The final stage of building a model is always the weathering. Star Wars pioneered the “Used Car” look of starships back in the seventies and since then it’s become standard for movie models. Since this model could be used for… Read More »Building The Renoke, Part 9
And then there was the canopy. I wanted it to have good visibility for the pilot and let people look inside to see all that detail I included. I later would put smoked clear plastic for the glass. The canopy… Read More »Terrox Starfighter Build, Part 3
Over the Labor Day weekend the Renoke model got some weathering. I started with an oil paint wash using burnt sienna and black. It gives the model a warm tone and makes the machinery look more realistic. It also makes it smell… Read More »Renoke Model Update
The primary starfighter of the Alliance in the middle trilogy or Starstrikers Era is the Spieron. It’s fast and sleek and well loved by pilots. I built this model in 1/48 scale out of poster board. But it’s due for… Read More »Alliance Spieron Starfighter
This weekend I started building yet another model. I’m standardizing on 1/32 scale for my single seat starfighters and starting by building a Vickers Swift Starfighter. Technically, this is the V-28P variant of the Vickers Victory fighter. Known as the… Read More »Vickers Swift Starfighter Build, Part 1
Gun Pods I broke down and purchased two tank model kits so that I could build these gun pods. The main guns are 1/35 scale M-48 wheels and the smaller tank wheels are 1/72 T-90 tank wheels. The rest of… Read More »Votainion Warship Build, Part 3
I’ve been playing around with a 1/72 scale KIV-1 starfighter model for a few weeks now. Thought I’d show it off here. It’s portraying a fighter from the Votainion Empire planet, Con One. The planet is of course a predominately… Read More »KIV-1 Model
I supplied some photos of the model and they supplied the creative composition and cosmic images to create a unique background for your computer. The model is also featured on the back cover of the second Star Saga paperback novel,… Read More »GCU Sokol on Starship Modeler’s Free Desktop for May