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Bottom End Plate Cover - template Bottom End Plate Cover - template - arrangement - pre-assembly - this is roughly how they should be assembled Bottom End Plate Cover - assembly - remove the tabs and then re-glue them so that the pieces form together tight edges Bottom End Plate Cover -...

Assembly of the engine nacelles to the final stage - bottom section 1st nacelle attached - make sure to pre-fit the nacelle to the connector to make sure that everything fits together then glue 2nd nacelle attached 3rd nacelle attached Once the nacelles are attached overglue the nacelles to...

Engine nacelles - templates - I'm only showing the assembly of one of the three nacelles the rest are the same in assembly Engine nacelles - templates - highlighted and colored Engine nacelles - tabs attached Engine nacelles - ends attached - note that the sections are lined up in order to...

Final stage - main body - ends joined together - then overglued to reinforce. That's it for now! Sky Seeker

Thanks Rhaven! But wait there's more....:biggrin:

Final stage - bottom section Side connectors - before assembly Side connectors - before assembly Upper and lower tabs joined to final stage Make sure to cut out slots and then pre-fit side connector portions Connector sections pre-fitted to the main body of the final stage Connector...

Mid section Ring redo As you can see in the earlier pic that the top of the ring is pretty messed up so I decided to add another new cut out ring to make things smoother. The pic below shows everything attached. It might look white it's not. It's just REALLY shiny when the flash hits the...

Your cuts are very clean and sharp - probably literally! Nice job!:BRAVO: Sky Seeker

Love your rendition of Thunderbird 3!:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown: Was this Hiros version? It looks like it. My favorite of the group is Thunderbird 2 with the pod that has Thunderbird 4 coming out. :surprise::surprise::surprise: Great model and awesome work!:BRAVO: You certainly set the benchmark...

Did you have a personal archive of your original photos?

Cybergrinder, It's great hearing from you! :animated: Been a while! How's everything going in SA? Just took a look at your old thread and a lot of the older pics seem to be gone. It's good to know that you'll upload them again sometime. Looking forward to seeing your pics of Thunderbird 3.:)...

Thanks Rhaven! There will be future pics on the addition of a silver ring on top of the ring area to smooth everything out.

Joining the nose cone to the upper intermediate section Glue applied to the periphery around the opening around the vertical tabs. Glue also applied to the tabs. Once positioned, the tabs are pressed into the inner side walls of the nose cone. This is done to reinforce the connection with the...

Rhaven - don't forget yourself in this menagerie. Your work on the Thunderfighter and some redesigns are the preeminent work on anything Buck Rodgers related. My two cents.. CallousedRock - Also if you get praise and advice from Zathros take it to heart as he's got lots of experience as an...

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

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

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...

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

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

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