Recent content by lfriesen

Welcome @flpaperguy! Looks like you have excellent taste in models. I actually just finished the NinjaToes BSG Viper Mk2 a little while ago and posted here on Zealot. I am also eagerly awaiting the 1/32 Viper Mk1 from @Revell-Fan. Can’t wait to see your future build(s).

Such a wonderful tribute to a wonderful boss and a wonderful place to work. Great craftsmanship!

Love the cockpit detail! I’ve always wondered if a “ship in a bottle” approach would be necessary to achieve this but it looks like you found a way.

This is exceptional work and a lot of time-consuming accurate detail. Well done!

Welcome Pierre! Love your models especially the depth greeting cards. It reminds me of the old techniques used by Disney studios for making their cartoons. I also watched Space: 1999 as a kid and have been hoping there’d be a reboot or revival of some kind (ala Battlestar Galactica).

Wonderful model and a wonderful tribute to your mum. I’ve always wanted to try making human pilot figures to fit inside the cockpit. Did you use actual photos of your mom for the figure or is it just a representation of her? I also like the fact that the computer looks like one that would be...

About the only thing I could share is the control panel design. Everything else was scratch built. Should I attach that here or is there a more appropriate place to put that on this website?

This was my most recent build. Embarrassingly I started it about 18 months ago with grandiose visions of building a fully functional toy from just a relatively simple free template found online. I’ve always wanted to include retractable landing gear in one of my models and therefore embarked...

Thanks Revell-Fan! I never think of the triple dot button when looking for the edit feature. I just assumed the title was not editable. You may be able to tell this is my first foray into blogging.

That’s the one that the moisture vaporators speak, right? Oh no! That’s binary.

And finally I had a figure that could be seated at the space chess table! Having him be able to sit meant I needed to add an extra POA in the legs allowing the lower legs to be perpendicular to the floor. In the end, I had 20 points of articulation.

I then moved on to a colour build but this time I printed using a colour laser printer with normal bond paper rather than card stock. My hope was that the curves of the model would be more manageable. My goal was to add as many points of articulation as possible and to have the ability to seat...

I’ve always wanted to build paper action figures ever since my youth when my parents would refuse me extra money to go out and buy the toys. It was something I could never master by scratch but these days templates can be found to help with that. This C-3PO template was a bit short for the 12”...

I just noticed that I goofed! The title I posted stated a 6” action figure scale but it’s actually in line with the 12” scale action figures of the 70s. Although obviously the model itself is well below 12” measuring in at 7.5”. I must have 6” on the brain as those are the size action figures...

Excellent craftsmanship! The Y has been one of my favourites.