1/24 hover thingy

[Beork]

I didn't feel like painting , nor did I want to finish one of the other long term project.
So I decided to follow Marcel du Long's (http://www.marceldulong.com/c10.html) footsteps and built something quick and easy from a small scale battleship kit.
I figured such a build would be good for the building stamina. Start it, finish it, no hassle.

Sadly, this also meant it was quickly built, so little WIP pictures.

I used a vintage (and apperantly very expensive) Aurora 1/600 enterprise kit, turned upside down for the hull. With a 1/32 p38 cockpit for the, well, cockpit.



Then I filled up the hull with (mostly) a 1/87 revell BigBoy locomotive, all holes that were left were filled with leftovers from this locomotive and some random stuff from the bitsbox.
I think there's 1/84 jeep parts in there, 1/24 and 1/20 engine parts, 1/35 calliope rockets and 1/32 stuka cockpit details.

Basically just needs some antennas on the lowerside, some cockpit parts and a pilot of course.
Someone suggested it looks like a vanship, but I don't think I can add the weird propulsion system those things have.

ideas for a name are greatly appreciated

 

[Junkie]

That is really feakin cool.

 

[rookie]

Cool indeed. It does look like a Vanship

 

[Thundergod]

Nice . Like it a lot ! ;D

 

[Dark Kyp]

Really cool design!

This thing needs some little wings! ;D

 

[Tailor]

Very neat idea!
Slick design, too! It says "Speeeeed" all along!
Keep the flow!

Guido

 

[urumomo]

immediately saw this thingY......Herd - 35007
;D

 

[Mr.Max]

Really nice kitbash project, I'm eager to see how it turns out. What colors and markings have you decided on yet?

 

[Beork]

thanks guys!

I'm probably going for red hull and old filigree ^_^

 

[Beork]

red and gold it is!
Colour idea comes from the last exile model expo from a while back. Some of the weirder vehicles were (dark) red with gold decals. Lacking those decals I opted for simple DIY card stickers.




just 2 more layers of gloss coat and I can start detailing and weathering, if I feel like it that is ^_^

 

[nicholassagan]

super cool!

 

[Dark Kyp]

nice painting!

 

[Junkie]

That looks great.