Nyankodevice

That looks awesome....

any chance you'll make a 1/48 Bike for my VF-19?

pheew!

amidst all the heat, i have progress....

got some work done on the midship lift thrusters, with most of the details done

Also did most of the midship top, with panelines....

That's absolutelly awesome..

Care to share from where to get the styrene sheets in bulk?

well i buy mine through a danish shop, which is reselling from this company: http://www.raboesch.com

standard sizes: 194 x 320 mm / 7,6 x 12,6 inch ranging from 0.3 - 3.0 thickness (1,59 USD - 5,97USD)

plus many other options and larger sheets......

dunno if theres cheeper alternates out there....

my preferred sheet thicknesses for scratch building are 0.5mm 0.75mm 1mm 1.5mm

hope this helps!

continuing with the reinforcement of this build....

cut out the side in 0,75mm styrene sheet and did the panel lining on them

attached them to the bottom midship, also added detail to the thruster,

and made the edges out of milliput.

life has been interfering the last couple of weeks, but finally i got something done...

i have added section plates on this piece...

not quite done with this yet, but its getting there...

Has anybody ever thought of making a, say, 1/350 display piece of the SDF-1 bridge?

that is actually something i have thought about my self....

maybe i should add that on my to do list

pretty much done with the radar array, and the side "intake"

got some work done on the radar array...

You, sir, have an incredible amount of patience! That is turning out absolutely awesome!

thx patience yea, but more so, stubborn!

You Sir are a Modeling Wizard!!!

thx, ill keep conjuring up more details

ok i made a change to the bridge, i weren't to fond of how it looked.

so i cut it away and made a new one...

its hollow so the i can add lighting later on..

Wow!

So are you using styrene now and not paper for some of the bridge?

well i decided early on that i wouldn't limit my self to paper....

paper is great for alot, so is styrene... so whichever works best for any given task, i use!

have begun work on the bridge itself

not finished though, still need the even smaller details

built more details on the bridge...

some more work done on the bridge...

begun work on the bridge...

wanna get it as close to my other SDF-1 bridge...

finished adding tiles to the other main thruster!

a rather imposing sight

and a quick view of the approximate length

Hey - where can I get a hold of syringes like that? I need syringes with large needles like that for applying different substances.

i would suggest you search on Amazon for Industrial Syringes with Blunt Tip Needle

A tutorial to make thrusters!

first dryfit the parts and cut away what is in excess (there will be some excess depending on paper thickness)

Glue the two parts together like this:

add glue to the rest of it, and fit them together:

bend down glue flaps, and add glue to the inside:

and add the bottom, pressing it down with a pensil or the like.

also made some more details to one of the main thrusters

finished the Thruster trays and added the extra width to the main gun....

Made a minor change here aswell!!

the reason for this change is to widen the main cannon a bit...

back again!

Ready for some glue xD

made them a bit thicker to have them look like my old SDF-1, also made the holes deeper.

and adding more depth and details...

heavily modfied Keel...

Nice job whipping that paper into shape!-MT

thx learned a lot from my previous build....

the more narrow you make glue flaps, the more round you can make a object.

Why did you regret using a laser printer? If it's cuz the ink is rubbing off? It actually looks weathered.

well its not so much because it looks weathered, gonna paint it anyway...

The fold lines are missing in some places... which makes it kinda hard to figure out where exactly i need to fold...

the larger the piece the more precise the folds and cuts need to be...

a little progress

with some already made alterations and some planned ones!

the thrust exhaust is made more wider...

in total, with room for verniers 2.6 cm

and some size comparison!

now not much left before assembly!!

i devided the glue flaps into smaller ones for better roundness on the keel..

hi again!

this time im gonna show you a simple change!

didnt like the looks on these!!

so this is what i did!!

those of you who is building this ship or have plans to build it

are welcome to use what changes i make!