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1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 8

Gallery March 12, 2016 GN Leave a comment

It's always nice when you get to a point in a model build where you can assemble completed sections and get a feel for how the finished kit is going to look.

The thruster bells just need a dab of glue to hold them on.Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 7

Gallery March 7, 2016 GN Leave a comment

Tough decision - which red to paint the stripes on the passenger pod with! Another decision - how to go about doing the masking. I used the 10mm Tamiya masking tape to do the stripes, but being ~22mm apart, that left a gap in the middle to cover with some more tape. To get the spacing … Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 6

Gallery March 5, 2016 GN Leave a comment

It's a good job that I ordered a fresh bottle of Alclad white primer - this kit of the Eagle Transporter is going to take a lot of paint.

This is the base of the passenger pod. The rocket engine bells and feet look great with the kitbashed parts … Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 5

Gallery February 29, 2016 GN Leave a comment

The Eagle Transporter is progressing well with most major sub-assemblies complete, so I decided to paint up some of the details pieces.

These parts go on the command module beak section and I sprayed them with Tamiya gunmetal followed by Alclad polished aluminium. Although I don't think the … Continue Reading ››

Thoughts

Paint Storage

Gallery February 29, 2016 GN Leave a comment

One thing I've struggled with for a while now is paint storage. You can see my wall hanging rack right next to my airbrush station, and although it works well enough, it was getting rather full. Last week I noticed our local hobby shop was closing and also that they were putting everything up for sale, … Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 4

Gallery February 26, 2016 GN Leave a comment

Continuing on with this build of the Eagle Transporter.

For a large section, the passenger pod goes together well. It's nice that you can assemble it without having the top and bottom to hold it together, which should make for easier painting, and easier for my roof magnets … Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 3

Gallery February 20, 2016 GN 1 Comment

Continuing with the assembly of the Eagle Transporter, I glued the two halves of the command module "beak" together and then sprayed Alclad grey primer to help me see where to sand.

The two halves matched well, but there was still a line along the join that needed … Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 2

Gallery February 13, 2016 GN 1 Comment

The front cockpit "beak" of the Eagle Transporter has some nice detailing on the back wall, which will never really be seen when the kit is complete.

However, the design of the beak is such that the back wall could be made detachable. I decided to put a … Continue Reading ››

Misc, Work In Progress

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter

Gallery February 1, 2016 GN 1 Comment

When I was growing up in the 70s in England, Space 1999 was one of my favourite TV shows. I had the Dinky Toys Eagle toy (actually I think I had both the transporter, and the one with the nuclear fuel waste disposal section) and loved it. There have been many kits made over the … Continue Reading ››

Custom Builds, HG, Work In Progress

1/144 Gundam Barbatos

Gallery February 1, 2016 GN 1 Comment

I don't think I'm the only person enjoying the new Gundam anime - Iron Blooded Orphans, but it's taken me a while to get to the kits, not least after first seeing the Barbatos design I had ideas of what to do with it.

Upon seeing that even … Continue Reading ››

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1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 8

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 7

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 6

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 5

Paint Storage

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 4

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 3

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter part 2

1/48 Space 1999 Eagle Transporter

1/144 Gundam Barbatos

Adventures in Plamo