Madhatter

that 3D printed body looks awesome! I have one question though, would the Anycubic not print a body of that size? I'm seriously considering buying one, but if it won't handle a car body, I'm not sure if it'd be worth it.

Hey Steve - it's Simon from WSMC: long time no see! Hope lock down has been keeping you busy? I was perusing this section of the forums for the first time and came across this one from you. I didn't realise it was you until I saw your name at the bottom. I had no idea you were on here As always mate, your car builds are spectacular and this is no exception. I haven't seen to many of these but then I also wasn't looking. I'd like to make a street version of this car - one with a normal interior but using the race body kit, however, I'm not sure if there is a kit of the standard car out there that isn't a diecast I'm going to have to check out your other works now and see what else you've been doing with your time

Ha - I do like that actually! Very true - especially in my case

Sadly the casting didn't work due to the resin being too old. I've had to buy more resin today so am now waiting for that to arrive. However, I'm also going to cheat and am scrapping the original base and have ordered a 3D printed tile in 1/2256 scale which I will take a mold of and cast numerous copies. This will give me a much more detailed base than I can make by hand.

hahaha - yeah it is fast for me lately. I'll be making the mold today so will see how it goes from here

Hi everyone Well, my replacement grid sheets finally arrived last week and I have now finished my master which I will make a cast of tomorrow and hopefully, will be able to produce enough copies to cover a large area. Started off with this: Ended up with this: Yeah its not perfect but I'm still happy with it Will post the results of the casting even if it fails Thanks for looking Si

thanks Joe! I'm waiting on delivery of some more styrene sheet so I can get the master finished ready for casting. Should be here early next week.

thanks guys! I am really not happy with that rear wing and how it sits etc, so I'm going to remove it and remake the struts so that they sit lower and be more raked

Well, after a whole year has past, I found this on the shelf the other night and decided to finish it. It hasn't come out nearly as well as I hoped but TBH, I just wanted it finished The base colour is from SMS Paints (Blue/Green) and I sprayed a light coat of clear blue over the top. Cars are not my strong point but I've always wanted to do an NSX kit ever since it came out in 2016, so that's now off my list of "to build" items Thanks for looking Si

thanks guys I am now waiting on a replacement grid sheet as I accidentally warped the one I was using for the base last night, effectively rendering it useless, which is a massive PITA because I spent ages on it marking it out ready to start constructing the various levels as well as scribing out panel lines. I will keep on making detail tile tonight whilst I wait for the replacement grid sheet to arrive

I like that a lot more than I thought I would. I have to say, that is one of the most original kit bashes I have seen in a long time. Very cool

that build is really selling the kit to me. I may have to go get one now - thanks so much. My wallet hates you right now Awesome job on that - really very well done

Here are a couple of pics of the start of my base. Doesn't look much now but these are just detail tiles which will form a much bigger area later on Yes, there will be a trench for X-Wings to run down to This base idea is nothing new, but I have always wanted to have a go at building something like this and this is the perfect time. If it fails, then I'll just stick to a pole and mirror (with something built along the sides or similar. I have a back up plan!)

cheers David! . I will do some symmetrical but not all as I think a ship of that size would not likely have all panels the same on both sides. I've taken a break from the ship itself to start on the base tonight. So far so good but we'll wait and see how the casting goes

hey guys Well, the cursed COVID continues and so does this build. Over 2 years now and lots more to do. I've slowed down a bit lately due to other things on the go but there is some progress - probably not as much as you'd like. but there is some I spent a few hours on the dome thing on the bottom and I am pretty happy with how it's come out (one 1 side anyway - haven't done the other yet). I've added stuff to the man hull plates and now I'm concentrating on the raise edges along the center of the ship. I'm going to do concentrated pockets of details here and there but lessen it as I work outward You can see the difference in the 2 sides one of the overall shots. It's pretty bare on the right and not so much on the left. As I say frequently, I need to be careful not to loose the sheer size of it with too much detail. From afar, and under paint, it'll look a lot less busy but up close is where the time spent on this will come through. Anyway, enough words, you came to see pics, so here's my latest update Looks like I need to fix a couple of sprue pipe too: Anyways, that's all I have sorry. Sorry for the yellowish photos but I couldn't be bothered getting the light tent set up tonight, but next time, I'll hopefully have better quality photos As always, thanks for stopping by and having a look! Stay safe and I'll catch you round the boards Si

very sinister looking machine! I remember building one of these years ago but in the race scheme. Looking at this makes me wish I'd done a road version now

