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Picture Post => Current and Finished Projects => Sci-fi => Topic started by: Scotaidh on July 11, 2017, 07:04:07 AM

Title: System Defense Boat
Post by: Scotaidh on July 11, 2017, 07:04:07 AM
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. 



(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHP7cjcS.jpg&hash=a73f304f7240b1e2d3a189b3dfd08c8052f0f21d)
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.


(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FhCUSHDk.jpg&hash=a28a3b6ec9a87ace75bd517c9d079135941c50f3)
The directional nozzles are from a crashed Harrier.  The shuttle is something I found - I have no idea what it was originally.


(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FPcDAxya.jpg&hash=afc986a87c2a54f20dad06eedce7d0014eb4e8f6)
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.



(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZeQBiaV.jpg&hash=c3669a0465dc885e72e74ca589114808328339ab)
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.  :)
Title: Re: System Defense Boat
Post by: Captain Canada on July 11, 2017, 07:34:43 AM
Very cool. Nice use of parts ! The colour and camo look awesome. Looks like a hair dryer on steroids lol
Title: Re: System Defense Boat
Post by: NARSES2 on July 12, 2017, 06:15:15 AM
Quote from: Captain Canada on July 11, 2017, 07:34:43 AM
Very cool. Nice use of parts !

Very much so  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: System Defense Boat
Post by: kpnuts on July 13, 2017, 11:01:16 AM
Very inventive indeed, loving the look of this.