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by Joseph C. Brown
Sun May 01, 2016 10:07 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

Sci-fi Smoker just asked me (on FB) if there was a donor kit list, and I said "sure!" So here it is, thus far: Kit list Updated Apr 30 2016 Tamiya Quad Gun Tractor & 25Pdr British Field Gun Tamiya 1/35 Matilda 1/35 Matilda Tamiya 1/35 20mm Flak38 Sd.Ah.52 Tamiya 1/35 German 88mm Gun Fl...
by Joseph C. Brown
Sun May 01, 2016 9:27 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

...seems a nice place?

Wait, what? :shock:
by Joseph C. Brown
Sat Apr 30, 2016 1:01 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

And construction is now done on the crew cab!

https://flic.kr/p/GHpHsx
by Joseph C. Brown
Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:08 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

And, progress! Port side of freighter cabin, about dome, just needs the whip antenna added: https://flic.kr/p/FLLBj7 Starboard cabin, about 90% done - some detailing still to be added and also the whip antenna for *this* side: https://flic.kr/p/FLLBiq Ventral / underside, still needs the forward-mou...
by Joseph C. Brown
Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:38 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

Thanks, Steve! :8)


But when I do the math, 40 years ago was 1976 and I was 14.
:shock:
by Joseph C. Brown
Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:39 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

Port side of cabin detailing begun:

https://flic.kr/p/FHD4z6
by Joseph C. Brown
Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:30 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

And more:

Cabin sealed up and greeblies added between leg fuel tanks:
https://flic.kr/p/FyJgYP


All greeblies / leg braces / I-beam strip stock / piping wires to central leg tube and all piping by fuel cylinder tanks:
https://flic.kr/p/GoaDv2
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:10 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

What year am I up to now? April 19, 2016 Final arrangement for the lights: https://flic.kr/p/FPzTHj All the panels to fill Quad Tractor holes: https://flic.kr/p/GhCB5d Another test-fit: https://flic.kr/p/GqMHw8 Interior light-blocking primed: https://flic.kr/p/FvvNaV Good thing Wonderfest is later o...
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:17 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: UV Glue?
Replies: 8
Views: 16527

..or for gluing various clear bits to one another. I caught part of the Discovery Sci Channel "All-American Makers" where they showcased the UV adhesive for retail sales. It looked very promising to me... but, after seeing many too-good-to-be-true products come and go since the mid-1970's,...
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:39 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: scratch building complex curves
Replies: 8
Views: 14596

...I was awake. Really! Mark Y.'s scratchbuilding article is fairly relevant for this project: http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/my_scratch.htm And Chris D still has a great article on scratchbuilding: http://www.christopher-doll.com/scratchbuilding-a-model-of-moya-from-farscape/ I really need to ...
by Joseph C. Brown
Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:02 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Hypodermic needle steel tubing source?
Replies: 9
Views: 14536

Obviously, the JJ-Prise Engine Room And Brewery.




:shock:
by Joseph C. Brown
Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:11 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

Sink me. The links above are the first time I've ever really looked at Cowboy's Star Semi...and the three pods just lept out at me. Those are are the tops of the old, old Lindberg ( Ex-Strombecker? ) Lunar lander, aren't they? I only know this because I put a couple of them together just like that ...
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:46 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

That is a fantastic replica! You really nailed it- Thanks - but the link is of the build Lee Stringer did! :8) My build is still in progress. And in multiple boxes in the Modeling Cave... ---- ...and some of the greeblies I'm using will not match the screencaps, either! Especially when I have to re...
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:21 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

I've mentioned that Lee Stringer has been helping me out with parts ID's and advice ("it's not THAT scale, it's *this* scale :) ) and with lots of general encouragement as he was proceeding with his build of this ship. Well, he got it done, and it's AWESOME! Pics are up on his Flickr page: http...
by Joseph C. Brown
Sun Oct 11, 2015 7:06 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Instructions Needed - Andromea Bione
Replies: 1
Views: 5374

I dug out my unbuilt kit of the Boine, and scanned the instructions: http://tinyurl.com/o6zugdu

Hope that helps!
by Joseph C. Brown
Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:01 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

Thanks for the comment! As was being discussed in some other threads, the "summer doldrums / lack of build progress" is upon virtually everyone. That is not an excuse, mind you, it's just the way life is. Well, my life :8) Actually, I have been slowly compiling parts and various bits of 't...
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:49 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Best online source for hemispheres?
Replies: 35
Views: 185238

Re: Best online source for hemispheres?

novahobbies wrote:I thought there was a sticky for this,
Fixed.

