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Happy New Year one and all..! Don't let Project Bluebeam fool you..... ;) :cool:

"Faces can lie. Backsides can't." ~ Yoko Ono Time to start the rear end of this beast ........ We will begin in the middle... Part 241, is the main framing piece of the rear center sub structure. I used my previous method of building up the frame piece to 0.5 mm, instead of all the edges of...

I hear a ZZ-Top song playing in the background somewhere..... :lolsign: Nice leg(s)!!

Thank you for the compliments, John. :) Yes, indeed. I have used an inkjet with standard ink for this tutorial, which, as you pointed out, has bled a little from the water. The Discovery was laser printed and I had zero problems with bleed. So, yes, I recommend pigment ink, or laser print for...

"Play the work with no innuendo - just honesty. Trust will follow." ~ James Kerr (I will do my best to keep innuendo out of this tutorial...... );) One of the most difficult shapes to create realistically in paper modelling is the sphere, or ball.... This shape is especially prominent in...

A work of art! :yesyes:

Looking very sweet!

WOW! The wing folding mechanism works really well. Looking fantastic!

"Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose." ~ Confucius I built the nose sub-assembly, ready for fitting at a later stage.... First, I printed out a copy of the nose framing parts on thin paper, this I tacked to a piece of 0,5mm card. Using the parts as reference, I cut out all of the back...

That's what you can achieve when you forge on ...... ;)

Coming together nicely!

Nice work!

"In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival." ~ Neil Armstrong And, we continue ..... The windows for the upper hull were accurately cut out. I then laminated two pieces of 0.5mm card to get a thickness of 1mm for the window frames. I then cut this...

Cool looking ship!

Merry Xmas one and all.. !!

:surprise: WOW! I've been following this thread on and off for a while now, and every time I see your latest posts, I am blown away by the amount of work you have put into this model. Outstanding!

Looks great, RB. Definitely a BIG model!!

Yes mate!

"For it is only framed in space that beauty blooms." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh As I mentioned at the end of my last post, I have some insights I wish to make over the build so far. This I will include as I continue with this part of the build, as having some relevant photos will aid in my...

Now that is a concept worth investigating..... Mmmmm :yesyes: One warning when working with Neodymium magnets... These things are very powerful, and will give you a bad pinch on the finger if you are not careful. They bite!!!