OK guys and gals. This is my first SF model. I have alsways been interested in SF models but military modeling has always been
my first love. But this time I wanted to try something different and decided to go for it with both feet in. So I decided I
wanted to make my first entry into the Sci-Fi arena, a Hover craft. I had three versions of hover bike that will be building.
This one you see here is the first of the three. I called this one ALS(Atmospheric Land Speeder). I wanted something rugged,
weathered, beaten up, Badass and intersting to look upon. I loved the Star Wars version, both old and the new version. Someone
had scratch built the new Star Wars land speeder which took my breath away. So I decided to scratch built mine in order to get
the look and feel of what I was aiming for. The build is partly scratch and modified using parts from different other kits. I
also used materials like electrical sockets, old astma powder holders and bits and pieces of misc. materials that fit the bill.
The result is what you see before you. I had no major plans or drawings but I knew how I wanted it to look in my head. So bit
by bit I just tried different materials to see how'd it look, then just glued it in place.
My first trial was this beast you see below. I used parts from a 1/32 F15E jet. I just modified the parts to fit the design I
wanted. Then I decided it was not exactly what I wanted. It was too cumbersome and did not flow right. But the results you get
from just turning the Tamiya kit out is pretty cool looking. So, this build got discarded.
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Then I came up with design I thought did the trick. So here are pics of my first SCi-Fi build. Hope you all like the build. Many pics.
my first love. But this time I wanted to try something different and decided to go for it with both feet in. So I decided I
wanted to make my first entry into the Sci-Fi arena, a Hover craft. I had three versions of hover bike that will be building.
This one you see here is the first of the three. I called this one ALS(Atmospheric Land Speeder). I wanted something rugged,
weathered, beaten up, Badass and intersting to look upon. I loved the Star Wars version, both old and the new version. Someone
had scratch built the new Star Wars land speeder which took my breath away. So I decided to scratch built mine in order to get
the look and feel of what I was aiming for. The build is partly scratch and modified using parts from different other kits. I
also used materials like electrical sockets, old astma powder holders and bits and pieces of misc. materials that fit the bill.
The result is what you see before you. I had no major plans or drawings but I knew how I wanted it to look in my head. So bit
by bit I just tried different materials to see how'd it look, then just glued it in place.
My first trial was this beast you see below. I used parts from a 1/32 F15E jet. I just modified the parts to fit the design I
wanted. Then I decided it was not exactly what I wanted. It was too cumbersome and did not flow right. But the results you get
from just turning the Tamiya kit out is pretty cool looking. So, this build got discarded.
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Then I came up with design I thought did the trick. So here are pics of my first SCi-Fi build. Hope you all like the build. Many pics.