O.k. so My local IPMS club is having a model contest, and I haven't gotten around to finishing my other projects. I'm having that moment where you want to finish a model, but want to build something else instead 
Well I decided almost 1 week before the contest that I am going to build my first space shuttle!!!!
I had in my closet a 1/144 minicraft space shuttle that I bought back in the summer of 2011. I knew that I couldn't finish the entire kit, so I just decided to build the shuttle for the upcoming contest and then build the External tank and boosters for the April competition.
Here are some photos of the model so far....The only thing I have to do from here is assemble the engine bells.
The tiles were a very crazy thing to do. I had some 1/144 tile decals, but the ink began to run from the tiles and they didn't show up easy on the surface. Other issues I had is that they did not want to move easily once they were applied to the surface.
My backup plan for this was to airbrush the tiles. I'll show you how very soon!!!!!
The most amazing feature that I added besides the tile details, was that I added an LED to the cockpit for more realism.
The LED runs on 1 AA battery and in order for me to add this special feature, I had to sacrifice the Cargo Bay, which I didn't mind because I didn't want to deal with the cargo bay anyway The LED is also replaceable, so no worries about it burning out and then I can't do anything about it YEY
The base Was the cheapest thing I made for the shuttle. It only costed me 97 cents However the base is temporary, I want to mount the shuttle to the ET tank and Boosters eventually.
Hope you enjoy!!!!
Matt
Well I decided almost 1 week before the contest that I am going to build my first space shuttle!!!!I had in my closet a 1/144 minicraft space shuttle that I bought back in the summer of 2011. I knew that I couldn't finish the entire kit, so I just decided to build the shuttle for the upcoming contest and then build the External tank and boosters for the April competition.
Here are some photos of the model so far....The only thing I have to do from here is assemble the engine bells.
The tiles were a very crazy thing to do. I had some 1/144 tile decals, but the ink began to run from the tiles and they didn't show up easy on the surface. Other issues I had is that they did not want to move easily once they were applied to the surface.
My backup plan for this was to airbrush the tiles. I'll show you how very soon!!!!!
The most amazing feature that I added besides the tile details, was that I added an LED to the cockpit for more realism.
The LED runs on 1 AA battery and in order for me to add this special feature, I had to sacrifice the Cargo Bay, which I didn't mind because I didn't want to deal with the cargo bay anyway
The LED is also replaceable, so no worries about it burning out and then I can't do anything about it YEYThe base Was the cheapest thing I made for the shuttle. It only costed me 97 cents
However the base is temporary, I want to mount the shuttle to the ET tank and Boosters eventually.Hope you enjoy!!!!
Matt