Beautiful finish and a equally nice color. It'd be great if Tamiya did a normal road version so you could use the body of the race car but have a civilized interior

I really like this - I think I saw you post this on LSP and it was a replica of your real one? The magazine on the front seat is a nice touch! The finish is beautiful. Awesome job on this

Hi again everyone So, time for a small update. Things are progressing slower than I had hoped as I had to fix my screw up with the hangar bay installation. I've got one side sorted and I just need to finish the other side later on. I forgot to grind down the existing surface detail before slotting in the hangar bay, but it's fixable. You can see the gap that mistake left in the first pic if you look where it goes in. Then on the pic below it, you can see my fix for it which is working well. It looks very busy up here but the paint will bring that down a few notches. I'm also going to space out the detail more and not add as much the further back I go. I have to be careful not to over do it (although I dare say there are some of you who already think I'm well past that) as I fear I will loose the grandness of the ship. Well, that's all I have for now, but once I have done something worth taking pics of, I will of course update again. Feel free to critique, make a suggestion, comment or just do nothing at all but as always, thank you for stopping by and having a look Till next time Si

Thanks Joe. It makes my head spin too when I think how much more there is to do. Its been 2 years into it already - my longest ever project!

that does not look like a model at all - Fantastic work!!

Thanks for sticking around Mike! There is still a long way to go yet and I still have the base to start yet which will be a scratch built model in itself. The next challenge after the detailing will be installing the fibers - a task which I am not relishing the thought of

that is beautiful!! I didn't know about this kit at all until now. Fantastic finish to it. I like your choice in mags too

wow - you don't see many of these planes online - even in the aircraft dedicated sites. I've never build a Lindberg kit (although am seriously eyeing off their Auburn Speedster kit under the name Pyro) and from everything Ive read, you have made a silk purse from a pigs ear. The plane itself reminds me of something Gerry Anderson might use in one of those shows. Definitely a plane of its era. I'm quite partial to the Shooting Star myself I see you also have a Vanship in that pile - did you make it or is it to be made? Great work! Si

Hello once again everyone. It's been few months since this was last updated and sorry to say, I haven't done as much as you might hope I had, but I have finished off the top section - well, mostly. I still have the SMD's to add for the trench spot lighting but in regards to detailing, that's all done So here is the top section shown as finished. I added some of the bits that sort of frame some of the lines to balance it out. You'll catch my drift if you look at the last picture in the previous update and look to the left of the ship and you can see some chips that run down the mid-section in a line toward the front. They have been replicated on the other side to make it right. That was a lot of explaining for something so trivial, so I shall move on and let the pics do the talking: Its pretty much the same on the other side. I might yet bulk some of the rear section out some more but I need to see how the side walls go on first. I do need to sort out that section at the very back of the ship - looking at these reminded me about it The bottom hull has also been started. I made the very foolish mistake of gluing the nose to the body in a hurry to install the hangar bay. This in hindsight was very silly. I has also located glue marks and other blemishes on there and I am not happy about it. I do not know when or how they got there but I also realised I forgot to grind down the old hangar surrounds and it has created a gap where there shouldn't be and now I have to fix and live with my decision to install when I did. Still, none of this is unfix-able and I will fix it as much as I can accordingly. I just wish I hadn't created this unnecessary work for myself is all Well, that's all I have for now, but I will be back again soon enough. As always, thanks for stopping in and having a look Si