1/144th Prometheus scratch build

[Leighbo]

Great progress on this, I'm sure it will turn out killer!

 

[Wolf Star]

Very nice!

 

[The Chaos]

This looks very nice

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Evenin All,


Thanks for stopping by, nice to have you all along for the ride

Finally got to the bench this weekend,

Very clever mate
Oh and I've been watching Bottom lately while I build....

I've been watching this guy

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcBnT6LsxANZjUWqpjR8Jpw

Very Cool

But on with the latest........stuff


Lots to show you so lets get going,

Sanded the primer and re-filled the problem areas

Moved on to the head assembly,








Neck spacer





































Slotted the head and neck to get the correct dimensions
















Shaping the nose

































































Made some spacers for the top section for later









Marked







Cut









Drilled and finished the edges








Threaded tubes through the holes








Taped in position on the underside






Beauty shots



















That's it so far

Take care

Gag

 

[Quaralane]

More excellent progress

 

[Belugawrx]

Like a 10 lb note ,,....
Good to see ya Gag
build lookin' good
Cheers

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Ello Every Peeps,

Thank you for stopping by chaps,

Once again lots to show so lets get too it...........



Marked out, cut and finished another underside assembly














Added some tubing for rigidity










Drilled wiring holes in all the brace pieces







Re-assembled everything, this time gluing as i went






















Taped in position








Started on the rear underside body

























































And in position





















Then back to the main section

Some supports







Glued to a sheet of 1mm styrene sheet





Then wrapped around the spacers to achieve the correct shape








Then both sides are trimmed











Then more underside supports are added and the edge is finished to this support














Added a hole for the stand










Then some supports for the tapered transition piece


































Then on to the front section
















Added a spacer cover because it wasn't pretty but i can hide it later whats important is the basic shape






















And thats about it for now

Still more to come

So stay tuned

Gagster out

 

[Quaralane]

More excellent progress.
Liking the way it's slowly evolving

 

[peza]

Eh up buddy,lovin the progress.. it's really takin shape now,this builds gonna
be epic.....top marks me old cock sparra! ;D
have you counted up the number of lights in this monster?
cheers peza

 

[Belugawrx]

Now that's an update!!
Wow wow and...wow
Cheers

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Evening Experts,

I have a very serious question for the brother/sisterhood of all things nerd/geek/fanboy/artist/creator/modeller/prop builder.....thatever.

Today, I watched the movie, .......well, the part's with the ship in it to be honest, because lets be honest,

Prometheus the movie- 0 - Visual Perfection 1

After watching said movie, i did in fact notice, that, the number of flashing or strobing lights on the engines was zero

Now the other last week i had a 50 minute conversation with Mr VooDoo himself, Randy, Thanks mate for bieng so honest
and well, just so cool to chat with. You gave me some ideas and i thought i had discovered my solution, four light units, one per engine with strobes, constants and flashers in a small curcuit board for under $60.

But then I watch the film.

I said that this build was more water pistol than cannon, but i think my lights could be better than the original. Strobe, flashers, markers and enough left over for the power unit.

But the down side is the cost, 5 x $60 is a lot of lolly.

I think reality/cannon i could get away with one, may be two.

Just interested to know what you think?


Gag

 

[Quaralane]

I'd lean more toward the canon side if said lights weren't there

 

[peza]

Eh up buddy,is it possible to have it landed and then there's no dear engine lights?
still have all the bling of the other lights though! peza ???

 

[JohnSimmons]

More genius stuff going on here mate! Carry on the good work it's really taking shape now.

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Thanks for the input chaps



I have just found out that some of my pictures have been deleted, this is obviously, very annoying, but not life threatening so, i'll continue on with what we got,

Did this part twice because it was a bit big when done in plastic and not looking so good when dry fit with everything else so I ripped it to bits and started again with foam.

This really is trial and error modelling at its best folks











Sanded it into shape





You can see the nose has changed a bit as well, I put a piece of 1mm to flatten out the top then filled and sanded it to shape, it's now ready for its final coat of epoxy and a good finish sand.






Added another strip of 1mm to give a positive front edge, needs to be filled and sanded next.











Some fat bloke in a mask to give it some scale, she's a big bugger she be








And finally a small video 360



[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype2b-MoDm4&list=UUHiAjjyN8V35Dg2k-4Fcx1Q&index=1[/youtube]



And thassit for now

Stay tuned

Take care and stay warm friends

Gag

(PS got really chilly here in Miami yesterday, into the low 60's it was

 

[Quaralane]

Looking good. Nice update here, Gag.
That thing is frigging HUGE

 

[Grendels]

Nice work so far and thanks for showing us how to do something like this.

 

[nicholassagan]

Shit Anthony, you're killin this!

 

[Jaitea]

Incredible Gag

J

 

[peza]

Eh up gagster,sweet update bro!keep them coming,can't wait to start seeing some meat on these bones...
Top job so far,but there's never no doubt with your builds....peza