Ah, sorry about that, Zathros. I'll try to remember next time. :)
I may be on here more often once my plastic modeling phase evolves back to paper modeling. :P For now though, too much money to be had building plastic ships for others, so I'll be saving paper models for my Star Wars RPG, heheh.
I definitely will. :) In fact, I'll do it now:
https://i.imgur.com/Wl9ltBb.jpg
TIE Recon, TIE Ground Targeting, TIE Line Fighter, TIE Fire Control
https://i.imgur.com/qV7JUWC.jpg
TIE Advanced x1
https://i.imgur.com/RK3sfLz.jpg
TIE Aggressor under construction. I also have a TIE Vanguard...
You might be interested to know about the DeAgostini Millennium Falcon, if you haven't already heard about it. It's a subscription model that makes a studio scale replica of the 32" shooting miniature. I'm subscribed to this kit, and I can tell you it's a fantastic resource for replicating the...
Man, what an undertaking! I'm looking forward to seeing the results! If you're going the extra mile of upsizing it, I could link you to a thread in the RPF where they mapped out the model kit parts used for the Falcon so you can give it higher fidelity than the original model kit had. :)
If it were me lighting the deflector, I'd print the deflector on typing paper, block out light around it with black paint, then build a cone from paper that fits to it and mount an LED in the narrow end like a flashlight reflector. But that's how I'd do it. :P Fantastic work so far, though!
This... this is what sci-fi paper modeling SHOULD be!! An honest effort toward making a product that is faithful to the original! :D I really enjoy seeing the level of dedication you're putting into your craft, and I look forward to the result. :)
Regarding the Bandai TIE Fighter, I think I can...
Not as much as I'd like, unfortunately. I've had a rather bumpy last few months, and this model has been packed away. But I might pull it out and work on it.
Being a NEEEEEERRRRRDDD, I can't help but comment on this. ;)
First, that's a T-65's engine, not a T-70's, so when the wings split this entire module stays in one piece.
Second, if it did split for some reason, I'm sure you'd agree there would be structural members, possibly ones you can't...
No, but not for lack of trying. I've had a pretty busy (and crappy) month, mostly involving trying to keep my sanity while I and a group of students built a combat robot for school, plus I realized that a plastic modeling contest is coming up soon and I was trying to get a model of the USS...
I'll see if I can figure out how to set up a gallery, as that would probably be much faster and simpler than resizing all the pics; I'm still not familiar with all the features of the site, so that didn't occur to me right off. Do you want me to make a gallery for the previous build photos as...
There are so many good designs from B5 that I'm surprised more don't exist in paper form. Maybe if they'd ever had a decent vidya game released to rip models out of, lol.
Aw man, I miss that site! It was one of the first paper modeling sites I visited when I was first made aware of what paper modeling was! I remember printing out that old Battle Droid model and then being confused as all get out as to how to put the thing together... I think I ended up printing...