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Coming from the man himself, i blush sir :wink: it was just one way i thought you could do it, seems to work for my build if anyone wants to try it. I decided to do it because this model will be on a scenic base (more on that to come) and i wanted to makesure it was sturdy on its base. Currently...

So...its all in the hips (so they say :wink:) The hips, having dried well enough, were ready for fitting to the torso. Here is where i had an interesting 'oh!' moment *for the record, this conversation has been pre approved by the almighty designer and occasional host of the shrinkray, Mr Revell...

construction started on the legs, once the tops are ready they will be joined to the hip section. Once all the core parts are done i can do the greeblying details, get the pose set and secure the joints in place. hope to have some more pics soon :wink:

So the hip joints are done, a reasonably straightforward process all together. As you can see from my crappy pics :bulgeeye: i laminated both sides twice, and also did a second spare set too. Once all the parts were dry they were hole punched, cut, and glued together. Once i was happy that the...

so quick update......i cut a few lengths of wire and using the reference put them in place on the engine/torso using a fine drill, clippers C/A before giving them a go over with a black acrylic marker. :biggrin: more soon!

And on and on......:cool: The 'torso/engine' part is almost done bar the cables i have to put in place. Having a look at the reference i have i noticed that the two front side parts (89/90) (where there is a round 'wheel/disc and 'wishbone' arm' as seen in blue circle) does seem to have a...

Right so here we are onto the next bit - the engine/torso: So i printed out a cpl copies so i could greebly the details up a bit. The neck 'ring' was laminated about 4 times, along with the two internal braces for the hips (parts 27a) the two rear 'exhausts' were also laminated about 4 times for...

:cool: oooo going to be a nice one........

Thank you all for the kind words, its a great kit to work on and easy enough to greebly up lol :toast: So where are we.....the head/cockpit is pretty much done, aside from any last tidying up, the left cheek weapons are in place now :biggrin: The only change i made was to the mounting brace...

Todays update: The chin weapon and (right) cheek weapon are done. Both of these parts were pretty straight forward (aside from the chin gun barrels which was fiddly as anything lol) but once together i gave them a quick tidy and go over with some acrylic markers. The cheek weapon (launcher?) was...

Annndddd heres the next bit (so far) After much cursing and deep breathing i cut the top rail, hatch parts and hinges. As per the instructions i laminated the hinge parts before punching a (very) small hole through. Once the laminated hatch parts were glued together, i added the two top hinge...

....slips shrinkray back into holster......:wink:

Progress continues..... Got the 'box' buttoned up and began work on the outside details. There are alot of choices here about how much you want to/can add so referring to more pics i went along with keeping it very close to the movie model - i think the only addition at the moment is the two...

got a bit late to upload last night but managed to get a bit more done. The front and centre dashboard was cut put together and then in place, next the seats - i carefully cut the seat belt harnesses from a spare copy and glued them on before folding, gluing and tidying. The centre console...

So got a bit more done on the cockpit - im pretty much doing the build in a straight forward manner but thought id do a little greeblying here and there :wink: - so i printed off a few extra pages so as to cut out any detailing parts i want to use. As you can see by the pics ive cut out the...

So we have a start - the rear panel of the head/cockpit/top box - layering/laminating parts 66 to 69(70) to 1mm card, carefully cutting each part with a scalpel before gluing each part in place. A small beginning but a beginning - the next step will be the cockpit interior (walls, seats...

:cool: thank god for that......lets hope its not shrunk TOO much....lol Once happy with a pose Ill be fixing the AT ST in place as it will be part of a diorama (more to follow on this) But ill try and make her as sturdy as possible anyways :biggrin:

and so it begins.....got all the pages printed and ready, ill be starting with the head and working through from there. As it stands i dont plan to do much modding wise, there is great detail in this kit that should sit well with the overall diorama itll be a part of :wink:

:cool: Howdydo all After a bit of a break due to (health) technical difficulties over Christmas/new year im back to dip my toe back into the (allbeit chilly) waters of model making......of the card kind :eek: lol I hope everyone is well and recovered from new years fun and looking forward to...

......and cry......i cry alot. :eek: i now know having been on this forum for a bit, what the students of Da Vinci, Galileo, Gaugin, Van Gogh etc would have been saying were there such a forum for them lmao this carries on i think you guys may need someone to throw flowers at your feet as you...