Post by Dukemaddog on Apr 17, 2019 17:14:36 GMT -6
This is the first time I'm posting in here, so I'll start with the latest Shelf Queen I worked on: the Space Shuttle Shelf Queen. This had been sitting on my workbench for over two years. It was time to get it done. I started out with what I felt was the hardest part: scratchbuilding a forward bracket for the front of the Shuttle. I tried to make this in such a way that the Shuttle would be able to 'snap' into place so I could remove it from the fuel tank for transport. This is also why I made it a bit longer than the lower one:
Also, the vertical tail comes off for transport. Now it fits in one of my flat tubs.
With a little finagling, I was successful with that forward bracket; this beastie snaps into place well. After that, I finished painting and detailing the exhaust bells and then mounted them on the shuttle. They actually have more steel-colored metal showing which the pic does not reflect. The copper colored appearance was my attempt to make these look like they'd been weathered/burned in a previous launch:
Finally, I unmasked the windscreen and upper windows and touched up the edges:
I could finally call this Shelf Queen done!
Also, the vertical tail comes off for transport. Now it fits in one of my flat tubs.
With a little finagling, I was successful with that forward bracket; this beastie snaps into place well. After that, I finished painting and detailing the exhaust bells and then mounted them on the shuttle. They actually have more steel-colored metal showing which the pic does not reflect. The copper colored appearance was my attempt to make these look like they'd been weathered/burned in a previous launch:
Finally, I unmasked the windscreen and upper windows and touched up the edges:
I could finally call this Shelf Queen done!
Here she is, my latest model finished this month. This is the Monogram 1/72 scale Space Shuttle with Boosters finally completed. I did her up as the Columbia:
This model is over two feet tall. I placed a 12" ruler next to this model to show how big this is:
This thing had been a problem sitting on my workbench for the longest time. I'm so thrilled to have finished it! Now I have a different problem: Where am I gonna put this?
Stay tuned, I got more Shelf Queens to post later.
Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
