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This build was inspired from a 3D artist drawing of a wasteland hover bike, I found on the net. The 3D drawing gave me the fuel to build something similar. But as always, I kind of like to tweak things to give it my personal design. The build is a mixture of 60% kitbashing and 40% scratch building. So here is my Wasteland hover bike, the fourth(and last. For now at least of hover crafts I have completed over period of time),: I will then jump back to renovating a truck build, I'd been planning for some time. Unfortunately, I decided to take pics of this build, whilst I was in the middle of it. So the actual beginning stages are not shown( things like me cutting the roof and chassis of the outer shell of the bike) But you can pretty much see how it was done. So the wip photos are at a minimum. So do not expect part-for-part photos of everything I used. Sorry. It will be rather quick. To get the various angle I just sparsely cut the different section plastic card into 3 sections then bend each sections carefully to get the angle I needed. I used several kits, varying from Italeri M977 to Tamiya bike kit(of course). A MAN kit part was also used in the making. Everything from small house materials to tiny kit parts with different dimensions. The parts that I could not find, I just scratch built. So, I hope you like the build. It is 95% completed. -------------------- ---------------------------- The 3-section roof made by making incisions at two locations, in order for the roof to be angled: -------------------------------

Excellent suggestion. Will do so, but they are still coming in. I will just pick out the ones that seems to go with this dio. Thanks for the tip.

Well. It is a political viewpoint that i don't think i want to get into on this site. So with that, I'll just say, i understand and leave it at that. ☺

Ahaaaaa! Got it. I am pretty slow. ☺

Thank you kindly.

care to extend your sentence. I am having difficulty in understanding what you are trying to say. Can you explain yourself better? Thanks.

Must say I do like the sound of that but unfortunately it doesn't seem to fit in with this middle eastern scene; or am I wrong in thinking that?

Thanks crazyjim.

Thanks Slusher.

Yes it is.

Thanks guys. Appreciate it.

Thanks guys. The scale is 1/35. Diopark makes the bikes, if i remember correctly. About the brand of the mopeds, i am not sure. I never thought about the brand to be honest.

Thanks. I already received over 15 suggestions. Now i just have to find the one that fits.

I have not decided on a name for this diorama yet. So if you have any suggestion, please share. Still need to add a couple more things, then I will be satisfied. I have received many suggestion which are really good. I just have to decide which ones fits this diorama.

Yeah. They are as i mentioned in my first post. Darn fine models but like everything i do, i wanted to make them even better and used. ?

Thanks.

The size of the X-wing:

As always, I am always experimenting with different types of modeling. Well, these are pre-built models from the X-wing role playing game expansion pack, that I had bought because I wanted to try my hand at some Star Wars stuff. I am not so much interested in the game itself, but the models. I think these models are well made that it makes me just want to buy all their big and small ships just for displaying purposes. But my main interest was the Rebel Transporter, simply for the way it looked. An upside down ship hull design was what attracted me the most. Then I saw a pic of one in a scene where it was really rusted up and that got me hooked ( as I love weathered- beaten models). I immediately decided to give it a go. Here is a pic of the one that inspired me: I did a total re-paint and weathered mine to somewhat give it the look I wanted. A ship that has pushed through many battles and survived close attacks. I also painted more of the containers underneath to add more color and went over everything with a brown wash to blend it all together. One of the hardest part was trying to get the engines to have that glow effect. The Tie fighter is very small. Smaller than the size of a Citadel paint pod. Even with all the great tips I got from members on another forum, I was not able to achieve the perfect look. But I m quite satisfied with, the results, then it being just darken out. Perhaps one day, I will improve in this area. I think the end results look fine in my eyes. Hope, you all agree. Before pic of the model, before the repaint: After:

Thanks. What are Zoids?

Thanks.

... This model and any awesome GT 3 1:18 scale models. If you know of where they can be gotten for a desecent price or not, then please post a link. Thank you.

I think I will just leave this as is and not add a canopy. The area behind the driver is pretty high and would look kinda awkward. Don't want to over-do it. i will just concentrate on placing it on a base mount with a figure and call it quits.

Cool. Thanks.

no i have not. Got a link or pics of them?