:D
by Joseph C. Brown
Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:19 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

...slowly, yes. :8) I've had a ton of help from Lee Stringer, or else I couldn't have gotten as far as I have. Well, I *could* have, it just wouldn't quite be the same as what is in the film. Since Wonderfest I've been on summer break from most modeling - summer in The South means yardwork, gardenin...
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue May 05, 2015 4:46 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

Added tee-rail strip to the legs. And the fuel tanks!

http://tinyurl.com/ls7fd9h
by Joseph C. Brown
Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:28 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Cowboy Freight Hauler from Battle Beyond The Stars
Replies: 49
Views: 113901

And grinding along, into year Two of the build... :shock: >insert appropriate modeling excuses, you all know 'em by heart< :8) Some progress. The Moonship (Glencoe or re-issue Hawk) parts 11 & 12 make up the leg cylinder tanks. You just trim the upper and lower flanges off, and they are a match....
by Joseph C. Brown
Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:12 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Quick and Dirty Resin Casting?
Replies: 9
Views: 22166

I was about to yell "NO! Not EnviroTex - it'll melt your model!"

Then I realized that the last time I personally used EnviroTex was back in '81, so I have no clue what the EnviroTex Lite may do. Maybe another, more recent user of it will surface?
by Joseph C. Brown
Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:40 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Who collects stuff for scratch building?
Replies: 400
Views: 930589

You mean, part #8? The Intake Screen? The folks at STIHL are proud of their product, based on their prices. Maybe instead try a crappy small fan guard from Wal-Mart; their Optimus 7" Personal Table Fan is 20 bucks. :8)
by Joseph C. Brown
Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:14 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Buck Rogers Scorpion / Gnat / Anopheles enemy starfighter?
Replies: 9
Views: 19631

The modeler "steve36uk" has his build album up on Photobucket:


http://s361.photobucket.com/user/steve3 ... t=3&page=1
by Joseph C. Brown
Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:30 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Buck Rogers Scorpion / Gnat / Anopheles enemy starfighter?
Replies: 9
Views: 19631

Here's data from the site of one of the Hartland model shop builders:

Pics of Scorpion fighter:
http://tinyurl.com/ntlglgo

Text of model appearance by the episode(s) guide with comments:
http://tinyurl.com/ozcayyk

That should help a bit.
by Joseph C. Brown
Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:13 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Mold material
Replies: 8
Views: 17517

I've done that with Magicsculpt (pretty much the same stuff as Aves putty). I prefer these two putties to Sculpy because they air-cure over several hours. I'll see about getting some links up to pics showing what I've done. Modelnutz saw one of these at Wonderfest and in a calm, patient voice explai...
by Joseph C. Brown
Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:56 am
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: Any 1/48 scale J79 engines besides the RA-5C by Trumpeter?
Replies: 5
Views: 12250

Finding decent affordable J-79's really isn't easy. I don't know of any in 1/48 scale. The only (sorta) readily available ones that I am familiar with are the 1/32 engines that were in Revell's 1/32 Phantom and Hasegawa's 1/32 scale F-104. The only other jet engines that I know of are the old Aurora...
by Joseph C. Brown
Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:22 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Milliput question
Replies: 6
Views: 15345

"Beware the Milliputians, for they shall tempt thee as a Jezebel with promises of honey and figs and sure sculpts. Verily, I say unto you, their bonds shall crumble like sand and ash and they shall forsake you in your moment of need, for they are not Aves." ~Instructions 4:13, The Book of...
by Joseph C. Brown
Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:51 pm
Forum: Scratchbuilding
Topic: 33 inch TOS Enterprise - Studio Scale Replica
Replies: 65
Views: 194676

Yes.

When it comes to making useful comments, I'm not The Guy For That. Even simple "Hey! That's looking great!" from me has been (in the past) completely misinterpreted. So, I rarely comment - but I almost always look. :8)
by Joseph C. Brown
Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:29 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Source for sheet styrene -
Replies: 12
Views: 22272

When I lived in Memphis, Norrell Inc Plastics on Winhoma Drive was literally across the street from my apartment. Great prices, helpful staff, and I loved raiding their scrap bin at 20 cents/lb of plastic. Google shows that they are still in the same location, but I'll bet their prices have increase...
by Joseph C. Brown
Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:03 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Epoxies for assembling models?
Replies: 8
Views: 14592

Various Devcon-brand epoxies (5-Minute Epoxy, 30-Minute Epoxy, 2-Ton epoxy), all work well with resin models, in my experience. Make sure the surfaces to be glued are freakin' CLEAN! A downside is that the remaining un-used product really doesn't store well, so consider 'production lining' some buil...