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  1. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Thanks Z! :bowdown: Obviously more to do. The dicey part of joining the nose cone and the other sections of the model together are coming up. Fingers crossed. Sky Seeker
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    Tie defender

    Yes the Tie Defender was pretty deadly in the Tie Fighter fighter game. You go through x-wings like a hot knife through butter. Shields, power, and speed! Very deadly combination. Lots of fun to fly. Looks good too! Sky Seeker
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    BC-303 Prometheus (Stargate SG-1) by Jaybats

    If you want to design recommend that you build a few more models to see different building styles. Every designer has different ways of doing things. Also, each designer or builder sees different ways of improving designs. This is what makes card stock model building fun while being certainly...
  4. Sky Seeker

    Astro Racers - Across The Universe

    Link to an earlier post - now on the wayback machine. Enjoy!:) https://web.archive.org/web/20120103093333/http://conceptships.blogspot.com/2011/11/monthly-header-75-scott-robertson.html
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    Battlestar Galactica Land Probe aka Turbocycle

    Inspiration often comes in unexpected ways and... time lines! :biggrin:
  6. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Yes I'm getting to know cones, cylinders, and circular skirts quite well. All a bit more challenging than one would think.
  7. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Intermediate fuselage section - wing assembly Note the overgluing on the joined section. Intermediate fuselage section - wing assembly - Second wing added Intermediate fuselage section - wing assembly - Note the tabs folded inside of the main fuselage of the intermediate fuselage and glued in...
  8. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Intermediate fuselage section - skirt / ring section Sometimes you have to go back before you go forward. skirt - removed tab and joined again skirt - joined ends together Intermediate fuselage section - ring section. As can be seen the top of the ring became slightly warped. Also, it...
  9. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Intermediate fuselage section - wings Intermediate fuselage section - wings - score tabs Intermediate fuselage section - wings - folded wing and rolled side strut Intermediate fuselage section - wings - cut stripes - cut the stripes only part way to allow the strips to be properly aligned...
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    Battlestar Galactica Land Probe aka Turbocycle

    Great solution! Looking forward to seeing the templates .... someday!;)
  11. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Yep F.A.B. - :biggrin:
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    Thunderbird 3

    Intermediate section - skirt Intermediate section - skirt Intermediate section - skirt - tab cut and reassembled on skirt and with ends joined together Intermediate section - skirt - vertical seams lined up with other vertical seam on finned portion. Note that when the skirt is lined up...
  13. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Intermediate section with fins Intermediate section - tabs assembly - bottom and top tabs glued in place Intermediate section - tabs assembly - bottom and top tabs glued in place Intermediate section - fins - cut - there are 18 fins to cut and assemble! Intermediate section - fins -...
  14. Sky Seeker

    Resource Centauri Vorchan Mesh File

    Is this a new rendering of the Vorchan? Are the templates available? Sky Seeker
  15. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Rhaven, Just looked at the resource section. I noticed that there were no copies of Thunderbird 1. I have Hiro's design template only - no directions. Do you want it? Sky Seeker
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    Thunderbird 3

    intermediate fuselage section - circled in yellow intermediate fuselage section with rectangles - please note that the rectangles are folded to become triangles. However, the original template was tiny. So the rectangles have been modified to make them bigger. Another reason is that I kept...
  17. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Thanks MIIJOB!:) BTW love your work on your models.:) Always a joy to see a master at work.:bowdown::bowdown: Sky Seeker
  18. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    Rhaven, Thanks for the heads up!:) Will check it out. At least this will give future builders other options in building this great model. Good series as well. Lots of detail for a "kids show". Sky Seeker
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    Thunderbird 3

    Middle section Note the holes cut out in the middle section for wings and the top having the templates for the ring. Ring Coloring the center strip with a silver marker. The marked portion looks brighter in strong light. Note the use of a straight piece of card stock to color the edges...
  20. Sky Seeker

    Thunderbird 3

    In doing this model I'm going to have scans of the template in jpeg form then have explanations of the pieces as assembly is done. page 1 The area circled in gold called nose cone part 1 - will be done first. Please notice the blue circle areas with arrows. The arrows indicate which parts...