Model madness
Posted: 2005-03-04 05:19pm
I've seen a small number of modelmaking threads on this forum, so I thought I would contribute one of my own.
Most of my early stuff was wood models, mostly liners. All three Olympic class ships, plus the three Lusitania class sisters (well, if you include Aquitania, anyway). Only in the past three years have I gone heavily into styrene kits.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Collection01.jpg
All ten ships: Britannic, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania, Mauretania, Lusitania, Carpathia, and Californian. The White Star tenders Nomadic and Traffic are up front.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Collection02.jpg
Everything on the top shelf and above is 1:200. Shelf below is 1:288. Bottom to top: STS-100, Energia-Buran, Proton-Zond, Energia-Polyus (missing the Polyus module), STS-107, and Buran. Above, Atlantis, STS-51L, the AMT Man in Space Rocket Collection (with added Columbia STS-50). And Discovery is hanging above.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/1350Collection.jpg
Below the space stuff are a series of submarine kits. All of the ones pictured are Shanghai Dragon, except for the Zvezda K-141 Kursk, and all are 1:350. The Akula behind the Kursk has a modified stern and other features.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/RedOctoberFleet.jpg
All four subs portrayed in The Hunt for Red October. The RO herself is the same kit as the Typhoon in the previous image, but with a new conning tower and added towed array dispenser to the dorsal rudder. All of these are 1:400.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Enterprise-E%20-G.jpg
The E-G is made from wood.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Port02.jpg
1:720 Titanic from Zhengdefu, with a number of fixes.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/FoxModel01.jpg
1:144 MiG-31 Firefox made by a friend. There's another without landing gear.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Airfix05.jpg
My current favorite. 1:144 Airfix, built into STS-1, with added ET corrugation and other details.
Thoughts?
Most of my early stuff was wood models, mostly liners. All three Olympic class ships, plus the three Lusitania class sisters (well, if you include Aquitania, anyway). Only in the past three years have I gone heavily into styrene kits.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Collection01.jpg
All ten ships: Britannic, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania, Mauretania, Lusitania, Carpathia, and Californian. The White Star tenders Nomadic and Traffic are up front.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Collection02.jpg
Everything on the top shelf and above is 1:200. Shelf below is 1:288. Bottom to top: STS-100, Energia-Buran, Proton-Zond, Energia-Polyus (missing the Polyus module), STS-107, and Buran. Above, Atlantis, STS-51L, the AMT Man in Space Rocket Collection (with added Columbia STS-50). And Discovery is hanging above.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/1350Collection.jpg
Below the space stuff are a series of submarine kits. All of the ones pictured are Shanghai Dragon, except for the Zvezda K-141 Kursk, and all are 1:350. The Akula behind the Kursk has a modified stern and other features.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/RedOctoberFleet.jpg
All four subs portrayed in The Hunt for Red October. The RO herself is the same kit as the Typhoon in the previous image, but with a new conning tower and added towed array dispenser to the dorsal rudder. All of these are 1:400.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Enterprise-E%20-G.jpg
The E-G is made from wood.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Port02.jpg
1:720 Titanic from Zhengdefu, with a number of fixes.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/FoxModel01.jpg
1:144 MiG-31 Firefox made by a friend. There's another without landing gear.
http://jtrun.mine.nu/cc/fox/Airfix05.jpg
My current favorite. 1:144 Airfix, built into STS-1, with added ET corrugation and other details.
Thoughts?