Painting continues with the bridge getting a flat gray color via my trusty airbrush. I purposely didn’t cut the fiber optics so that after painting, I can trim them and not have them covered with paint. I chose a darker… Read More »Building the Renoke, Part 8
The last two areas to detail are the top of the bridge and the bridge itself. Nearly all of the parts I used for these areas are from the same model kit – the HEMTT Gun Truck 1/35 from Italeri.… Read More »Building the Renoke, Part 7
The final areas to detail are the bridge and the bridge cover. Fitting the top section so that it doesn’t require gluing is not an easy task. But it must be removable to get to the front mount point of… Read More »Building the Renoke, Part 6
This is the start of the engine detailing. I used a piece of transporter diorama that I had from an old Star Trek toy. It had a blue clear plastic part that would be easy to light up with an… Read More »Building the Renoke, Part 5
Continuing the detailing on all that flat white plastic. It’s starting to look like a starship anyway. I listened to a ton of Cubs games on the internet this summer as well as my usual pod casts. I was also… Read More »Building the Renoke, Part 4
It’s critical to get your lines straight on the base shape of a model like this. Nothing looks worse than a finished scratch build that is lopsided. So I took care to line up the boxing. Below, I’m making sure… Read More »Building the Renoke, 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
It’s been a while since I posted a picture of the Renoke model, so here a few new ones. I’m focusing on the bridge now, adding details and installing fiber optics. I have to wire up the head lights and… Read More »Renoke Model Update
The Renoke was my first short story sale to an online magazine. It’s a Shaggy Dog story where the payoff is in the punchline at the end. I didn’t realize that was what I had written until someone mentioned it… Read More »The Renoke