McQuarrie Concept Scratch Build

[Junkie]

Coming along really well. This is going to finish up into an amazing piece.

 

[Quaralane]

VERY nice work on this.

 

[Grendels]

Agreed, excellent work.

 

[dbhs]

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'll have more to post in a few days.

 

[dbhs]

Thanks for the feedback and encouragement guys. I'm enjoying this build a lot.

I finally have an update on this. I have all the detailing done on this now ('cept for 2 parts on the bottom side). The detailing around the engine wells is filled in now and it's about as chunky as I want it. Once all the parts are on I'll hit it with primer again and then on to painting.

-Doug

 

[Junkie]

That's looking great. Your engines and piping came out super. Can't wait to see her in paint.

 

[schweinhund227]

Wow !!! from a simple Sketch to this... I'm Floored !

Looks wicked ! Great work

Keep it coming !

 

[dbhs]

Wow !!! from a simple Sketch to this... I'm Floored !

Looks wicked ! Great work

Keep it coming !

Thanks.

Having very little reference has been both a blessing and a curse.

 

[elend]

Man, now that looks really awesome. Very well done so far, can't wait to see the finished piece.

 

[Prince of Styrene II]

The bottom looks great! I love the idea of the big scoop down there! What did you use for the bottom? It looks like all one piece.

 

[dbhs]

The scoop is one piece of bent 1/16th" thick styrene. Here's a pic of it before installing.

The rest of the bottom is two layers of styrene over ribs that create the shape. The first layer is 1/16th inch thick over the ribs and the second layer is .75mm for the finish surface. The 1/16 layer stops short fo the edge and the second goes all the way to the edge. I wanted the edge of the disc to be as thin as possible.

This is the just the first layer of styrene.

 

[dbhs]

Finally an update on this one.

( ** Sorry, folks. The pictures are causing an error for some reason. Scott, email sent. )

I got two copies of the Centurion grille cast up using the bathtub caulk molding method. I wasn't sure I could pull off a part this big but it seemed to work out pretty good. I'll need to get some real casting equipment eventually.

I'm pretty happy about how the grille looks with the rest of the ship. Now I'm looking forward to getting some color on this one.

Touched up the primer on the top side and it's ready for paint as soon as the primer cures solid.

-Doug

 

[dbhs]

Hi guys. I got the body color on this now. Posting pics is giving me a little problem here so I'll just add some links until that's solved. Thanks for looking.

-Doug

http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/Diary/ConceptRaider-86.JPG
http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/Diary/ConceptRaider-91.JPG
http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/Diary/ConceptRaider-95.JPG

More pics on my site: http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/

 

[sunsanvil]

This is like crazy good work. The sort of stuff the rest of us only day dream about attempting. Inspiring.

 

[Junkie]

That's looking fantastic!

 

[DreamKnight]

This is pretty sweet man!

 

[dbhs]

Thanks for the feedback, guys. Working on the darker colors but the masking isn't off yet. Will update soon. ;D

 

[Ferris928]

This is a wickedly fantastic incredible build, keep going!

 

[dbhs]

Thanks, Ferris.

I've had several people ask me to make a kit of this. This one is too far along to convert it to a kit but it might be fun to do later on.

 

[dbhs]

This installment is titled "The GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY"

First the good.
The painting of the greys is going pretty good. There's a couple of minor spots of bleed through but all in all not bad. I may need to touch up the paint on the top in a spot or two.

http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/Diary/ConceptRaider-99.JPG
http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/Diary/ConceptRaider-100.JPG
http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/Diary/ConceptRaider-102.JPG

Now the bad.
Some stress cracks appeared on the bottom side around the gun barrels. I thought I had this fixed before but they came back and were visible after the masking came off. The problem is that the barrels cut through not only the surface of the body but also the ribs underneath. This makes it a weak spot and when the body flexes just a bit it pulls apart along the seam. The cracks are as thin as hairs but with so light a color, and with the minimal weathering I want to do, these will be visible so I decided to try to fix them.

http://www.hanshortes.com/dbhsmodeler/Diary/ConceptRaider-97.JPG

And the ugly...
To fix these cracks I dremeled them out and filled the gap with epoxy putty. It's a little drastic at this point with the finish paint on but i figure it's easier to fix now before weathering. Hopefully the epoxy will hold the sides together enough to prevent further cracking. My fear, of course, is that new cracks will appear in new spots now but I'm hoping with some really gentle handling it can be avoided. We'll see....
Now I'll have to mask off the front area and repaint, hopefully for the last time.
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Here's the overall of the bottom side and how I layed out the grey colors there.
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