Category: Model Building

K’nat Starfighter Build, Part 3

For the top deck detailing on the fighter I wanted a mixture of model parts and styrene. I ended up doing more styrene and less parts. Hopefully it looks good when I’m done. I know the model will be painted…

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K’nat Starfighter Build, Part 1

The K’nat fighter is featured in an upcoming novella set after Starstrikers, Book 4 of the Star Saga. It was mentioned briefly in Starstrikers as being one of the fighters based on the Eclipse starship. The novella that features this…

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SS Weippe Build, Part 3

Primer on and now she’s looking like a proper starship. After primer you can usually spot the places that need more attention. The base coat of gray was a bit darker than the Sokol for contrast in age. I wanted…

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SS Weippe Build, Part 2

The top deck of the head was scored for panel lines using the Tamiya panel scoring tool. I really like that tool. More bridge details are added. The side details went on pretty fast. Again, keeping the style as similar…

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SS Weippe Build, Part 1

The SS Weippe is an old corvette class starship featured in my novel, Corvette. Corvette takes place about 30 years before Starforgers, Book 1 of the Star Saga. The design is similar to the SS Sokol but smaller. This ship…

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Scrambler Build, Part 2

Putty, sanding, primer and repeat. best online pharmacy with fast delivery buy omnacortil online with the lowest prices today in the USA online pharmacy buy paxil without prescription with best prices today in the USA This model has become a…

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Scrambler Build, Part 1

  Before Devon Ardel became a hot shot pilot for the Federation Alliance, she was a pretty good Stellar Ranger pilot. The fighter she flew for the Rangers was the Scrambler. When I initially started writing the Ranger short stories…

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Star Saga Art

This weekend I’ve been taking pictures of my Star Saga models against a blue screen. I try and capture as many angles as possible giving myself the ability to compose interesting images in Gimp. I don’t use proprietary software like…

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SS Weippe

This is the principle vehicle of the novel I’m currently writing – Corvette. It is a 1/350 scale model with multiple mount points. (For scale reference, it’s a few inches over a foot long.) It’s the first model I’ve built with…

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