Slave-1 Scratch build

[Jamaicanmodels69]

Well here is the front skirt removed from the fuselage ready
for filling, and second pick it's filled and ready for forming.



Front skirt formed and using the front nose plating
to mark the cut out.




I will have to make some adjustments to the fenders as i go,
eventually you get to the point where you just have to make it
work.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Really nice work man!!

 

[Junkie]

Looks awesome Mike.

 

[peza]

eh up buddy,i love this build...one day i`ll have a go!
i do like the photo shoot in the kitchen....it`s better lightin and not as messy(i do mean my photo`s)
top job on this!!cheers peza ;D

 

[Quaralane]

Most impressive

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

As always thanks guys much appreciated,
I have gotten a lot done. Getting colder in
NY so less time outside, when I ma out there
now I am raking leaves! :

Have to make things work.... and I have
to fix the angle on the opposite side I kind
of messed that up.


I wanted to get the bottom in this thing just to
make it more rigid.




Then I started on the fender well bulkheads, I wasn't sure how I
was going to sort this out, but I decided to form another fender
and see if it would help me. I kept trimming it until I had a good
template to get the inside shape.Then I cut it out of some styrene.
It has a few angles I tried to get it to fill as much of the gaps inside.
Have no idea exactly what the original looks like but I made it work
for mine. LOL



Inside view..


Trimming away the lower plate in front of the bulkhead.

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

I worked a little on the engine
cowling i want to work into it. I am going to just
detail the bottom on the fly, not having the parts
really doesn't bother me.LOL Plus I want to keep
moving along with it.

So I went and pulled two more fenders and fitted
them together, then I cut down their height.


Then I dremeled out the insides...


Next I tested it to find out if I had the clearance .......NOT
so I had to cut it down more until it would allow the landing
skirts to sit flat all the way around.


Here is a pic of the cowling just taped on, and a few other ones.....




Then It was time to finally get this beast to sit flat
so some flat sanding on something flat! LOL

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

I took the cowling and used it as a template and cut out
the openings for the engines i will light.


Then I made a backing plate and cut two circles out
to house the Saturn V parts I would use a carriers
for the lamps. I made sure to use a size just a little
smaller so they wouldn't slip through.



This is how it looks on the inside...



Out side view.....




This is a cut out I am going to make, recess it and put
some kind of plumbing in there.

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

Well I didn't have the room i needed in all that
area to do what I wanted. The curvature of the
hull was not allowing me to have an equal amount
of depth in the area where I needed it. Which was about 32mm
so I had to add it back in until I had a space where the depth
could be the same.

A pic of a piece of styrene I spliced back in.



Couple pics of building the recess box...





And some bashing I have more done it now....

 

[Junkie]

OMG! Dude. That is so wicked. That's a fun part now.

 

[Quaralane]

Fun stuff to watch here

 

[peza]

eh up buddy,
this is comin on very nicely mym8...
top marks on it so far mym8..cheers peza

 

[Dark Kyp]

that' amazing!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Wicked! I like how your detailing a Slave 1 with parts from a Slave 1. Amazing.

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

Wicked! I like how your detailing a Slave 1 with parts from a Slave 1. Amazing.

Thank you all!!!

Yes John I def used some slave parts
on the slave! LOL Now there are some
speeder bike parts and Tyderium shuttle
parts on there as well.....nothing is safe!!! ;D

 

[ScaleModelMadman]

Man... I wish I was your neighbor so I could come over and have a few beers with you and convince you to let me paint and weather one of these beauties.

I mean I'd give it back and all, I just wanna paint...

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

Man... I wish I was your neighbor so I could come over and have a few beers with you and convince you to let me paint and weather one of these beauties.

I mean I'd give it back and all, I just wanna paint...

You never end up living next to people who do this stuff!!! ;D
Sounds like a good idea though! LOL

 

[Grendels]

beautiful!

 

[The Nylon Gag]

beautiful!

What he said


Great stuff Mike

Gag

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

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