Model Of The Month: Colonial Viper (my techniques)
By: silveroxide
December 12th, 2008
3:31 pm
This is a paper model I downloaded from a free site a while back. I will take a hiatus from warhammer and do something different. This is a fairly good model so far. There are some fit problems but nothing that can't be fixed. My background modeling has been of scratch building with styrene and other petroleum based products. With this model I will integrate some of that knowledge and add items not on the build sheet. The model is out there for free and I will located the site for you by next posting, unless somebody has it already. I will skip some of the build process and deal with some of my techniques. Enjoy.
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52 comments on "Model Of The Month: Colonial Viper (my techniques)"
December 12, 2008 at 4:03 pm
The download can be found at http:/ http://jleslie48.com
December 12, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Hmmm. Reinforcment. I'm sure there must be a way to introduce fero-concrete into card modeling. Of course I could just take the next step and move straight into printable Kevlar......
love what you are doing, I have one of these on my hard drive somewhere.
December 12, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I try to avoid those pesky pointed tabs as much as possible so I laminate to a thickness that will hold the parts together and make a tighter and better fit.
December 12, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Making of cylinders using sockets from my wrench set. Glue does not stick to them and you can slide the cylinders off without the parts sticking.
December 12, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Hmmm. Reinforcment. I'm sure there must be a way to introduce fero-concrete into card modeling. Of course I could just take the next step and move straight into printable Kevlar......
love what you are doing, I have one of these on my hard drive somewhere.
As for the Viper, it's a jaybats' model. But Silveroxide is rapidly raising it to new heights. I really like the idea of using a socket set for cylinders.
December 12, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I hope this does not offend but I had to post it, this Viper is actually made of paper and is actually an operational rocket. This is the only pic I have of this and no other info.
December 13, 2008 at 6:24 am
Yup, you're right. If you look really, really closely...there IS a viper in that picture.
December 13, 2008 at 6:51 am
What viper?
Chris
December 13, 2008 at 9:02 am
I see some people took a look at my HOOT...... of a Viper. Now to make some more cylinders for the engine pods.
December 13, 2008 at 5:55 pm
The viper is in dry dock awaiting resurrection or a new Gig.
Here are a few details of the landing gear, the schematics of how it should look and how it really look on the Viper actual.
Another pic of where I am At. More build to come I was trying to get the link on the website I found these pics but it keeps sayin page not found. If you want to venture, it was on "retardzone.com", They had pretty good info on the Galactica, crew, sets and models .