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The Phaeton is still in limbo, but work has proceeded on the Fae Mk I and introducing the Fae Mk II

Mk I

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Mk II

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I was at my local "pretentious stuff for the house" store looking for my favourite scented candle that only they stock - Ginger Peach. With the candle I also bought some tea lights in the same scent. The point? The tea lights are not clad in thin metal, but in clear plastic cup that is app...

Looks like it's coming along nicely - always good to see Traveller getting some respect. It's always been my favourite SciFi game - mostly due to how many ways the game can be played. There're always the "bang you're dead" players, but I knew one guy who was so into accounting that the ga...

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More work on the Phaeton:

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Well done! Looks great.

More on the Fae:

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More (finally) on the Phaeton:

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I just realized that the Fae craft are in fact my second plate build, so they now have their own Imgur file. That, of course, re-starts the picture number-sequence ...

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Looking good, Kerick!

My company gave us all a snow day, courtesy of Winter Storm Stella - which, where I live, turned out to be mostly rain. :) Never let it said that I looked a gift horse in the mouth - I've had a busy and relaxing day working on the Phaeton and listening to Sweet's Best Hits. :) I mostly just fine-tun...

My reaction was two-fold: 1) Great Work! Looks ... interesting, in a "Look at that! That's cool!", non-Oriental sort of way. :) and 2) Oh, wonderful - now I've gotta buy train models in addition to ship, aircraft, tank, car, and sci-fi models. I'm gonna need a bigger ... cupboard. ;) <grum...

ignatz wrote:That looks awesome! It looks great next to the Hammer. Nice looking paint!

Here's pix of Baqcatcha before I packed it off to Rich:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/49974137/Baqcatcha

Wow, Ignatz! She looks great! Fantastic work, everyone!

Nice work! I half expected to see Gort standing sentinel nearby.

I've noticed something about my scratch builds. I always start with a design concept, and usually even generate a three-view drawing of it. However, once I start building, the design ... changes. These are never "sit-down-and-do-it-all-in-one-go" builds. They usually take months. Even when...

Onward!

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Also, I have come up with a name for my plate-ship - PFT Phaéton*

*Plate Far Trader

So here we are again. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves - well, the captions will do the "speaking", but you knew that.

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Lonewolf said "Ignatz sent me a PM and he's got my new address, so she'll be heading my way. Depending on when she arrives, I'll do my best to "git 'er done!" and get her to WonderFest in June. " :) Meanwhile, I have some pictures of the Lake Effect , now that I got her stand sor...

Ignatz just PMd me, and I want to tell everyone (some of) what I told him. IMHO, at this point there's no deadline at all, just the fun of working on the model, so I say let's make it all about having no regrets, yes? :) And, if the Bacqatcha gets to WF this year, great. If not - meh. We still had f...

Glad she made it there in one piece. Be sure to post some photos. With moving and everything else that was going on in the second half of last year, I never had a chance to do a proper photo shoot session. This was a lot of fun and something I'd be interested in doing again sometime . . . . once I ...

Well - she's here - the Lake Effect was a-waiting me when I got home from work! I was very excited to see that big ol' box at my door! :) :) Lonewolf even included the base he made for it. :) I'm cooking up a mounting rod to connect the base and the Lake Effect . 1/4" stainless steel tubing see...

I'm gonna have to withdraw. I'm up to my eyeballs in alligators, getting the probate estate set up to handle my parents' passing in October and November. The paperwork was filed last week and I'm waiting on the appointment approval from the Court. I've been spending each Saturday driving two hours ...

Carrying on, as suggested.

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Welcome to SSM, Monsieur Small Red Train (is that correct?). :) You know, I always enjoy seeing other folks' builds, but yours made my jaw literally drop in amazement. You're a "newbie"? Are you sure? Your work looks very professional to me, my friend. Very nicely done, indeed! :) Speaking...

More propulsion stuff and working on the main hull.

I'm using broken CD jewel cases for the hull plating - they readily take model glue, and once glued together they're pretty rigid.

I'm perplexed by the question of what to do for landing gear. Some kind of stalky legs, just let it rest on the "drive unit", or something else... You could always borrow the main landing gear from an airliner. Then there's a lot of choice: 1: dispense with the wheels and just use a skid;...

Work on the propulsion system continues.

Dollar store champagne "glasses" are an inexpensive source of engine exhaust bells. Party store shot glasses - test-tube type or 'regular'; plastic beach and kids' toys, while not the best plastic, are usable with the right glue. Plastic spoons are great for bulges and the handles can be a...

Hull is together.

Propulsion ... choices, choices.

Work continues ...

piece by piece.