scratchbuild/?action=view&current=atrier103.jpg Details of the hull; http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/xx208/leroyo/USS%20Sulaco%20Scratchbuild/?action=view&current=atrier109.jpg Other pi...

Hello all, So, I'm on holiday for one week now so I will continue my Sulaco. Working on the turret on the bottom and also the main engines (probably the hardest thing on this model because it's all round shape). I will take some pictures soon. To DavidlGreen; I really don't know when this model will...

...Doh....seems to have a problem !!! I will check it tonight and fix the problem but the website Blog4Ever itself seems to meet some problems. If it doesn't work properly, I will share with an other way (Photobucket or Picasa). Is anyone have a link or a source with pics or info concerning the orig...

Some words about how it's done because my blog is only in French; The main hull is made with balsa. I like balsa because it's easy to use, sculpt,... After making all the big shape, I cover the model with Evergreen plastic plate, scrib the panel lines and details are done thanks to the pics given by...

Hi, Three years ago I posted some pics of my scratchbuild Sulaco on the reader gallery. The model is still on the bench but a lot have been done. You can see some pics of the model on my Blog; http://monstersdesign.blog4ever.com/blog/photos-cat-321508-1948526389-aliens_u_s_s__sulaco__scratch_.html I...