My second scratchbuild - a System Defence Boat. I read in a Traveller rule book about a sort of destroyer-sized guard vessel to provide security for a solar system - "local boys protecting their home worlds" kind of thing. The idea was to provide about three of these for the cost of a single star-ship.
Again, it started with a bottle - shampoo bottle, this time. I'd found the handle of a broken plastic shovel, of the type kids take to the beach. Add some found objects, a few things from the spares/scraps bin, some things filched from here and there, and it all came together.
No progress pics, sorry - this build dates from the late '80s.
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The engines are buttoneer-stem vases - you know, those green tubes with the pieced rubber cap, that florists use to keep corsages & button-hole flowers fresh - inside two hair curler things I swiped from my long-suffering wife.
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The directional nozzles are from a crashed Harrier. The shuttle is something I found - I have no idea what it was originally.
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The dime is for size comparison. The main turret is from a Missouri, I believe. The second turret is scratchbuilt - it's supposed to be a gatling-type, as is the chin turret. The neck is from a child's sea-side plastic shovel, topped with a spoon ... and that's just about all of it.
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I hadn't reckoned on the camera flash reflecting off the background ... but it kinda works.
With all due respect to Rickshaw and Dogfighter Z, I couldn't figure out how to resize the images, so Until I have more time to spend on that, I'm going to just post links -'cos I know they work. :)
Very cool. Nice use of parts ! The colour and camo look awesome. Looks like a hair dryer on steroids lol
Very inventive indeed, loving the look of this.