A number of techniques are demonstrated here to make a model aircraft look weather-beaten and dilapidated.
Feb 012022
Jan 312022
Fantastic Plastic has at last released for purchase the War Rocket model I CADded for them a few years ago:
Emperor’s War Rocket
Jan 122022
Might be of some interest to some… a forthcoming 1/48 scale model of the 1962 Grumman take on the LEM. Lots of details to add, but these get the idea across.
Jan 042022
More photos needed.
Four years after first unveiling its hypersonic airliner concept at #AIAASciTech 2018 @Boeing has revealed a refined, more realistic Mach 5 reusable air-breathing design targeting military and space launch roles at @aiaa San Diego event pic.twitter.com/CtpxA5OJGn
— Guy Norris (@AvWeekGuy) January 4, 2022
Dec 172021
Looks spiffy.This is entirely different from the Testors kits from decades ago; a number of improvements are apparent. Recessed panel lines and separate engines with considerable internal detail are major improvements.
I haven’t heard if they are doing a YF-12A or A-12; conversion kits would be a chore.
Dec 162021
As a followup to the large-scale Tirpitz model, if you want a 1/20 scale X-15A-2, these folks can hook you up:
North American X-15A-2
It looks nice, it’s certainly detailed (I haven’t rivet-counted to assure that it’s *accurately* detailed). It’s just… a little pricey.
If they sell out, I might reconsider my abandoned 1/24 X-20 Dyna Soar…
Dec 152021
Those people are wrong. This 1/100 scale model of the German schlachtschiff Tirpitz is loaded to the gills with lights, smoke, sound and moving parts. It’s clearly a labor love, or at least of obsession. (Note: the video is over sixteen minutes long, but it seems to crap out just before 8 minutes)
Imagine if the pizza shop robber had decided to take up building model ships rather than robbing pizza shops. He might have avoided taking a bullet to the face and becoming a laughingstock for the whole human race. I hesitate to guess what this Tirpitz model might sell for if the builder was of a mind to sell it; certainly far more than robbing restaurants would ever net.
Nov 112021
Well… maybe some of us. Not me, but maybe somebody.
Polar Lights POL970/12 1/48 Plan 9 from Outer Space Flying Saucer Model kit
Nov 052021
By hiding the shuttles and simplifying a number of the components, my system was just able to render the complete vehicle. Huzzah!
Nov 022021
The modelling is nearly complete. Unfortunately, the fully assembled version of the CAD model is so complex that none of my computers would even attempt to render or shade it; all I seem to be able to get are wireframe images. That’s what I get for being poor, I suppose. The shuttles are themselves each as complex as many of the CAD models I’ve made.
